Daily News | Philly quietly added surprise fees and ‘burdensome’ rules for restaurant streeteries
» READ MORE:Restaurants would be required to pay a $2,200 annual license fee — on top of a $200 application fee.
Crystal Jacobs, a spokesperson for the Streets Department, said the bonds are already required for restaurants with sidewalk café licenses, and the increased fees would cover “required inspections, additional personnel, technology upgrades and enhancements to the online application.More than 800 restaurants converted parking spaces into outdoor dining patios in order to survive the pandemic.
Streets officials released the resolutions in a memo Feb. 11 and ran them in newspapers as required by law. But officials did not send notice of the regulations to industry stakeholders. And now the clock is ticking.“We are not aware of any requests for public discussion at this time regarding this matter,” Jacobs said.Get written consent from the owners of any abutting properties
Running electrical wires across the sidewalk or overhead is now prohibited under the new rules, forcing restaurants to either install underground electric lines or run noisy generators to provide lighting and power electrical heaters. “It’s a bureaucratic mess,” said Domb. “This is basically the administration saying ‘we don’t want outdoor seating.’”
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