Visit the Community Development Department's applications, forms and handouts webpage to obtain a Limited Outdoor Seating Permit application and fee information.  

The City of Hermosa Beach provides an administrative permit process to allow “limited outdoor seating” on private property incidental and accessory to food establishments  in C-1, C-2, C-3 zones, zones that allow C-3 uses, or SPA-11 zone 17.26.050(B)(6). The permit is typically issued within 1-2 weeks.  Where the limited outdoor seating includes seating on both private property and the public right-of-way, the standards applicable to limited outdoor seating on the public right-of-way in Section 12.16.090(C) also govern on the private property and an Encroachment Permit from the Public Works Department is also required and will be coordinated with this permit. (Outdoor seating cannot be located on Pier Plaza or on the public sidewalk along Upper Pier Avenue (SPA-11)).