A Butte enterprise owner is speaking out more than a permit charge she considers to be an excessive burden on little firms.

Carrie Fisher owns the Taco Del Sol and Pita Pit on the corner of Park and Montana Streets, and she says the city-county desires her to spend $700 annually for a permit to have a couple of chairs and tables on the sidewalk outdoors her enterprise.

The nearby government cited an ordinance that was not too long ago revised in the course of the pandemic. Its title pertains to parklets and pedlets, each of which go all the way to the curb or even into the street.

Fisher says it is nevertheless significant for sidewalk seating to go via a permitting course of action to assure, for instance, that ADA accessibility is maintained, but she says a $700 annual charge is unreasonable.

She made a petition requesting the Council of Commissioners appear more than the challenge and uncover a commonsense answer. It is currently been signed by dozens of residents.

“I’ve received so considerably assistance from other enterprise owners, since I contacted everyone that had tables and chairs and created them conscious of what was going on. So they want to make certain that this gets corrected. Mainly because this is a citywide ordinance, it is not just an Uptown Butte ordinance,” mentioned Fisher.

Fisher says other towns in the state charge anyplace from $20 to $50 for a sidewalk seating permit.

We’ll continue following this story and will preserve you updated.