Cicero, IL Special Events & Permits: Parklets (2026)

Sec. 82-37 establishes a 'public outdoor furniture program' under which a licensed restaurant or carryout food establishment applies to the license officer for a permit to place tables and seating in the excess sidewalk right-of-way, the strip beyond the required six-foot pedestrian clearance, in front of its own business. Unlike Sec. 82-34's restaurant table permit, furniture placed under this program must stay open to the general public regardless of whether they patronize the permittee's business, and a restaurant operator may hold either an 82-34 table permit or an 82-37 furniture permit, but not both at once.

Furniture must be sturdy, aesthetically compatible with the business district, and if tables sit lower than 30 inches with 27 inches of knee clearance, at least one table, or five percent of the tables, whichever is greater, must carry a handicap-accessible sticker; umbrellas cannot exceed seven feet in diameter or carry advertising. No food, beverages or alcohol may be sold or served on the furniture itself, and no signage or advertising may appear on it apart from the required accessibility sticker. 00 in public liability insurance naming the Town as an additional insured.

Furniture must generally be removed nightly at close of business unless the zoning board of appeals finds it can safely stay out overnight without damaging the public way.