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SECTION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS <br />Subd. 16. Accessory Outdoor Dining or Seating Facilities. <br />A. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this section is to provide standards for <br />the establishment and use of accessory outdoor dining or seating facilities that <br />are intended for consumption of food or beverages purchased at the principal <br />use on the site. This section is intended to apply to dining or seating facilities <br />associated with and accessory to principal uses such as restaurants and retail <br />establishments that offer food or beverages, whether or not service is provided to <br />the outdoor seating area. This section is not intended to apply to outdoor seating <br />such as park benches or picnic tables in parks or other public gathering and <br />recreation areas. When an administrative permit for outdoor dining or seating is <br />required, it may be incorporated into another approval such as but not limited to a <br />site plan, planned unit development, or building permit. <br />B. Requirements. <br />1. The applicant shall submit a site plan and other pertinent information <br />demonstrating the location and type of all tables, chairs, benches, refuse <br />receptacles, wait stations, fencing. planters, and other elements of the outdoor <br />area. This submittal information must sufficiently demonstrate that all <br />requirements are met. The information can be included as part of a submittal <br />for another permit or approval. <br />2. If alcoholic beverages are served or consumed in the outdoor area, the proper <br />license required by Chapter 700 of the City Code must be current. <br />3. All lighting be hooded and directed away from adiacent residential uses in <br />accordance with Section 3, Subd. 4.F of this Ordinance. <br />4. The site plan shall demonstrate that pedestrian circulation is not disrupted as <br />a result of the outdoor dining/seating area by providing the following: <br />a) The outdoor dining/seating area shall be at least partially segregated from <br />through pedestrian circulation by means of temporary or permanent <br />fencing, bollards, ropes, plantings, or other methods. If the outdoor <br />seating consists of four or fewer tables and there is no outdoor service, this <br />requirement may be waived if other requirements are met to sufficiently <br />avoid disruption of circulation. <br />b) The minimum clear passage zone for pedestrians at the perimeter of the <br />outdoor seating/dining area shall be at least five (5) feet without <br />interference from tables, chairs, planters, parked motor vehicles, bollards, <br />Attachment A, Ordinance No. 04-10, page 2 <br />