Kirkland, WA Special Events & Permits: Sidewalk Dining & Cafés (2026)

060, treats sidewalks as primarily for pedestrian use and allows cafe tables only as a limited secondary use that promotes business districts as pedestrian-oriented. 061, issued by the director of public works and running January 1 through December 31 of the permit year. 062 requires a minimum six-foot-wide unobstructed pedestrian corridor, table areas fenced off with rope stanchions or portable planters approved by the city, a single customer entry opening, city-approved trash receptacles and ash trays, and city approval of all street furniture design. 064 requires a hold-harmless agreement, comprehensive liability insurance of at least $300,000 per occurrence naming the city as additional insured, and a $1,000 security device guaranteeing compliance.

065 bar alcohol service outside a permitted three-and-one-half-foot fenced barrier consumed only with meals, prohibit food preparation or off-premises advertising within the permit area, require the corridor and permit area (plus fifty feet either side) cleaned daily, and ban animals except service dogs. 070. 12 civil violation notice; any breach of the operating conditions is independently grounds for immediate suspension or revocation of the permit.