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Committee signals stricter enforcement of ADA clearance for sidewalk cafes; several applications denied or asked to remove noncompliant sidewalk seating
Summary
During the meeting, committee members repeatedly flagged sidewalk-cafe layouts that failed to meet pedestrian/ADA clear-path standards. Several applicants were told to remove sidewalk seating that narrows the clear path or to return with revised diagrams; the committee said it will deny sidewalk seating that does not meet ADA/DOT requirements.
Across multiple applications at Tuesdays licensing committee meeting, members repeatedly raised ADA and DOT clearance standards for sidewalk cafes and said they would deny or require withdrawal of sidewalk seating that did not meet the standard clear-path.
Multiple applicants presented sidewalk layouts that left only two to three feet of clearance in the diagrams shown; committee members told applicants those layouts were not…
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