Outdoor dining

with amendments to remove size restrictions for outdoor patios of tap rooms, taste room tasting rooms, and breweries

which would take the current thousand foot restriction for outdoor patios for breweries, and remove that restriction

We do have a patio, but it is fenced. You can see the patio from inside the restaurant, and you can only enter the patio through the restaurant.

How are you going to maintain alcohol service on that 6 seats on the outside?

our managers will be, will be trained to, bring in all patio staff for any day that's over 55 degrees

let's go outside now and talk a little bit about the patio

From the south side, if you were up on the bova's patio, you can definitely look in there

And so a view kind of coming up just to get a better sense of what's happening, where we have tables

Is that a fair weather patio, or does it have a roof or other covering?

We removed those seating. And the tables have been, turned over, so they're not being used.

and then the patio is just to the north of that under 300 square feet

alcohol service on an unapproved patio that was never added to the license premises

Outdoor dining pilot program, it says that, they're planning for the next phase of the permanent program

Well, thankfully, the entire patio is visible through a roll-up glass door from the bar, so we can see the whole thing

And you have a patio at this location, correct? Yeah, small patio.

The one question I did have is that people may be aware that there was a patio up there.

is there a boundary, on the patio to prevent people from just walking off the premises?

Folks had to apply in January, get approved by spring in hopes of getting outdoor dining infrastructure installed by Sunday.

I have one question about the pilot program as it moves to

patios or outside seating areas that they aren't allowed to have patrons in.

like changing the way that we eat outside, in Boulder, and how that looks, and the look and feel of that

so this is sort of indoor-outdoor dining, seating, food and beverage, and restroom opportunity

The outdoor dining pilot program is set to end next year, so have we had any additional interest in outdoor dining pilot

Our original liquor license did have a, what do we call, like, a beer patio that extends just outside of our garage door.

how you can integrate the northern public part in a similar way that you've integrated the southern Bova's outdoor eating patio.

from the patio or the beach area of the boardwalk that's going to have proper signage

And is that a covered patio? Or is it more of an open air? You know, weather dependent type, patio.

this location has a fairly sizable patio. So just kind of want to talk about that a little bit.

We've also been installing outdoor dining which those guys are having to hand.

It's an upper patio, and you could see down below there was tables and chairs.

In February I was notified by the same chief. He said, that we're not able to move our tables and chairs due to our liquor license

advancing the outdoor dining pilot program with our team across departments to evaluate the long-term potential

There were tables out there, there was alcohol sitting on the tables, and there were people out there consuming the alcohol.

There is no patio at this establishment. There are 2 entry and exit doors.

We do also have a patio. Correct. Okay, can you talk about the barriers of the patio outside?

It is available to businesses in the public right of way.

we are planning to go to council later this year to recommend code changes to make it a more permanent offering

I'm going to give you all an update today on the outdoor dining program

Is there a way to you like, or make it more affordable, like 2 restaurants could share a patio, and they could run food from somewhere else.

It is available for businesses who are in the public right of way in front of their storefront

Oh, okay, on the outdoor dining pilot program.

Again, I'm looking at 12 outdoor dining seats in the drawing, along with 29 indoor seats.

That's the only entrance and and exit, and that goes right into the patio space on the west side of the building.

You have a patio as well. Is that correct? Yep. And how is that patio enclosed.

We're going to be entering into another year of that pilot, making agreements, trying to deploy more resources

So we have 2 signs at our gates that say no alcohol beyond this point.

And there's a patio at your location on Pearl Street.

There are a lot of revocable licenses on the Pearl Street Mall. Before the patios and awnings that extend onto city property.

the outdoor dining pilot which we're looking to move forward into an ongoing program

The patio on the south side. Is fully enclosed by a fence open air on it, and has the gates necessary for egress

And would you take a minute to walk the members through the floor plan, beginning with the entrance and also explain the outdoor patio area.

the 150,000 for the outdoor dining program as well as 100,000 for experiments in public art

the outdoor dining program began as a pilot program in 2020 with the rapid expansion of outdoor dining during the pandemic

there would also be some outdoor dining as proposed in the southwest corner of the building along the public walkway.

We are evaluating the outdoor dining pilot program which funds currently until 2027

and then we will continue the outdoor dining program

Continuation of the outdoor dining program the Eco task expansion.

And it's been helped by, for instance, the outdoor dining program had some market funding as well

More formalization of the outdoor dining program. So we're seeing more and more utilization of that.

So that's for downtown and the middle we're trying to expand and continue outdoor dining again.

This gives the golf course not only the ability to have, if granted, the liquor license in the clubhouse and on that surrounding patio

We have a parklet that's some storage, you know, or dining park that I was brainstorming today.

there's the half circle element that's currently enclosed. And we talked about making it open. And maybe a patio.

Connecting the business owners with the outdoor dining program that the city was piloting at the time

And then the one addition is an exterior roof deck. Is that right? Can you please describe that area for the authority?

And so there can be constant monitoring if people are on the outdoor patios, and the outdoor patios are going to be enclosed through various railings.

Is sort of where we have our indoor outdoor patio. which is a visible through from the bar to outside.

for outdoor dining. So that is a bigger conversation affiliated with the older social streets.

We are continuing to expand the outdoor dining pilot program.

You already heard about the outdoor dining pilots. Program and the work we're doing there

is opening up a new concept in the Hopper space, and we'll be wanting to use the outdoor dining

we are going to be hosting an outdoor dining workshop next Tuesday for any interested businesses to drop in

We'll also continue to be offering the outdoor dining pilot program.

if they have a patio and they're um close to residential that will kick them into a use review

we could just come up with a set of General standards for when a patio is near a residential area

It looks like the seating capacity based on your diagram for the patio. Is that about 100 folks?

on outdoor dining, we're really transitioning into just a regular program.

the status of the parking garage, capital improvements. projects, and the outdoor dining

And a 321 square foot patio that sees 26.

And so with that open patio, we plan on having a restaurant

We look at patio size, and we also will get hours of operation.

they've approve the license with the condition that the patio is excluded until such time that proof of possession for the patio is can be obtained

So those are patio tables, and they would loop around in an L on the front side of Perl with the row.

It does appear to me on page 99 that there are some patios.

if a restaurant in any of these areas has a patio that's over 300 square feet, and they're close to residential districts

they generally relate to 3 main things the overall size of the restaurant, the allowed size of the patio and the hours of operation for the restaurant

simplifying the the patio so that we don't get all these use reviews related to outdoor patios

is the use review for a 7062 square foot patio expansion of a restaurant use with Associated landscape improvements

similarly we have restrictions on patio sizes and it's often about 300 square feet

the standards are mostly about what the overall size of the restaurant can be the size of the patio can be

Currently they can serve on that patio. But if we're you know, we're expecting over 500 guests

as well as a patio on the west side of the building.

It'll be better for the wildlife, better for the patrons of the patio better for the business.

use reviewed for restaurant uses with rooftop and ground level outdoor, dining at 1,346, Pearl Street

creating different activation zones new seating picnic areas, places for folks to eat to launch

And then we're also in our second round of outdoor dining, which has been a great success

And is the patio visible from inside the restaurant? Oh, yeah, we have full glass front.

the patio has a rail surrounding it so it can see up to 14 people

And all your patios are fenced as well. Correct. Okay.

or if you want to have, you know, private out, more heaters. the patio heaters, or something that it seems like something that we should definitely be discouraged

The patio is to the west of the building, and the building itself blocks the light and no, and some noise

Do you have any outdoor patios on your premises?

Do you believe that the needs and desires the neighborhood would be met by the modification of this license to include the patio.

And do you have a fence on the premises? We have a railing on the patio, and the that's what you're asking about.

having parklets, having outdoor dining, those types of things

uses, also parklets and public outdoor seating public outdoor dining and car share parking.

the outdoor dining section and mentioned how many people had signed up again

You don't want to parklet right next to the dumpsters.

Should we prioritize them for dining areas, for parklets behind businesses, or are they just a place for loading?

the main activation of the street during that time was the outdoor dining that businesses provided

so on West Pearl we have kind of the outdoor dining parklet here on the east side

since you have outdoor dining pilot program is part of that and really long name of the street

Permit free for a business and a private dining Parklet, considering, charging for loading as well

it would be less likely to implement a public seeding parklet in places where there are a lot of empty parking spaces

So this is a little bit different than a private outdoor dining parklet.

and I assume it was a busy, stressful time for everybody involved, because that was the modification period for the dining outdoor dining

So this is a little bit different than the private dining parklet that you're used to

Our answer to that is, let's wire those, and if we get a vendor in in time

It's a pretty deep while we're hanging, which should give us a free season Dining

It isn't necessarily appropriate that every business that is allowed to have it indoor could appropriately have it outdoor as well.

We have more resources for outdoor dining. We're anticipating many more restaurants.

that I will be opening up to create basically transparent visibility to the exterior patio

and an outdoor seating capacity of 16 the patio is designated by metal fencing

There's a New Patio Railing which you can see down here. that would define the patio

the addition of an 856 square, foot patio, open patio area at the south corner of the

Add New Store, Front Window Openings and Exterior Patios, Awnings and Paint

250 000 for continued implementation of the outdoor dining pilot and part of those funds will be used to help more local small businesses participate in the pilot

restaurants or other businesses using the outdoor pilot in Boulder Junction. Correct?

restaurants that were in the outdoor dining pilot didn't immediately join the the new during Covid

Christmas lights uh don't provide enough lighting uh for for a safe environment.

So we have designated entrances for the patio. Um. And not only that we have railings right

this location in Boulder, if this license is granted, is seeking to have alcohol be permitted outside in a designated patio.

Apply for outdoor dining extensions in the spring and so we're gonna be asking council

Vitality was instrumental in uh leading the charge for an after dining pilot program which affects all of the city

And you have patio Outdoor space. Is that right? Yes,

we've learned all about outdoor dining parklets even before the pandemic and it's hard to implement one thing

our uh pilot outdoor dining program Citywide which does as has been mentioned allowed allow operators to opt in

five businesses that have applied and are continuing their their outdoor dining extensions in some of those parking spaces

we pivoted and decided that we wanted to focus on a city-wide outdoor dining program

having the parklets out there like there's there's the potential for more parklets right

about eight spaces will be dedicated to the outdoor dining pilot program we do anticipate

of the 32 businesses that applied um a third of them are participating in the city's bulk purchase

everybody's concerned about the the liquor you know becoming a dry outdoor dining town it's going to be upsetting

our outdoor dining program comes to a complete stop is that correct or not correct

our existing emergency orders for outdoor dining are scheduled to end on august 31st

i'd love to see people who are not looking to go to the permanent program

maybe if there are any areas where the parklet is more restrictive than our current outdoor dining program

i'm curious about the restaurants that currently have an outdoor dining set up

won't have anything regarding the outdoor dining start with that

i remember that we were talking about the module modular units and whether or not we were going to allow non-modular units

i actually had a question on the outdoor dining program

we also asked the city council to limit the number of parklets in the very limited number of parking spaces on west pearl

well at least under the first two options you've proposed who would be responsible for damage repair

on that discount volume discount maxes out at about 20 parklets is that right

would be to participate in a city-funded program where the city could purchase in bulk a certain amount of outdoor dining parklet infrastructure

outdoor dining as well as countries greenery and our opportunities to really enhance the place making

i'd actually suggest we move outdoor dining because i think that is still a little flux

parklet seating doesn't get more people downtown the tourists will always be there during the summer

largely support the continuation of expanded outdoor dining and employs the city council to use

the outdoor dining program right now is there a lot of built-in city fees

we're being asked to approve um some funding for outdoor dining but we haven't yet approved the program

so the use of arpa dollars would essentially offset some of the costs of purchasing parklet infrastructure

who is already actively working on outdoor dining

if you look at outdoor dining downtown if you there are there are a number of things

as far as the outdoor dining on the mall i'd really rather not support excel energy pumping their their um those propane tanks

i wanted to talk to you about the um dining outdoor dining on pearl street

i'm not talking about parklets here and there around town i'm talking about a long-term street closure

so the state imposed a communal outdoor dining regulation during the pandemic that allowed for expedited temporary modifications

part of that October 31st is because because that is when our um state liquor license expansion went to

gotta let people eat outside until October 31 is that right from the county no everything is tied to emergency orders

arrangement for outdoor dining um you know whether it's West Pearl or the parklets um is scheduled to expire on October 31

by keeping the streets or parking spaces permanently blocked off for outdoor dining purposes

blocking off more roads downtown to vehicle traffic would alleviate some of the congestion on the sidewalks that are already being used for outdoor dining

i would like to ask that city council keep the streets around pearl street blocked off from vehicles for outdoor dining space permanently

whether it's for outdoor dining or some other unforeseen disruptive technology

this particular project will not be addressing that particular program that program was recently extended

outdoor dining is are we looking at that in this process too

grants for creating and programming coveted safe dining and entertainment on the hill this summer

indoor dining is is going to be closed um and only takeout curbside uh delivery or to go is allowed or outdoor dining

what outdoor dining does guarantee for all businesses is to create jobs

we have been talking about a 2021 return of a seasonal uh parklet program

we would like to encourage the city council to consider following Denver's lead by expanding patios

so great questions and we do anticipate that we'll be able to get information on that

a key to this has been keeping the parklets simple

we want to thank all of the restaurants and retailers who have been along this journey with us

the hill boulder looks forward to continuing to listen to merchants on 13th street who are not yet quite ready to go there

between the tree planter and the building face that would be the area you could work within and you'd need to keep eight feet of that clear

you can pop up a parklet which can be up to 60 ft of the existing spaces per business

curbside use there are a couple of options you can pop up a Sidewalk Cafe that maintains pedestrian access

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