16th Street Mall Sidewalk Cafe Design Standards

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sidewalk cafĂŠ design standards


ALL sidewalk cafés, enclosures, and server stations/bus stations must comply with City and County of Denver Environmental Health statutes and operational guidelines. ALL environmental control elements (such as heaters) must comply with City and County of Denver fire and safety code. Cafés shall remain “outdoor” and therefore are not to be enclosed as climate-controlled interior rooms. Café operators are responsible for supplying and maintaining all furnishings/elements. Café installations may not physically damage or impair granite pavers, lighting, utilities or trees along 16th Street Mall. No café elements may be affixed to 16th Street Mall surface. Sidewalk cafés and ALL furnishings/elements must be approved by BID.


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SIDEWALK CAFÉ DESIGN STANDARDS These guidelines are offered in the spirit of encouraging the best possible outcomes for the 16th Street Mall and for individual business owners. This document contains both requirements and suggestions that are highly encouraged in order to enhance the interactive energy and unique experience of the 16th Street Mall. With that in mind, the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District (BID) will oversee adherence to these guidelines. In some special situations, the BID will consider an exception from these requirements if it is found to be of mutual benefit to the individual business owner and the 16th Street Mall as a whole.

café location:

enclosures:

Outdoor café dining will ONLY be permitted in the right-of-way along the frontage of a retail or restaurant location.

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café enclosure:

building frontage

No part of a café can be within 10’ of standpipe, building hydrant, crosswalk, driveway, permanent street furniture or alleyway.

materials: exterior grade

no plastic

glass to be graffiti -resistant, durable and kept clean

rust-resistant

nuts and bolts painted to match enclosure with no projecting rough edges

CAFE

MIN 10ft.

YES

YES

YES

*Enclosures must be primarily transparent along pedestrian right-of-way.

YES

*Planters may be used as enclosure elements perpendicular to building facade or incorporated into enclosure, but may not form the frontal face.

MAX.

1” 1”


furnishings:

café elements: landscaping:

umbrellas:

furnishings:

All umbrellas within a café enclosure must share matching color scheme

All furnishings must be positioned within the enclosed area. Trash cans are required to have lids and colors must be consistent with the café color palette.

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signage: IMPORTANT! No signage may extend beyond café enclosure with the exception of menu boxes affixed to the building facade (if approved by the building owner and the City and County of Denver). menu

36”

please wait to be seated

Amount of total space advertisements may occupy on umbrella

no fake or dead plants

menu

36” 72”

24”

A-FRAME

24”

[24”x36”]

building front

4”

* Brand colors and business logos may be used on umbrella

MAX 72”

[total structure]

menu

FREESTANDING

36”

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max. height 43”

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no plastic

max. height w/ planting 54”

[4”x24”x36”]

advertising:

No temporary or permanent outdoor advertising with the exception of business identity or logo.

weather resistant materials

MIN. 8

24”

CABINET

menu

[72”x24”x36”]

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Umbrella must be fixed to a stand.

planters inside enclosure must not exceed enclosure height

ambiance:

encouraged elements:

lighting:

Café operators should consider creating architecturally appropriate building/restraurant openings that allow restaurant activities to spill out into café spaces:

All lighting proposals and electrical elements must be evaluated and approved by BID.

- garage style windows/doors - oversized doorways - accordion style

music/speakers: Volume may not affect conversation levels within

10ft Approved speakers may be mounted to edge enclosures, but may not protrude outside café

heaters & fans: All environmental control equipment must meet City and County of Denver fire and safety codes.

*As permitted by the City and County of Denver

Environmental Control equipment increases café usage and comfort through broader weather conditions

Landscape elements are encouraged for use throughout the café area and also in the café enclosure

Live music (non-amplified) is encouraged as long as it does not interfere with permitted events or programming on the 16th Street Mall

building front

16th St.

ON 7AM

OFF

10PM

Bus stations must be enclosed and out of patron view.

Café

16th St.

Café

Enclosure base plates should minimize projection into pedestrian right-of-way.


CONTACT: The Downtown Denver Business Improvement District (BID) www.downtowndenver.com 511 16th Street, Suite 200 Denver, CO - 80202 303-534-6161


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