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Increase in Outdoor Dining Permit Fee Frustrates Some Business Owners in Southampton Village

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Outdoor dining has been popular in Southampton Village since the pandemic, but some local business owners feel that the village is charging too much for the permit. DANA SHAW PHOTOS

Outdoor dining has been popular in Southampton Village since the pandemic, but some local business owners feel that the village is charging too much for the permit. DANA SHAW PHOTOS

Outdoor dining has been popular in Southampton Village since the pandemic, but some local business owners feel that the village is charging too much for the permit. DANA SHAW PHOTOS

Outdoor dining has been popular in Southampton Village since the pandemic, but some local business owners feel that the village is charging too much for the permit. DANA SHAW PHOTOS

Outdoor dining has been popular in Southampton Village since the pandemic, but some local business owners feel that the village is charging too much for the permit. DANA SHAW PHOTOS

Outdoor dining has been popular in Southampton Village since the pandemic, but some local business owners feel that the village is charging too much for the permit. DANA SHAW PHOTOS

authorCailin Riley on Apr 5, 2025
The onset of the pandemic in March 2020 inadvertently brought about a resurgence in the popularity of outdoor dining. It was one of the few changes wrought by COVID that... more

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