In his latest blog post, Mayor Friedberg reveals that council has approved issuing temporary use permits to participating Bellaire restaurants so they can have additional outdoor seating.
The Mayor says the plan is “largely modeled after the City of Houston’s More Space pilot program adopted earlier this month. Bellaire City Council has approved issuing temporary use permits to participating restaurants subject to certain minimum standards and safeguards. Fees for the temporary permits will be waived.”
“The intent is to give our restaurants some much-needed relief from the prolonged economic effects of the ongoing pandemic, while allowing residents to begin dining out again, safely. COVID-19 public health guidelines will apply the same in these expanded outdoor dining areas as they do inside. There will also be specific requirements for the permitted spaces, such as seating layouts for social distancing, traffic plans, and physical barriers at the perimeter to keep cars separate from people.”
See the Mayors full blog post HERE.
