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La Verne council extends Cafe Wong’s street patio while ordering citywide outdoor-dining policy
Summary
After hours of public comment and council debate about parking, safety and economic impacts, the La Verne City Council extended Cafe Wong’s outdoor patio encroachment through June 30, 2025, and directed staff to draft a citywide outdoor-dining policy and negotiate interim insurance/lease terms.
La Verne’s City Council voted to extend Cafe Wong’s expanded street patio through June 30, 2025, and asked staff to prepare a uniform outdoor-dining policy and interim agreements that include insurance and lease terms.
Community Development Director Eric Shearer reviewed the patio’s history, noting temporary pandemic-era approvals in 2020 and a later built-out, raised patio that generated complaints from some nearby business owners and residents. Shearer said the Old Town advisory board had at one point recommended removal, later voted to allow the patio to remain through the end of the calendar year, and recommended staff work with council on next…
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