Apply for an outdoor bar area

If you have a catering business, you can apply for a free bar area.

Description

Under certain conditions (such as the approval of the district committee and the local conditions), you can apply for an outdoor bar area for your catering business. Please contact the relevant district inspectorate, who will advise you on the areas in question.

Prerequisites

"Schanigärten" (outdoor bar areas on car parks) can only be approved

  • for commercial businesses with a building permit for use as a restaurant
  • on roads with a maximum speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour and in 30 km/h zones, provided there is no cycle path between the pavement and the parking area
  • on roads with a maximum speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour, provided there is a cycle lane between the parking area and the traffic lane
  • outside 5 metres before and after road junctions and crossroads
  • outside 5 metres before and after zebra crossings, pedestrian traffic lights, level crossings and bus stops
  • in areas not directly in front of a property entrance and exit or on a narrow carriageway, even opposite such a carriageway
  • outside the travelling space of rail vehicles

Areas intended for the following uses are not made available as outdoor bar areas: Driveways, fire brigade access zones and escape routes, disabled parking spaces, taxi ranks, loading zones, bicycle parking facilities, car sharing parking spaces, charging spaces for electric cars.

The width of the outdoor bar area is determined by the width of the associated catering establishment. Part of the outdoor bar area must lie within the right-angled extension of the business boundaries if the other requirements are met.

Required documents

Fully completed application for open-air bar area or for temporary open-air bar area during Corona restrictions (available for download)

  • Plan to scale 1:100 showing the new area or extension applied for
  • Photos of the area applied for, showing the local conditions with regard to the parking space and the immediate surroundings

Duration & Costs

Fees

Administrative fee of 180 euros when a decision is first issued.

No administrative fee is charged for temporary outdoor bar areas during the coronavirus restrictions.

The annual special usage fee depends on the respective street group and amounts to 16 to 77 euros per square metre.

Legal basis

§ 46 StVO, § 18 Bayerisches Straßen- und Wegegesetz, special utilisation guidelines, special utilisation fee statutes.

Related services

Register or deregister food businesses

If you run a food business that does not require a trade licence, you can register or deregister it online here or inform us of any changes.

Authorisation of food businesses

If you run a food business and require an EU authorisation, you will find the relevant information here.

Setting up gaming machines

If you want to set up gaming machines with the possibility of winning, you need a commercial licence and confirmation of the suitability of the installation site.

Open a snack bar

If you want to open a mobile snack bar and operate it at different locations, you need a travelling trade licence.

Apply for a restaurant licence

Pubs and restaurants as well as accommodation establishments require a pub licence if alcoholic beverages are served.

Smoking ban in restaurants and discos - control

Smoking is prohibited in public authorities, children's, youth, cultural and leisure facilities, sports facilities, beer, wine and festival tents as well as in indoor areas of restaurants.

Locking periods

The statutory closing time applies to all restaurants. In individual cases, the district administration department may authorise a different regulation.

Initial instruction for commercial handling of foodstuffs

Before you work in a kitchen or communal catering or otherwise have professional contact with food, you must receive instruction.

Food control

The food monitoring department of the district administration department inspects businesses in the city of Munich that produce, store and sell food.