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Jan 18 10:48 am
  • outdoor dining

Long Beach limits role of community input in issuing parklet permits

Jason Ruiz

The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday to change the city’s municipal code, which will remove language that allowed community groups’ input to be a deciding factor in whether a business could be given a permit to build a permanent parklet.

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Dec 7 8:51 am
  • outdoor dining

City Council, not community groups, could approve permanent parklets under revised rules

Jason Ruiz

The current Long Beach ordinance allows community groups to essentially veto applications. The changes would make their input just one factor the City Council could weigh.

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Dec 1 2:25 pm
  • parklets

Community approval may no longer be needed for permanent parklets

Jason Ruiz

A 2018 city ordinance says that permanent parklets built in Long Beach need community group consent before a business can apply to construct one, but the City Council could vote Tuesday to amend that ordinance to merely make community input part of the process.

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Sep 6 6:07 pm
  • outdoor dining

Long Beach to allow some temporary parklets to stay up until January

Jason Ruiz

The city says it has 19 applications for permanent parklets and those businesses will now be able to keep their temporary structures up until January 2023.

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Jun 15 8:58 am
  • outdoor dining

Outdoor dining program will wind down, but Long Beach could approve some permanent parklets

Jason Ruiz

The program had been extended multiple times and was set to end June 30, but some business operators hoping to make their additions permanent could have until the end of September to operate temporary parklets as their applications are processed.

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Jun 12 8:00 am
  • outdoor dining

Long Beach parklet program poised to end with few businesses seeking permanent installations

Jason Ruiz

At one point there were 130 temporary parklets in Long Beach but so far just 25 have shown interest in making their outdoor dining areas permanent as the June 30 deadline for the temporary program approaches.

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Dec 8 2021 12:17 pm
  • outdoor dining

Belmont Shore parklets expected to phase out amid low demand for permanent structures

Jason Ruiz

A city official said that just 10 of the 30 businesses currently operating a parklet on Second Street in Belmont Shore have indicated they might pursue a permanent structure.

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Oct 8 2021 2:39 pm
  • outdoor dining

California extends cocktails-to-go and outdoor dining rules

Don Thompson, Associated Press

California moved Friday to extend the sale of cocktails-to-go and keep alcohol service for outdoor dining at parklets.

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Sep 14 2021 7:00 pm
  • outdoor dining

Long Beach extends parklet program through June 2022 but creates protest process for Belmont Shore

Jason Ruiz

The extension would also extend to businesses using parking lots for outdoor dining. The council’s previous extension of the program was set to expire at the start of October.

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Jul 10 2021 5:20 pm
  • outdoor dining

Lola’s Mexican Cuisine adding new permanent parklet at Bixby Knolls location

Jason Ruiz

Lola’s owners are among the first to take advantage of a city program to turn pandemic-inspired temporary parklets into permanent outdoor-dining fixtures.

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