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929-933 Broadway, PQ 933 Broadway inc. d/b/a LePain Quotidien, application for an unenclosed sidewalk café with 6 tables and 15 seats
At the regularly scheduled monthly meeting of Community Board Five on Thursday, February 14, 2013, the Board passed the following resolution by a vote of 32 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining.
WHEREAS, The applicant, PQ 933 Broadway inc. d/b/a LePain Quotidien is applying for a revocable consent for an unenclosed sidewalk café with 6 tables and 15 seats; and
WHEREAS, The proposed sidewalk café would be located on Broadway between 21st and 22nd , and would have 6 tables - with 4 of those tables to be placed directly against the building and the additional 2 tables to be free standing, leaving 9 ft of space for pedestrian traffic; and
WHEREAS, Representatives of the applicant have agreed to remove the 2 free standing tables upon CB5's request should those tables prove to be cumbersome or restrictive to pedestrian flow, and
WHEREAS, The application appeared to be compliant with DCA regulations; and
WHEREAS, The closing hours (tables and chairs folded, locked and/or put away) would be by 11:00pm every night; and
WHEREAS, The applicant will have no amplified sound at the café; and
WHEREAS, The management at LePain Quotidien have had many sidewalk cafés around the city with little or no complaint, and
WHEREAS, No comment or objection was raised by members of the public; therefore be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of the application for a revocable consent for an unenclosed sidewalk café at 929-933 Broadway between 21st and 22nd Streets