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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DATE: TO: September 20, 2022 Matt Longfellow, Engineering Department Gerard Ellis, Fire Department Chris Dressel, Community Investment Brad Rohrscheib, Police Department FROM: Theresa Heffner, Clerk SUBJECT: LOCATION: SIDEWALK CAFÉ RECOMMENDATION – Linden Grill 119 S. Michigan St. PLEASE INSERT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE APPROPRIATE FIELD BELOW, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE CRITERIA (Sec. 18-15): 1. The sidewalk cafe conforms to all regulations of the City and of all laws affecting the use and maintenance of such business. 2. Outdoor cafés and seating areas shall be so located as to maintain maximum sidewalk width and clearance for wheelchair accessibility which shall exclude that portion of a sidewalk reserved as a protected bike lane. Sidewalk clearance is required between outdoor café structures, landscaping or other barriers and the curb or the closest edge of the separated bike lane. Maximum sidewalk wheelchair clearance is presumed to be at least five (5) feet (sixty (60) inches) consistent with Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG). However, under limited circumstances, where strict compliance with the five (5) feet pedestrian sidewalk ADA access would prevent, substantially impair, or render unfeasible the existence of a viable sidewalk café, then the pedestrian ADA sidewalk access area may be reduced from five (5) feet but to no less than four (4) feet to allow for a sidewalk café. The request for a reduction of sidewalk width clearance will be approved only if it is determined to be non-detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of the public, including persons with disabilities. The City's ADA Coordinator should be consulted where an exception is not clear or obvious. These requests must be reviewed in the context of all requests, or potential requests, for use of public sidewalk within the entire block. The request for a reduction of sidewalk width clearance may be approved only if it is determined to be non-detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of the public, including persons with disabilities.