Patio Permit Applications Open For the 2025 Season
/Applications are now open for the City of Peterborough’s annual patio program for the 2025 season.
In February 2025, City Council approved maintaining the current insurance requirements for Downtown Patio Program participants at $2 million Commercial General Liability, except for patios licenced to serve alcohol, which would be required to have $5 million Commercial General Liability. File Photo.
The patio program creates the opportunity for more patio and pedestrian space in the City’s Central Area.
The program includes:
Allowing businesses on George, Water and Charlotte streets to use on-street parking spaces for additional outdoor business/patio space.
Maintaining the existing two-vehicle travel lanes and cycling lanes on George and Water Streets.
Reducing Hunter Street West to a one-lane, one-way street to expand pedestrian space and available patio areas.
Maintaining Charlotte Street as a two-way, two-lane street while allowing for patios in on-street parking spaces through the patio permit process.
The use of decorative fencing and planters to delineate between the new pedestrian areas, expanded/on-street patios and vehicular traffic lanes.
The program has been expanded to allow businesses in East City along Hunter Street East to operate a patio on a portion of the city sidewalks.
A non-refundable $400 Application fee.