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By Chantal Wagner

pivoting to patios

City expediting patio permits for restaurants

Apr 12, 2021 | 3:23 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – The city of Medicine Hat has been working to expedite patio permits as restaurants deal with COVID-19.

Since the government tightened restrictions last week, the city has had an increase of patio inquiries, with 20 so far.

Nine new patios have been approved and two more are in the queue.

Erin Onoferychuk, with planning and development, says patio permits are happening earlier than usual and they are happy to accommodate.

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“A lot of these are basically on the sidewalk. There are a few downtown where they project over the sidewalk into the road and we have about 3 or 4 of those approved so far. And the rest of them like I said are chairs on the sidewalk.”

For patio permit inquires call planning and development services 403-529-8374.

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