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Cocoa council removes hard‑coded sidewalk café fee, lets council set fee by resolution
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 11‑2025 in a unanimous second reading to remove a hard‑coded $25 annual sidewalk‑café permit fee and permit the council to establish the fee by separate resolution going forward.
Cocoa City Council approved the second and final reading of an ordinance to remove a hard‑coded $25 annual fee for sidewalk café permits and allow the council to set the fee by resolution.
City Attorney Anthony Garganesi explained that the ordinance deletes the fixed $25 fee from the code and gives the council authority to establish permit fees by resolution in the future. The ordinance had no changes since first reading and no public opposition was recorded during the public hearing; Deputy Mayor Weeks moved the approval and Council Member Hearn seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
The council recorded the adoption and directed staff to take administrative steps to publish the ordinance and enable future fee adjustments by resolution.
What’s next: Finance and the City Clerk will update the fee schedule and publish the ordinance; council may set a specific annual fee by resolution at a later meeting.
