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17 3 Barrier Design Requirements Except as required in compliance with an Applicant’s ABC license, vertical barriers are not required for Parklets and Sidewalk Cafes on the Broadway Pedestrian Mall. In cases where Applicants choose to install barriers, they are encouraged to choose a barrier design that is low and provides visual and physical openings (i.e. does not have a continuous edge). For example, individual planter pots spaced 4-5 feet apart provide an excellent means of delineating the borders of a Parklet or Sidewalk Cafe space while meeting the design and functional intent of the City’s Pedestrian Streets. See examples in Section 8. The following barrier design requirements supplement these recommendations: • The entire length of the Parklet or Sidewalk Cafe adjacent to the Pedestrian Zone must remain unobstructed by barriers, planters, or other fixed features. • In order to provide pedestrian access from the street to fronting businesses, Parklets 25 feet in length or longer that include a barrier with a continuous edge must provide a gap at least 4 feet wide in the barrier to allow for pedestrian passage, as well as a 4-foot pedestrian clear space between the barrier gap and the Parklet entrance adjacent to the Pedestrian Zone. Parklets 40 feet in length or longer that include a barrier with a continuous edge must provide two gaps at least 4 feet wide in the barrier as well as a 4-foot pedestrian clear space between each barrier gap and the Parklet entrance adjacent to the Pedestrian Zone. 4 Accessible Design Requirements Parklets and Sidewalk Cafes within the Broadway Pedestrian Mall are not required to utilize a platform structure. If they do not and the Parklet or Sidewalk Cafe is located in the former Vehicular Zone, there must still be an accessible route from the Pedestrian Zone into the Parklet or Sidewalk Cafe, such as a wheelchair-accessible ramp bridging the curb between the sidewalk and the street. The ramp is considered a Parklet fixture and must comply with CBC 11B-405 & 11B-406. If an Applicant chooses to use a platform structure, refer to Section 4B, Part II, Platform Design Requirements. II. THEATRE WAY 1 Location, Setback, and Clearance Requirements a. On Theatre Way, the Pedestrian Zone may be located adjacent to the fronting building. Alternatively, an Applicant may opt to locate a Parklet or Sidewalk Cafe adjacent to the fronting building and provide required Pedestrian Zone clearance street-side from their Parklet or Sidewalk Cafe. In either case, a minimum 5-foot continuous pedestrian clearance must be maintained that connects to the Pedestrian Zone on either side of the business frontage. See Diagram 10. b. To ensure connectivity and access between the street and fronting businesses, a 5-foot passage between two or more adjacent Parklets or Sidewalk Cafes shall be maintained. The overall passage dimension may be split between adjoining Parklets or Sidewalk Cafes. On the east side of Theatre Way, passages must be aligned with breaks in the street planters at the top of the steps. No passage shall be required when two or more Parklets or Sidewalk Cafes at neighboring businesses are located directly adjacent to a fronting building (i.e. the Pedestrian Zone is not located directly adjacent to the building). See Diagram 10. c. No Parklet, Sidewalk Cafe, trash receptacle or any other Movable or Fixed Improvement shall encroach between the two trees that mark access to the back alley that allows access to the Fox Theatre. See Diagram 11. 2 Platform Design Requirements The use of a platform structure is not required for Parklets and Sidewalk Cafes on Theatre Way. If an Applicant chooses to use a platform structure, refer to Section 4B, Part II, Platform Design Requirements. ATTY/RESO.0017/CC RESO OUTDOOR BUSINESS ACTIVITY PROGRAM GUIDELINES - EXHIBIT A REV: 03-03-25 JB Page 20 of 34