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CONTRACT NO. K-1213-149: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND LA BAGUETTE, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER YEAR FOR THE LEASE OF CITY PROPERTY (RIGHT-OF-WAY) LOCATED AT 2100 WEST MAIN STREET.
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BACKGROUND: La Baguette, Inc. is currently in the process of remodeling a building at 2100 W. Main Street. La Baguette, Inc. plans to open a new La Baguette Restaurant at this location.
The remodeling plans include the installation of a patio on the northwest corner of the restaurant. As designed, the patio encroaches one hundred square feet into the sight triangle and right-of-way.
DISCUSSION: The Department of Public Works, the Department of Utilities, and the Planning Department have reviewed the proposed plans. Each department is comfortable with locating the patio within City of Norman Right-of-Way so long as La Baguette, Inc. agrees to follow certain conditions contained within the proposed Revocable License.
Prior to drafting the license, the City Attorney’s Office reviewed previous agreements between the City of Norman and Coach’s Brewhouse and 329 Partners LLC. These entities both lease Right-of-Way from the City of Norman to use as patio space for their restaurants (Coach’s Brewhouse, In the Raw Sushi, and Blackbird Gastropub). In addition, the attached agreement is very similar to the agreement recently approved by City Council for the patio at the entrance of Fountain View Addition.
The attached license allows La Baguette, Inc. to build and locate the proposed patio within the sight triangle. However, it reserves the City’s right, or the right of others that have City permission, to locate, relocate, or construct utilities within the area where the patio is located. In addition, under the terms of the license, the City shall incur no liability for any damages to the patio caused by any utility work.
La Baguette, Inc., the licensee, also agrees to pay an annual license fee of $100 for use of the Right-of-...
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