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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Trevor Dick, Assistant Director
DATE: December 9, 2024
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing the execution of a License Agreement with 7 SOUTH LLC, for the use of a portion of Skinny Park for outdoor dining and access to support a restaurant at 7 South Broadway.
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, 7 SOUTH LLC an Illinois limited liability company, is requesting to enter into a License Agreement which would allow the Petitioner to construct and maintain future planned improvements on a portion of Skinny Park.
BACKGROUND:
The owners of the new restaurant at 7 South Broadway are proposing to construct and maintain an outdoor dining area immediately south of their building (which is landlocked) on City owned property (known as Skinny Park). Because there is no land available on their property, the petitioner is seeking to enter into a license agreement to use a portion of Skinny Park for outdoor dining as agreed upon by the City Council in the approved RDA R24-185.
The licensed area is shown on Exhibit B-Map of Licensed Area on the City of Aurora Property. This agreement will allow the business to use the area shown on the Exhibit year-round for outdoor dining. The agreement will allow the business to install either temporary and/or permanent elements including fencing, seating, tables, lighting, and planters on this Licensed Area. Necessary approvals will still be required from the Development Review Committee and the City's Building and Permitting Department. The width of the licensed area is based upon the intent to continue to allow a public walkway through Skinny Park while also allowing future outdoor dining on the southern portion of Skinny Park if in the future an additional restaurant was to come to fruition at 11 South Broadway.
Exhibit C - Site Preparations outlines the construction responsibilities moving forward however, in general, the City is required per the RDA to prepare the site, and the Petitioner, will be inst...
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