TO: HARBOR COMMISSION
FROM: STEPHEN PROUD, WATERFRONT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING OUTDOOR DINING PROGRAM FOR KING HARBOR
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Harbor Commission:
1) Receive and file the Administrative Report on Outdoor Dining for King Harbor
2) Provide appropriate direction.
BACKGROUND
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Los Angeles County Safer at Home Order limited local restaurants service to take-out or delivery options. On May 29, 2020, the State of California authorized a waiver that allowed the expansion of food service to outdoor seating areas operating within strict COVID-19 protocols. In response to the State waiver, the City of Redondo Beach initiated a Temporary Use Permit ("TUP") process to allow restaurants to "utilize the privately-owned parking areas and outdoor spaces" as expanded service areas to accommodate appropriate social distancing and COVID-19 protocols associated with restaurant operations.
Although the TUP was initially designated for privately owned restaurants in the City, the program was expanded to the Pier to allow restaurants to utilize the public areas above the International Boardwalk, the "Pad 10" or former Octagon Building location, and limited locations adjacent to existing businesses. The TUP was intended to allow businesses to expand into public areas to offset the loss of indoor seating and to accommodate social distancing protocols. It was not intended to allow businesses to expand beyond their current indoor seating capacity, but rather to provide a larger footprint for existing capacity. In addition, the TUPs were expected to last for the duration of the local emergency declaration related to COVID-19 and once the declaration was lifted and the TUP expired - the area that is the subject of the TUP was expected to be returned to its previous operating condition.
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