EO = Emergency Order, PROW = Public Right-of-Way
Outdoor Street Dining/Busines s Use Encroachment Area
Chronology
3/13/2020 City Declares State of Emergency.
5/20/2020 City establishes Outdoor Dining/Business Use Solutions Task Force (meets regularly until 2/25/2022) 6/5/2020 City authorizes permits for outdoor dining/business use of the public right-of-way (PROW). (EO#10) 6/10/2020 City authorizes outdoor dining/business use permits in street parking spaces. (EO#11) 8/4/2020 City Council retroactively waives parking meter and PROW use fees for encroachment areas. 8/7/2020 City extends outdoor dining hours to 11 PM in the PROW. (EO #16) 8/15/2020 City Council approves increase in street and City-lot parking meter rates to $2.00/hour. 9/2/2020 City extends outdoor street dining/bus iness use permits to January 15, 2021. (EO #19) 11/20/2020 City extends PROW permits to 90 days after LA County allows indoor seating; reduces outdoor dining hours to 10 PM; and authorizes closure of certain public lots and streets for outdoor dining. (EO #21) 1/2/2021 City closes public seating areas. (EO #22)
1/29/2021 City rescinds EO #22, and resumes outdoor dining/business use of PROW. (EO #23) 2/11/2021 City closes Manhattan Avenue to allow outdoor dining in street. Street reopened on 2/23/2021. 5/18/2021 City Council extends outdoor street dining/ business use permits to September 7, 2021, and extends permits west of Ocean Dr. to July 5, 2021. Council continues a discussion of fees for use of PROW. 6/15/2021 City Council extends PROW permits west of Oc ean Dr to July 20, 2021 and other areas to September 10, 2021. (EO #26)
6/15/2021 Governor lifts indoor dining capacity limits. 7/6/2021 City Council discusses possible fees for outdoor dining/business use of the PROW and continues item. 8/24/2021 City Council extends outdoor street dining/ business use permits to January 3, 2022 (EO #27) and directs staff to initiate a Work Plan item to study long-term outdoor dining/business use of the PROW. 9/21/2021 City Council approves $1.00 per square foot monthly fee for outdoor street dining/business use. 10/05/2021 City Council directs staff to remove outdoor dini ng areas in front of retail/personal service by Nov. 1. 11/02/2021 City Council confirms outdoor dining areas may remain in place during holiday fireworks event. 12/07/2021 City Council confirms expira tion of outdoor street dining/business use permits on January 3, 2022. 12/21/2021 City Council extends outdoor street dining/bus iness use permits through the end of California State of Emergency (EO #28) and increases monthly fee for use of the PROW to $3.00 per square foot. 3/1/2021 City Council directs staff to conduct dining occupancy surveys with restaurants and other cities, and suspends $3.00 per square foot monthly fees for use non-sidewalk PROW areas. 4/19/2022 City Council directs staff to take steps to increase maximum dining occupancy for restaurants with street encroachment areas, and return on September 20, 2022 for further consideration. 7/5/2022 City Council approved a working group for Long-Term Outdoor Dining/Business Use Work Plan. 9/20/2022 City Council directed staff to continue waiver of maximum dining occupancy limits.