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The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia rules to allow restaurants with sidewalk café, streetery, temporary street-closure, or temporary-lot-use permits to offer outdoor entertainment through December 31, 2021. Permit holders had to give the City advance notice, follow COVID-19 safety requirements, maintain an accessible pedestrian path, remove equipment after performances, and follow limits on the number and timing of performances.

Amending Chapter 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Sidewalk Cafés” and Title 4, Subcode “A” of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Zoning and Use Registration Permits,” by adding new provisions allowing restaurants applying for a sidewalk café permit or temporary lot uses permit to allow outdoor entertainment; all under certain terms and conditions.