Monday marked a deadline for Philadelphia restaurants with outdoor dining to apply for a license to permanently keep their “streeteries” open or take them down for good. FrancesWangTV has reactions from restaurant owners and the streets department:
“We’re trying to make this a successful program for everyone, the city, the restaurants and the citizens,” Deputy Streets Commissioner Richard Montanez said. “We’re not trying to push this out or eliminate this. We feel that this is part of the city and belongs within the city.”
The streets department told NBC10 on Monday they’ve received about 50 streetery applications from restaurants so far. They also said restaurants can continue to operate their streetery as long as they have an application submitted. Among the requirements: restaurant owners must get consent from the property owner, they must have a certificate of insurance and a valid food license for the specified location.before applying. The city said most streeteries that were put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic do not comply and will require “substantial re-design or total removal.”
“While the regulations go into effect immediately, restaurant owners will have a period of time to review options available to them, prepare necessary documents, submit applications and remove existing streetery set ups that do not comply with the regulations,” last year’s release from the city said.
Streeteries can only exist in the parking lane directly in front of the business; not in vehicle travel or bike lanes. Seating with tents, canopy coverings or propane-sourced heaters are no longer permitted,At certain intersections, streeteries also must have a 30-foot buffer zone from the corner, according to the new standards, which will be a problem for several currently in use.
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