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File #: RES 24-192    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 4/30/2024 Final action: 4/30/2024
Title: Resolutions Approving Temporary License Agreements with Six (6) Oak Park Businesses to Allow the Use of On-Street Parking Spaces for Outdoor Dining Through October 31, 2024 and Authorizing Their Execution
Attachments: 1. Kettlestrings Tavern - Resolution, 2. Application - Kettlestrings, 3. Agreement - Kettlestrings Tavern, 4. Mora Asian Kitchen - Resolution, 5. Application - Mora OP, 6. Agreement - Mora OP, 7. Scratch on Lake - Resolution, 8. Application - Scratch On Lake, 9. Agreement - Scratch On Lake, 10. Rustico OP - Resolution, 11. Application - Rustico, 12. Agreement - Rustico, 13. Oak Park Waffles - Resolution, 14. Application - Oak Park Waffles, 15. Agreement - Oak Park Waffles, 16. Papaspiros - Resolution, 17. Application - Papaspiros, 18. Agreement - Papaspiros
Submitted By
Emily Egan, Development Services Director

Reviewed By
Erin E. Baynes, Assistant to the Village Manager

Agenda Item Title
Resolutions Approving Temporary License Agreements with Six (6) Oak Park Businesses to Allow the Use of On-Street Parking Spaces for Outdoor Dining Through October 31, 2024 and Authorizing Their Execution
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Overview
Overview
The Village Board has previously approved the ability of Oak Park businesses to use on-street parking spaces for outdoor dining. The 2024 season runs from May 6th through October 31st. The Village Board established the fees for this type of utilization in 2023, and of the Oak Park businesses that can utilize on-street spaces for outside dining, six (6) have submitted applications and signed Temporary License Agreements that, if approved, will allow the Village to install cement barricades in May to allow for the start of outdoor on-street dining.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Adopt the resolutions.

Background
Since the start of the COVID-19 emergency in 2020, the Village Board has worked to support local businesses' use of public on-street parking spaces to expand the utilization of outdoor dining. The Village Board waived fees associated with the use of these public spaces in 2020, 2021, and 2022, and then in 2023, established a per space/per day fee structure for the utilization of on-street parking spaces. That fee structure was utilized in 2023 and will again be utilized in 2024.

In 2020, 2021, 2022, and again in 2023, several Oak Park businesses signed temporary license agreements and were approved for outdoor dining utilizing on-street parking spaces. This year, six (6) businesses have indicated a desire to participate in the on-street outdoor dining program. Those six businesses include Kettlestrings Tavern, Mora Asian Kitchen, Scratch on Lake, Oak Park Waffles, Papaspiros Angora Bistro, and Rustico OP. As in the past, all of these interested businesses have completed applica...

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