Oroville City Council approves outdoor expansion for businesses

Butte County is now on the state's county watchlist, but Oroville City Council approved for businesses to stay open by operating outside.

Council approved businesses to extend services outside.

Action news now reporter brandon benitez is in downtown oroville with the impacts on the community... oroville city manager bill lagrone: i believe it's our responsibility as a city, and my council does too, that we support them in any way that we can.

To oroville city manager bill lagrone -- small businesses need all the help they can get.

Lagrone: because small businesses are the backbone of your local economy.

These are the people that live here, they work here.

They're friends, they're family, they're community members.

We support them.

For every dollar you spend there that rolls back to the community six different times, different ways.

So, it's important to support these small businesses.

It's a move that helps business owners like shane stafford who own off the top barber shop and family salon right here in downtown oroville... owner of off the top barber shop & family salon shane stafford: i feel real blessed that we're to take an opportunity and work outside, try to do our best what we can do.

It is going to be hot getting a haircut but you know i have water, misters, there's a lot of plans have kind of going on in my head right now.

And the process to take business outside -- is a simple one and in compliance with the state.

Lagrone: we're actually going to drop the application off.

It's a one page application.

This ordinance that we passed or resolution that we passed last night at our council meeting was reviewed by our attorneys to ensure that we were in compliance with the governors orders.

We believe it's important to take the governor's order seriously and carry them out as best we can.

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