Cities may allow restaurants, pubs to expand patios into public space
JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian PressCities including Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver have brought in or are eyeing rules that would make it easier for restaurants to expand into public spaces such as roads and parking areas, creating outdoor seating roomy enough that patrons can maintain physical distancing.
His motion would allow Hamilton’s business improvement areas to work with the city on creating the patios. In areas without BIAs, the process could be triggered through a survey that demonstrates high support from businesses on a given block. The city would waive the cost of fencing or other infrastructure, and the new spaces would ideally be ready to go when provincial restrictions again allow dining at restaurants.
“If conditions don’t improve over the next few months, one out of every two independent restaurants does not expect to survive,” Shanna Munro, chief executive officer of the industry association Restaurants Canada, warned in an open letter last week, calling this “by far the worst crisis” her organization had seen.
“We’re trying to figure out, ‘How do we make this work for all of downtown?’ ” she said. “You know, Winnipeggers, we love our patios. We get through the long winter and as soon as it’s sunny and above zero we start thinking about it.”
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