Palm Springs, CA Special Events & Permits: Sidewalk Dining & Cafés (2026)

01(C) of the Palm Springs Zoning Code lists outdoor dining twice for the C-B-D central business district zone: item (C)(2)(k) allows outdoor dining on the same private property as the restaurant itself, while item (C)(3)(e) separately covers outdoor dining located on public property, including the public right-of-way formed by streets and sidewalks, and both are grouped under 'Uses Permitted by Land Use Permit' rather than allowed by right. 01(C)(1) classifies land use permits for accessory uses, which sidewalk dining is, as Type II permits, distinct from the Type I track used for primary land uses.

A restaurant that wants tables in the public right-of-way therefore needs both the underlying restaurant use and a separate Type II Land Use Permit application reviewed against those compatibility standards before chairs and tables can go out onto the sidewalk. 00(C)(4)(b) sets a parking ratio for the outdoor seating itself: one off-street parking space for every eight seats in an outdoor dining, ancillary bar or waiting area that is not roofed, or whose roof is not supported by walls on at least three sides. Sidewalk dining tied to a business address that falls on an Agua Caliente trust land parcel, rather than city-zoned fee land, is not reached by this Zoning Code permit requirement.