Butte organization owner calls out ‘excessive’ sidewalk seating charge

A Butte organization owner is speaking out more than a permit charge she considers to be an excessive burden on little organizations.

Carrie Fisher owns the Taco Del Sol and Pita Pit on the corner of Park and Montana Streets, and she says the city-county desires her to spend $700 annually for a permit to have a handful of chairs and tables on the sidewalk outdoors her organization.

The neighborhood government cited an ordinance that was not too long ago revised in the course of the pandemic. Its title pertains to parklets and pedlets, each of which go all the way to the curb or even into the street.

Fisher says it is nevertheless significant for sidewalk seating to go by way of a permitting course of action to guarantee, for instance, that ADA accessibility is maintained, but she says a $700 annual charge is unreasonable.

She made a petition requesting the Council of Commissioners appear more than the problem and discover a commonsense remedy. It is currently been signed by dozens of residents.

“I’ve received so substantially assistance from other organization owners, since I contacted everyone that had tables and chairs and produced them conscious of what was going on. So they want to make confident that this gets corrected. Simply because this is a citywide ordinance, it is not just an Uptown Butte ordinance,” stated Fisher.

Fisher says other towns in the state charge anyplace from $20 to $50 for a sidewalk seating permit.

We’ll continue following this story and will retain you updated.