This article is intended to facilitate outdoor dining in order
to create an active streetscape, to enhance the economic and social
vitality of Public Square, and to promote pedestrian activity. It
is also intended to expedite the approval of such facilities within
the Downtown Core Overlay, while ensuring that such dining will not
significantly impair the public's use of the sidewalks and protecting
adjacent residential and commercial uses from any adverse impacts
from such dining.
A restaurant wishing to establish an outdoor dining facility within the Downtown Core Overlay may apply for a permit to establish said facility under this article. Other uses of City sidewalks and/or righst-of way (ROW) and any restaurant outside the Downtown Core Overlay wishing to establish an outdoor dining facility on City property must apply for a license agreement from the City Manager's office under §
265-19.
The City of Watertown may terminate the authorization granted
by a permit under this section whenever the City Manager determines
that the City has need to use the affected public right-of-way for
just cause. In such cases, the City will, by written notification,
demand that the restaurant remove the outdoor dining area. The restaurant
shall complete said removal by the date specified in the notice and
shall accomplish the removal on its own without cost to the City.
If the restaurant shall fail or neglect to remove the encroachment
within the time specified, the City shall have the right to remove
the encroachment, at the expense of the restaurant, and shall not
be liable to the restaurant for any loss or damage to the structure
of the encroachment, or personal property within the encroachment
area, caused by the removal.