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A Resolution Approving Temporary License Agreements with 4 Oak Park Businesses to Allow Use of On-Street Parking Spaces for Outdoor Dining through October 31, 2025, and Authorizing their Execution
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Introduction
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The Village Board has previously approved the ability of Oak Park businesses to use on-street parking spaces for outdoor dining. The 2025 season runs from May 5th 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, four (4) 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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Recommended Action
Approve the Resolutions.
Prior Board Action
The Village Board reviews and renews the agreements on an annual basis for on-street dining.
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 2024, and will again be utilized in 2025.
From 2020 through 2024, several Oak Park businesses signed temporary license agreements and were approved for outdoor dining utilizing on-street parking spaces. This year, four (4) businesses have indicated a desire to participate in the on-street outdoor dining program. Those four businesses include Mora Asian Kitchen, Oak Park Waffles, Rustico OP, and Publican Quality Bread. As in the past, all of these interested businesses have completed application forms and signed Temporary License Agreements that ...
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