Towns Still Working On Making Expanded Outdoor Dining Work In A Post-Pandemic World

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East Hampton and Southampton are making changes to rules to help restaurants continue using more outdoor spaces for dining like they were allowed to do under the pandemic's emergency rules.

East Hampton and Southampton are making changes to rules to help restaurants continue using more outdoor spaces for dining like they were allowed to do under the pandemic's emergency rules.

Southampton Town now allows restaurant owners to apply for site plan modification to make outdoor dining areas they created during the COVID-19 emergency permanent.    DANA SHAW

Southampton Town now allows restaurant owners to apply for site plan modification to make outdoor dining areas they created during the COVID-19 emergency permanent. DANA SHAW

Southampton Town now allows restaurant owners to apply for site plan modification to make outdoor dining areas they created during the COVID-19 emergency permanent.    DANA SHAW

Southampton Town now allows restaurant owners to apply for site plan modification to make outdoor dining areas they created during the COVID-19 emergency permanent. DANA SHAW

authorMichael Wright on Mar 9, 2022
East Hampton and Southampton town officials are trying to find ways to help restaurant owners who moved much of their dining capacity outdoors during the pandemic by allowing them to... more

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