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Boulder staff to recommend permanent outdoor-dining code after pilot shows revenue gains
Summary
City staff said the five-year outdoor dining pilot has produced positive business impacts and will move toward permanent code changes; staff will shift to a rolling application window and cites reduced vendor lead times from ModStreet.
Boulder staff told the Downtown Management Commission on Jan. 14 that the city will prepare ordinance language to make the outdoor-dining pilot permanent after seeing early positive results.
Regan, Community Vitality staff member, said the city’s outdoor dining program is a five-year pilot that currently expires in October 2027 and that staff plan to present recommended code changes to City Council later this year. "It is available to businesses in the public right of way, on-street parking spots or on the Pearl Street Mall, as well as on private property," Regan said.
The pilot allows businesses either to lease infrastructure from a city vendor, ModStreet, or to build or purchase their own compliant parklet…
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