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H 7064 - Expands Standards for Outdoor Dining - Rhode Island Key Vote

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Title: Expands Standards for Outdoor Dining

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill to expands outdoor dining compliances and regulations.

Highlights:

  • Establishes this act as the “Outdoor Dining Act” (Sec. 1). 

  • Defines terms related to outdoor dining (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that food service establishments that offer outdoor dining shall comply with all accessibility requirements, all relevant building codes, and all relevant food codes (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that a city or town may impose ordinances that do the following (Sec. 1): 

    • Limit outdoor dining on public property; 

    • Limit capacity for outdoor dining;and

    • Require barriers for outdoor dining in certain locations. 

  • Specifies that a city or town cannot prohibit outdoor dining, adopting limits on the hours of outdoor dining, adopting limits on the time of year outdoor dining is available, or requiring new parking standards (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that nothing in this act shall restrict municipal enforcement of noise ordinances (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that nothing in this act shall authorize or entitle a food service to conduct outdoor dining on areas that do not have legal ownership or possession unless explicitly authorized by the landowner (Sec. 1).

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