Toy horses will now stand guard at the Hide + Seek Coffee patio as a tongue-in-cheek reference to an online commentator who called it a horse corral
Families were at an Oak Bay Avenue coffee shop on Sunday painting butterflies, birds and other designs on the cedar-plank fencing that separates the cafe’s patio area from the road.
She told council it felt unethical for Oak Bay to change what was allowed on the street and to charge for the appeals process when planning staff had chosen the patio location when it was first built in 2020. Council eventually approved the application, after a debate about its aesthetics, but declined to waive the fees.
“It’s a contemporary simple form. It’s beloved by so many members of the community,” she said. “I wish we were a municipality that was supporting parklet and sidewalk patios rather than lumping continuous fees and making things unfeasible.”
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