For restaurants like Ocho that are applying for a sidewalk seating permit, it costs $2,300 and requires several months of processing time. But now Mayor Greg Nickels wants to reduce the cost to $600 with a quick, ten-day turnaround. If the mayor’s proposal is approved by the city council, we’ll be seeing lots more sidewalk cafes in the near future.
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Mayor paves way for more sidewalk seating
June 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: Ballard · Fremont · Phinney Ridge-Greenwood
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1 Andy // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:28 am
As long as restaurants don’t block the sidewalk for passing pedestrians I think this is a great idea.
2 GB // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:59 am
This is good! Who doesn’t like to eat and drink outside on a nice day?? Now, the city council has to do their part and get this approved.
3 Suthii // Jun 25, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Great! It’s getting more and more like San Fran around here.
4 Joel // Jun 26, 2008 at 9:58 am
This will be great. I wonder how sidewalk seating on the NW corner of 15th and Market would go over?
5 Mazz // Jun 26, 2008 at 2:20 pm
This is excellent!!
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