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CONTRACT K-1314-95: A REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND FOOD AND SHELTER FOR FRIENDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $268 PER YEAR FOR THE LEASE OF CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED ALONG JAMES GARNER AVENUE.
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BACKGROUND: Food and Shelter for Friends is currently in the process of remodeling their building at 104 West Comanche Street. Food and Shelter for Friends plans to build a new ramp along the building beside Comanche Street. As designed, the ramp encroaches 91 square feet into the right-of way. The Revocable License Agreement is also proposed to include an existing loading dock located on the same side of the building and also in the 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 ramp and loading dock within City of Norman right-of-way so long as Food and Shelter for Friends follows certain conditions contained within the proposed Revocable License Agreement.
Prior to drafting the license, the City Attorney's Office reviewed previous agreements between the City of Norman and Coach's Brewhouse, 329 Partners LLC, and La Baguette, Inc. These entities all 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 Gastro Pub). In addition, the attached agreement is very similar to the agreement recently approved by City Council for the archway at the entrance of Fountain View Addition.
The attached Revocable License Agreement allows Food and Shelter for Friends to build and locate the proposed ramp within the Comanche Street right-of-way. 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 staircase and entrance is located. In addition, under the terms of the Revocable Lice...
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