§ 146-541. Operational limitations, sidewalk cafés specifically.

(a)

The capacity of an approved sidewalk café shall not exceed the approved seating capacity indicated on the approved site plan and as stated on the permit placard.

(b)

Tables and chairs associated with an approved sidewalk café shall be structurally sound and maintained in a manner ready for access and use by patrons.

(c)

Sidewalk café permittees shall wash the sidewalk daily and at the close of business or, if open 24-hours, at the close of the sidewalk café element of the business.

(d)

No live entertainment, speakers, or other sources of amplified sound shall be permissible on or adjacent to the approved sidewalk café.

(e)

Carts, receptacles for waste or dirty dishes, and cooking appliances shall not be placed or stored on any portion of the sidewalk.

(f)

Tables, chairs, and any other components of the approved sidewalk use shall be neatly stacked and organized at the end of each business day, at the hour indicated by this division, in a manner which will result in minimal intrusion into the public right-of-way.

(g)

All property/building ingress and egress where a sidewalk café exists must remain unobstructed (including queuing lines) for clear, barrier-free pedestrian passage, consistent with the fire department regulations and ANSI standards for barrier-free access.

(h)

Hours of operation:

(1)

Seating within the sidewalk café shall not begin before 8:00 a.m.

(2)

Unless otherwise provided in this section, seating within the sidewalk café shall end no later than 10:00 p.m.

(3)

In the area bounded by the Mississippi River, the Pontchartrain Expressway, South Claiborne Avenue, and Canal Street (inclusive of uses which front on both sides of Canal Street), seating within the sidewalk café shall end no later than 12:00 a.m.

(M.C.S., Ord. No. 27625, § 4, 12-14-17; eff. 10-1-17)