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Straßensondernutzung (special use of public streets) - Apply to put out tables and chairs in front of your own business premises

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Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Public street land must by law be available to everyone for use in traffic. If someone restricts this general public use through a different kind of use, such as placing tables and chairs (Schankvorgarten, outdoor seating area) in front of their own business premises, this constitutes a Sondernutzung (special use).

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Restaurant business (Gaststättenbetrieb), or a restaurant business not requiring a permit, or another commercial business • This concerns tables and chairs. For setting up standing tables, see "Further information".

Documents you need

• Application for putting out tables and chairs (Schankvorgarten, licensed outdoor seating area) You can submit the application either online, or use the form and submit the application in writing by post. • Sketch, period, area • Period of use • Area of use • Location (with sketch) • Trade registration (Gewerbeanmeldung) (copy) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121921/ • If applicable, extract from the commercial register (Handelsregister) (copy) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327144/

Forms

• Application for placing tables and chairs outside (Schankvorgarten [outdoor serving area in front of a pub/café]) www.berlin.de/ba-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/_assets/pdf-dateie

Fees

Cost of the exemption permit (administrative fee) up to 15m² • 100.00 euros: for 1 year • 150.00 euros: for 2 years • 200.00 euros: for 3 years up to 30m² • 200.00 euros: for 1 year • 300.00 euros: for 2 years • 400.00 euros: for 3 years Cost of the special use permit (Sondernutzungserlaubnis) (special use fee) • 12.50 to 16.25 euros: per m² and year, depending on location (according to the street's value category)

Legal basis

• Road Traffic Regulations (Straßenverkehrsordnung, StVO) §§ 32 para. 1, 33 para. 1 no. 2, 46 para. 1 nos. 8 and 9 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvo_2013/ • Berlin Road Act (Berliner Straßengesetz, BerlStrG) § 11 in conjunction with § 13 gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=StrG_BE_!_11 • Special Use Fees Ordinance (Sondernutzungsgebührenverordnung, SNGebV) gesetze.berlin.de/perma?d=jlr-SoGebVBEV7Anlage1 • Fee Schedule for Road Traffic Measures (Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr, GebOSt) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgebo_2011/

Further information

• Special use of public streets (Straßensondernutzung) - Apply to place standing tables in front of your own business premises (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326872/

Who is responsible

This service can only be used at the district office responsible for the district where the business is registered.

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German original

Service number 326864 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326864/