Ord 2015-030/Parklets, sidewalk cafes and other uses of rights-of way

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Sidewalk means that portion of a public right -of -way, not including the street, that is paved for pedestrian traffic. Sidewalk cafe means an outdoor dining area that is: (1) associated with a restaurant with kitchen facilities for the preparation of the food to be sold, the primary business of which is the on- premises sale of pared food; (2) is located on a sidewalk abutting and within the span of the faeade of the restaurant; (3) open to the air; and (4) contains removable tables, chairs, planters or other appurtenances. Street means that portion of a public right of way that provides primary vehicular access to adjacent land, whether designated as a street highways thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, avenue, lane, boulevard road place drive or other similar designation, including areas designated for on- street parking_ Streetscape Improvements Manual means a manual approved by the city manager or the city manager's designee that establishes technical standards or specifications for authorized improvements and uses under this article that may be supplemented by other technical standards approved by the citv manaizer or the city manager's designee. Sec. 74.200. Authorized Special Use Licenses. (a) The city manager or the city manager's designee may rg ant a special use license for use of public right -of -way in accordance with the requirements of this article for the following uses: (1) neighborhood gateway features and landscaping_; (2) parklets under section 74.204(b ; (3) sidewalk cafes; (4) supportive or decorative columns, arches or other structural or decorative features; or (5) overhead, surface or subsurface encroachments other than signs not specified herein.