FREMONT — Outdoor dining spaces created in Fremont during the pandemic can stay.
Fremont officials say they hope the city’s new permanent commercial outdoor patio program will make it easy for businesses with existing patios or dining areas opened during the height of pandemic health order restrictions to keep them, and for other businesses to begin opening them on sidewalks, in street parking spaces or in parking lots.
The Fremont City Council unanimously approved the new rules at its meeting Tuesday, which built on rules from the city’s temporary “Pop-Up Patio” program, which was born out of the pandemic and has been in place for nearly two years, city reports
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