Approve By-law 2020.438, to extend the period of time for which the Temporary Use By-law 2020.427 is authorized, attached as Appendix A to community planning department report PL-08-22; and
Waive the fees and requirements for site plan approval and zoning clearance certificate for temporary outdoor patios and temporary tents (structures) on private property until January 1, 2023, and on public lands until October 31, 2022; and
Authorize the Director of Community Planning, to approve the extension of temporary outdoor patios on private property to January 1, 2023, subject to such criteria and conditions as staff deem appropriate; and
Authorize the Director of Community Planning to grant or revoke such approvals, consents, agreements or other authorizations and take such other steps as may be required to give effect to the recommendations herein; and
Suspend the Pop-Up Patio Program for downtown Burlington in 2022; and
Direct the Director of Community Planning to initiate an application process to implement a plan for the use of public lands downtown for temporary patios; and
Authorize the Director of Community Planning in consultation with the Director of Transportation, to approve temporary patios on public lands in downtown Burlington, subject to such criteria and conditions as staff deem appropriate; and
Authorize the Executive Director of Legal Services and Corporation Counsel, working in consultation with the Director of Community Planning, to approve license agreements or such other agreements or documents as may be required to permit the temporary use of public lands for approved temporary patios; and
Approve By-law 24-2022, to authorize the Director of Transportation to temporarily restrict the common law right of passage for vehicles over certain portions of streets within downtown Burlington to facilitate the installation of temporary patios and create safe pedestrian passage ways, attached as appendix B to community planning department report PL-08-22; and
Direct the Chief Financial Officer to apply the costs associated with creating safe pedestrian passage ways around patios on public lands to the Safe Restart Program should additional funding be received and that should additional funding not be received that the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund be used to cover the cost in 2022; and
Endorse that approvals for any temporary patios on public lands as contemplated in community planning department report PL-08-22 shall expire no later than October 31, 2022; and
Require patio operators to provide liability insurance for public property patios in the amount of $2m, naming the city as an additional insured on the policy for the 2022 patio season, and
Waive the proposed “fixed fee” of $250 for installations on public property for the 2022 patio season.