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Council approves downtown outdoor-dining changes, expands eligible businesses

Greenville City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Greenville City Council voted 6–0 to rename and amend the downtown outdoor dining permit, reducing the required pedestrian clearance on city sidewalks to 4 feet (48 inches) outside Dickinson Avenue, extending the time tables may remain from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m., and allowing bars, microbreweries, microdistilleries and beer/wine stores to seek downtown outdoor-dining permits.

Greenville City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 13 to approve changes to the city’s outdoor-dining permit for the downtown area, a measure prompted by an application from 515 Cotant Street Entertainment LLC, d/b/a Agave. The ordinance renames the city program from the Uptown Outdoor Dining Permit to the Downtown Outdoor Dining Permit, lowers the minimum unobstructed pedestrian clearance on city-maintained sidewalks outside Dickinson Avenue from 5 feet 6 inches to 4 feet (48 inches), extends the permissible removal/secure time for furniture from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., and expands the list of eligible…

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