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Straßensondernutzung (special use of public roads) - applying for permission to put out standing tables in front of one's own business premises

Straßensondernutzung - Herausstellen von Stehtischen vor eigenen Geschäftsräumen beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
By law, public road land must be available to everyone for use in traffic. If someone restricts this common use through another type of use, such as placing standing tables (snack tables) in front of their own business premises, this constitutes a Sondernutzung (special use).

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Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Gaststättenbetrieb (restaurant business), or permit-free Gaststättenbetrieb, or other commercial business • These are standing tables (Stehtische). For putting up tables and chairs, see "Further information".

Documents you need

• Application for putting out standing tables You can submit the application either online or use the form and submit the application in writing by post. • Sketch, period, number, area • Period of use • Number of standing tables • Table surface area (in m²) per table • Sketch of the display location • Gewerbeanmeldung (trade registration, in copy) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121921/ • If applicable, extract from the Handelsregister (commercial register, in copy) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327144/

Forms

• Application for placing standing tables outside www.berlin.de/ba-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/_assets/pdf-dateie

Fees

Costs of the exemption permit (Ausnahmegenehmigung) (administrative fee) • 30,00 Euro: up to 1 month • 60,00 Euro: up to 6 months • 102,00 Euro: up to 1 year • 204,00 Euro: up to 3 years Costs of the special use permit (Sondernutzungserlaubnis) (special use fee) • 25,00 to 32,50 Euro: monthly per m² of table area, location-dependent (according to the street's value category)

Legal basis

• Road Traffic Regulations (Straßenverkehrs-Ordnung, StVO) §§ 32 para. 1, 33 para. 1 no. 2, 46 para. 1 nos. 8 and 9 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvo_2013/__32.html • Berlin Roads Act (Berliner Straßengesetz, BerlStrG) § 11 in conjunction with § 13 <http://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=StrG+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • Special Use Fees Ordinance (Sondernutzungsgebührenverordnung, SNGebV) <http://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=SoGebV+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • Fee Schedule for Road Traffic Measures (Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr, GebOSt) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgebo_2011/BJNR009800011.html

Further information

• Straßensondernutzung (special use of public streets) - Apply to place tables and chairs outside your own business premises (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326864/

Who is responsible

This service can only be used in 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 326872 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326872/