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Planned developments and related housing special uses, from Commission recommendation to Council vote

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In these records, each plan the City Council adopted had first been recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission: hotel plans for a Higgins Road site, senior housing on Busse Highway, a mixed-use project on South Prospect Avenue and apartments over commercial space on South Fairview Avenue. A recommendation did not guarantee adoption: the Council voted down a Talcott Road plan the Commission had recommended. Plans the Commission did not recommend were not adopted, others were withdrawn, and a Prairie Avenue townhome plan and a Touhy Avenue hotel and apartment plan were still undecided.

Why this connection matters

Planned developments let the City Council approve larger buildings with exceptions from zoning rules in exchange for public benefits, so the record of what passed, what failed and on what votes shows how hotel, housing and mixed-use plans fared.

Research as of · 15 independent sources of evidence.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. Source record · Dec 4, 2017

    A townhome and commercial building plan on Higgins Road is not approved

    An applicant company proposed a planned development at 1440 Higgins Road combining townhomes with a commercial building. After the hearing on November 14, 2017, the Planning and Zoning Commission's motion to recommend approval failed; the staff memo to the Council reports that vote as 0–9, although the Commission's draft minutes put the vote count under the ayes. On December 4, 2017 the City Council's first-reading motion failed with no ayes recorded.

    • p. 8 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 14, 2017 & November 28, 2017, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 9 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2017-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2017. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2017-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2017. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 14, 2017 & November 28, 2017, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 9 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2017-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2017. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the first reading of an ordinance granting a Special Use for Planned Development at 1440 Higgins Road (17-11-PD), City Council, Dec 4 2017. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 7 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 14, 2017 & November 28, 2017, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 9 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the first reading of an ordinance granting a Special Use for Planned Development at 1440 Higgins Road (17-11-PD), City Council, Dec 4 2017. Open the quote and source.

  2. Source record · Aug 19, 2019

    A hotel plan for an overlapping Higgins Road site is approved, and the approval later expires

    DML Properties, LLC then sought a planned development for a hotel at 1424-1440 W. Higgins Road. The Commission recommended approval at its continued hearing on August 13, 2019; the staff memo for the final reading reports that vote as 8–1. The Council's minutes of August 19, 2019 record the first reading as carried 5–2. The Council took up the final reading of PD-19-0002 on September 3, 2019; the minutes pages with that vote are not available for quoting, but a later staff memo reports the second reading approved 4–2. The memo cites the approval as Ordinance 2019-50 of September 3, 2019 and states that it expired because no final development plan was submitted within a year.

    • p. 9 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 13, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 27 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the final reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1440 Higgins Road (PD-19-0002) (Memorandum), City Council, Sep 3 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 24 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 13, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 27 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 9 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 13, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 27 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 24 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2019-09-03, City Council, Sep 3 2019. Open the quote and source.
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  3. Source record · Jan 19, 2021

    A revised hotel plan is adopted by ordinance and its permit extended

    MDSA Properties, LLC applied for a hotel planned development at 1424-1440 Higgins Road. Staff reported a Commission recommendation of 8–0 after the hearing on December 8, 2020. The Council approved the first reading on December 21, 2020 by 6–1 and adopted the ordinance at final reading on January 19, 2021 by 6–1. Staff later cited the approval as Ordinance 2021-02. With the permit set to lapse in January 2023, the Council approved an extension on December 19, 2022; that roll call lists the same member under both ayes and nays, so no margin is given.

    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-12-19, City Council, Dec 19 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Extension of a Special Use Permit for 1424-1440 Higgins Road (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 19 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-12-19, City Council, Dec 19 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2021-01-19, City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2020-12-21, City Council, Dec 21 2020. Open the quote and source.
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  4. Source record · Feb 25, 2020

    A mixed-use plan with apartments on Higgins Road is recommended and then withdrawn

    An applicant company proposed a mixed-use building at 400-410 Higgins Road with apartments above ground-floor commercial space. A later staff memo reports that the Commission recommended the special use on February 25, 2020 and that the property's ownership and the project concept then changed, and the planning department's annual report lists application SU-20-0013 as withdrawn. No Council ordinance for it appears in the records reviewed.

    • p. 34 · Staff memo of CP&D Annual Report for 2020 (Memorandum), Committee of the Whole, Jan 25 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Case Number SU-20-0013: Special Use for Dwelling Units Above the Ground Floor at 400-410 Higgins (continued from January 22, 2020) (Memorandum), Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 25 2020. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of PUBLIC HEARINGS / DEVELOPMENT CASES (Memorandum), Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 25 2020. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Case Number SU-20-0013: Special Use for Dwelling Units Above the Ground Floor at 400-410 Higgins (continued from January 22, 2020) (Memorandum), Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 25 2020. Open the quote and source.

  5. Source record · Mar 6, 2023

    A mixed-use building with apartments on Talcott Road fails at the Council

    Neri Architects sought a planned unit development for a mixed-use building with apartments at 820 W Talcott Road. The Commission recommended approval on February 14, 2023 by 5–3. On March 6, 2023 the Council's final-reading motion failed 0–7, so a Commission recommendation did not by itself carry a plan.

    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2023-02-14, Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 14 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-03-06, City Council, Mar 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-03-06, City Council, Mar 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2023-02-14, Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 14 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-03-06, City Council, Mar 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 7 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-03-06, City Council, Mar 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2023-02-14, Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 14 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 7 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-03-06, City Council, Mar 6 2023. Open the quote and source.

  6. Source record · Jun 17, 2024

    Age-restricted senior housing on Busse Highway is approved

    The applicant company proposed age-restricted senior housing at 819-825 Busse Highway. On May 28, 2024 the Commission recommended approval 6–0 with conditions that include affordable units, and the ordinance presented for final reading grants an exception from the permitted number of units. The Council adopted it on June 17, 2024 by 6–0.

    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-05-28, Planning and Zoning Commission, May 28 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-05-28, Planning and Zoning Commission, May 28 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-05-28, Planning and Zoning Commission, May 28 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Unit Development for an age-restricted senior housing development at 819-825 Busse Highway (PUD-24-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-05-28, Planning and Zoning Commission, May 28 2024. Open the quote and source.
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  7. Source record · Jun 17, 2024

    A new hotel approval follows for the Higgins Road site

    MDSA Properties, LLC returned with a planned unit development for a hotel at 1440 Higgins Road. Staff reported a Commission recommendation of 6–0 after the hearing on May 28, 2024, and the ordinance presented for final reading includes a $25,000 donation for gateway signage. The Council adopted the ordinance, as amended, on June 17, 2024 by 4–2. The Commission recommended the final plan on January 28, 2025 by 6–0.

    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Unit Development for a hotel at 1440 Higgins Road (PUD-24-0004) (Memorandum), City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – January 28, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 11 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – January 28, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 11 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Unit Development for a hotel at 1440 Higgins Road (PUD-24-0004) (Memorandum), City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-05-28, Planning and Zoning Commission, May 28 2024. Open the quote and source.
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  8. Source record · Aug 5, 2024

    A mixed-use plan for an existing Uptown building is approved in stages

    The owner of an existing building at 116 South Prospect Avenue sought a planned unit development for a mixed-use project. The Commission recommended it on June 11, 2024 by 4–3, and the Council adopted it on August 5, 2024 by 6–0; a later staff memo identifies it as Ordinance 2024-41. The Commission recommended the final plan on May 27, 2025 by 8–0. The Council approved the final development plans on June 2, 2025 by 6–0.

    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-08-05, City Council, Aug 5 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-08-05, City Council, Aug 5 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Approving Final Development Plans for a Planned Unit Development for a Mixed-Use Development at 116 S Prospect (PUD-24-0005) (Memorandum), City Council, Jun 2 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – May 27, 2025 (DRAFT Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jun 10 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-08-05, City Council, Aug 5 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-06-02, City Council, Jun 2 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-06-11, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jun 11 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – May 27, 2025 (DRAFT Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jun 10 2025. Open the quote and source.
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  9. Source record · Oct 7, 2024

    A South Fairview plan is not recommended, and apartments over commercial space there are approved as a special use

    A planned unit development for a mixed-use building at 29-31 South Fairview was before the Commission on July 9, 2024, where the minutes record the motion to recommend PUD-24-0002 as denied, with the ayes and nays evenly split; no Council action on it appears in the records reviewed. A special use for dwellings above the ground floor was then sought at 29-31 S Fairview Avenue. The Commission recommended it on September 10, 2024 by 8–0, and the Council adopted the ordinance on October 7, 2024 by 5–0.

    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-10-07, City Council, Oct 7 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-09-10, Planning and Zoning Commission, Sep 10 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-10-07, City Council, Oct 7 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-07-09, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jul 9 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-07-09, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jul 9 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-07-09, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jul 9 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting a Special Use for a Dwelling Above the Ground Floor at 29-31 S. Fairview Avenue (SU-24-0007) (Memorandum), City Council, Oct 7 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-09-10, Planning and Zoning Commission, Sep 10 2024. Open the quote and source.
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  10. Source record · Jan 27, 2026

    Townhomes on Prairie Avenue remain undecided

    Hubbard Street Group, LLC applied to rezone 36 and 40 Prairie Avenue for multi-family use (MA-25-02) for a townhome plan. The Commission recommended the rezoning on December 9, 2025 by 8–0, and on January 5, 2026 the Council voted 7–0 to table it. On January 27, 2026 the Commission's motion to recommend the townhome planned unit development (PUD-25-01) was recorded as denied. A later staff memo reports that on February 17, 2026 the Council continued the rezoning at the applicant's request. The same memo reports that the applicant then asked for a further continuance, to April 6, 2026.

    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-01-27, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 27 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-01-27, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 27 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-01-27, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 27 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – December 9, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 13 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-01-05, City Council, Jan 5 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – December 9, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 13 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – December 9, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 13 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – December 9, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 13 2026. Open the quote and source.
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  11. Source record · Aug 25, 2026

    Earlier applications for a Touhy Avenue block are withdrawn, and a revised hotel and multi-family plan is continued

    For the block at 809 W Touhy Avenue, an earlier application (PUD-26-01) was withdrawn at the Commission's meeting on February 24, 2026. A second application (PUD-26-02) sought a map amendment and planned unit development for a hotel and multi-family development, and the next submission for the block states that it follows that application's withdrawal. The Commission heard the revised application (PUD-26-03), also for a hotel and multi-family development, on August 25, 2026 and voted 9–0 to continue it to September 29, 2026.

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of PUBLIC HEARING, REVIEW AND ACTION ON: MA-26-04 and PUD-26-02 - Application for a Map Amendment and Planned Unit Development for a Hotel and Multi-Family Development at 809 W Touhy Avenue, 5 Third Street, 11 Third Street, 13 Third Street, 19 Third Street, 21 Third Street, 25 Third Street, 850 Garden, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jun 9 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-08-25, Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 25 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – February 24, 2026 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Mar 10 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – February 24, 2026 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Mar 10 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-08-25, Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 25 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-08-25, Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 25 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-08-25, Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 25 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 39 · Exhibit of PUBLIC HEARING, REVIEW AND ACTION ON: MA-26-05 and PUD-26-03 – Application for a Map Amendment and Planned Unit Development for a Hotel and Multi-Family Development at 809 W Touhy Avenue, 5 Third Street, 11 Third Street, 13 Third Street, 19 Third Street, 21 Third Street, 25 Third Street, 850 Garden, Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 25 2026. Open the quote and source.
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  12. Calculation

    What the quoted votes add up to

    Counting the votes quoted from its minutes, the Council adopted 4 planned development ordinances at final reading. Its minutes also record 2 failed votes on plans with housing. Of the Commission votes quoted here, 6 recommended approval of a planned development at the preliminary stage, while its motions to recommend the Higgins Road townhome plan, the South Fairview plan and the Prairie Avenue townhome plan failed or were recorded as denied. For the senior housing plan, the Council's adoption came 20 days after the Commission's recommendation.

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the final reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1440 Higgins Road (PD-19-0002) (Memorandum), City Council, Sep 3 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2023-02-14, Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 14 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-01-27, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 27 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Unit Development for a hotel at 1440 Higgins Road (PUD-24-0004) (Memorandum), City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 8 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 14, 2017 & November 28, 2017, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 9 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2017-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2017. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-08-05, City Council, Aug 5 2024. Open the quote and source.
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What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Furthest stage the records establish: Approved.

Council final-reading adoptions quoted
4
Final-reading votes adopting planned development ordinances, as quoted from Council minutes.
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Council votes on plans with housing that failed
2
Council votes quoted here in which a planned development with housing did not pass.
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Commission recommendations of approval quoted
6
Commission votes recommending approval of a planned development at the preliminary stage, from minutes or staff memos.
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Days from recommendation to adoption, senior housing
20 days
From the Commission's recommendation on May 28, 2024 to the Council's adoption on June 17, 2024.
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Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Read the original sources

  1. 1.City Council minutes, 2024-08-05

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-08-20

  2. 2.Case Number SU-20-0013: Special Use for Dwelling Units Above the Ground Floor at 400-410 Higgins (continued from January 22, 2020) (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  3. 3.City Council minutes, 2026-03-02

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2026-03-19

  4. 4.Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Unit Development for an age-restricted senior housing development at 819-825 Busse Highway (PUD-24-0003) (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  5. 5.Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-05-28

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-06-12

  6. 6.Approval of Minutes – May 27, 2025 (DRAFT Minutes)

    City of Park Ridge

  7. 7.APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 13, 2019 (Minutes)

    City of Park Ridge

  8. 8.City Council minutes, 2017-12-04

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2017-12-19

  9. 9.Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  10. 10.Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Extension of a Special Use Permit for 1424-1440 Higgins Road (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  11. 11.City Council minutes, 2019-08-19

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2019-09-17

  12. 12.Regular Meeting of the City Council - August 19, 2019

    City of Park Ridge

  13. 13.City Council minutes, 2024-06-17

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-07-18

  14. 14.Approval of Minutes – January 28, 2025 (Draft Minutes)

    City of Park Ridge

  15. 15.Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-07-09

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-07-24

  16. 16.Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2023-02-14

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2023-03-09

  17. 17.Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting a Map Amendment for Property at 36 and 40 Prairie Avenue From R-2, Single-Family Residential District to R-4, Multi-Family Residential District (MA-25-02) (Applicant Requested Continuance) *The Mayor and City Council will not be hearing debate on th

    City of Park Ridge

  18. 18.City Council minutes, 2023-03-06

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2023-04-06

  19. 19.Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting a Special Use for a Dwelling Above the Ground Floor at 29-31 S. Fairview Avenue (SU-24-0007) (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  20. 20.Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-06-11

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-07-24

  21. 21.PUBLIC HEARING, REVIEW AND ACTION ON: MA-26-05 and PUD-26-03 – Application for a Map Amendment and Planned Unit Development for a Hotel and Multi-Family Development at 809 W Touhy Avenue, 5 Third Street, 11 Third Street, 13 Third Street, 19 Third Street, 21 Third Street, 25 Third Street, 850 Garden

    City of Park Ridge

  22. 22.Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-08-25

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2026-09-16

  23. 23.Approval of Minutes – December 9, 2025 (Draft Minutes)

    City of Park Ridge

  24. 24.PUBLIC HEARING, REVIEW AND ACTION ON: MA-26-04 and PUD-26-02 - Application for a Map Amendment and Planned Unit Development for a Hotel and Multi-Family Development at 809 W Touhy Avenue, 5 Third Street, 11 Third Street, 13 Third Street, 19 Third Street, 21 Third Street, 25 Third Street, 850 Garden

    City of Park Ridge

  25. 25.Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Approving Final Development Plans for a Planned Unit Development for a Mixed-Use Development at 116 S Prospect (PUD-24-0005) (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  26. 26.City Council minutes, 2021-01-19

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2021-02-02

  27. 27.Approve the final reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1440 Higgins Road (PD-19-0002) (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  28. 28.City Council minutes, 2020-12-21

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2021-01-20

  29. 29.Approve the first reading of an ordinance granting a Special Use for Planned Development at 1440 Higgins Road (17-11-PD)

    City of Park Ridge

  30. 30.CP&D Annual Report for 2020 (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  31. 31.APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 14, 2017 & November 28, 2017

    City of Park Ridge

  32. 32.Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-01-27

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2026-02-20

  33. 33.City Council minutes, 2025-06-02

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2025-06-17

  34. 34.City Council minutes, 2022-12-19

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2023-01-10

  35. 35.PUBLIC HEARINGS / DEVELOPMENT CASES (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  36. 36.Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-09-10

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-09-25

  37. 37.City Council minutes, 2026-01-05

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2026-01-21

  38. 38.Approval of Minutes – February 24, 2026 (Draft Minutes)

    City of Park Ridge

  39. 39.City Council minutes, 2019-09-03

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2019-09-23

  40. 40.City Council minutes, 2024-10-07

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-10-22

  41. 41.Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance granting a Special Use for a Planned Unit Development for a hotel at 1440 Higgins Road (PUD-24-0004) (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

What remains unresolved?

What the evidence does not establish

  • Whether any of the approved hotels, senior housing or mixed-use buildings were built; these are meeting records, not permits.
  • The minutes' own record of the first hotel plan's second-reading vote, which staff later reported as 4–2; those minutes pages are not available for quoting.
  • Whether Ordinance 2021-02 was used or lapsed after the extension approved on December 19, 2022; the same company later sought a new hotel approval for the site.
  • What became of the planned unit development application for the South Fairview site after the Commission's meeting on July 9, 2024.
  • Whether the Council acted on the final plan for the hotel adopted on June 17, 2024.
  • Unit and room counts appear only as printed in the cited documents; they are not totaled or checked against plans here.
  • Residential projects that needed only a rezoning, a variance or a site plan review are not counted.
  • What the Council did with the South Prospect ordinance at its meeting before the adoption on August 5, 2024; the minutes page with that item is not available for quoting.
  • What became of an earlier hotel application for the Higgins Road site that the Commission continued early in the year of the later approval; it does not appear again under its own case number.
  • Minor changes to existing planned developments reviewed by the Commission alone are not counted.
  • Special uses for dwellings above the ground floor or for independent living facilities, other than those on Higgins Road and South Fairview Avenue described here, are not reviewed.

  • Signed ordinances for the later approvals

    The agenda packets hold unsigned drafts; signed ordinances would confirm numbers and final terms for the senior housing, later hotel and South Prospect approvals.

  • The Council minutes page with the first hotel plan's final reading

    It would confirm the vote that staff later reported as 4–2.

  • Later Council action on the Prairie Avenue rezoning and townhome plan

    The rezoning was continued at the applicant's request; later minutes would show whether it was approved, denied or withdrawn.

  • The Commission's continued hearing on the hotel and multi-family plan

    A recommendation on September 29, 2026 and any Council ordinance would add a mixed-use approval or close the application.

  • Council action on the Higgins Road hotel's final plan

    The Commission recommended the final plan and plat; a Council approval of it does not appear in the records reviewed.

  • Building permits for the approved sites

    Permits would show whether approved projects moved to construction or lapsed.

What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

The Council adopted planned development ordinances for the revised and later Higgins Road hotel plans, Busse Highway senior housing and a South Prospect mixed-use project, each recommended by the Commission. Council votes failed on a Higgins Road townhome plan and a Talcott Road plan the Commission recommended; Commission motions on South Fairview and Prairie Avenue plans were recorded as denied.

Searched City Council and Committee of the Whole and Planning and Zoning Commission records from Dec 4 2017 to Aug 25 2026 (exhibits, approved minutes, draft minutes, ordinances, staff reports).

Confidence
Medium confidence
Each vote, date and address is quoted from minutes or staff memos, but some pages are not available for quoting, the first hotel approval rests on later staff memos, several printed roll calls do not add up, and the records do not show which projects were built.

What supports it

  • The approved minutes record the final-reading vote adopting the revised hotel ordinance as 6–1.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2021-01-19, City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
  • Staff later identified that approval as Ordinance 2021-02.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Extension of a Special Use Permit for 1424-1440 Higgins Road (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 19 2022. Open the quote and source.
  • The approved minutes record the senior housing ordinance adopted 6–0.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
  • The Commission's approved minutes record its recommendation for the senior housing plan as 6–0.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-05-28, Planning and Zoning Commission, May 28 2024. Open the quote and source.
  • The approved minutes record the later hotel ordinance, as amended, adopted 4–2.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
  • The approved minutes record the South Prospect ordinance adopted 6–0.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-08-05, City Council, Aug 5 2024. Open the quote and source.
  • A later staff memo identifies that approval as Ordinance 2024-41.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Approving Final Development Plans for a Planned Unit Development for a Mixed-Use Development at 116 S Prospect (PUD-24-0005) (Memorandum), City Council, Jun 2 2025. Open the quote and source.
  • The approved minutes record the South Fairview special use adopted 5–0.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-10-07, City Council, Oct 7 2024. Open the quote and source.
  • The Commission's minutes record its recommendation for the Talcott Road plan as 5–3.
    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2023-02-14, Planning and Zoning Commission, Feb 14 2023. Open the quote and source.
  • The staff memo to the Council reports the Commission's vote on the townhome and commercial building plan as 0–9.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the first reading of an ordinance granting a Special Use for Planned Development at 1440 Higgins Road (17-11-PD), City Council, Dec 4 2017. Open the quote and source.
  • The Council's minutes record the first hotel plan's first reading as carried 5–2.
    • p. 10 · Draft minutes of Regular Meeting of the City Council - August 19, 2019, City Council, Sep 3 2019. Open the quote and source.
  • A later staff memo reports that the Council approved the first hotel plan's second reading 4–2.
    • p. 24 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
  • The same memo cites the first hotel approval as Ordinance 2019-50 and states that it expired without a final plan.
    • p. 24 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
  • The Commission's approved minutes record its motion to recommend the South Fairview planned unit development as denied.
    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2024-07-09, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jul 9 2024. Open the quote and source.
  • The Commission's approved minutes record its motion to recommend the Prairie Avenue townhome plan as denied.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of Planning & Zoning Commission minutes, 2026-01-27, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 27 2026. Open the quote and source.
  • The planning department's annual report lists the Higgins Road mixed-use special use as withdrawn.
    • p. 34 · Staff memo of CP&D Annual Report for 2020 (Memorandum), Committee of the Whole, Jan 25 2021. Open the quote and source.
  • The Commission's draft minutes record the withdrawal of an earlier application for the Touhy Avenue block.
    • p. 4 · Draft minutes of Approval of Minutes – February 24, 2026 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Mar 10 2026. Open the quote and source.

What points the other way

  • The Council rejected the Talcott Road plan 0–7 although the Commission had recommended it, so a recommendation did not guarantee approval.
    • p. 7 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-03-06, City Council, Mar 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
  • Staff report that the hotel approval from September 2019 later expired, so an adopted approval did not guarantee construction.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting A Special Use for a Planned Development for a Hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road (PD-20-0003) (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
  • The roll call for the later hotel ordinance prints an aye count that does not match the names listed under it; the margin given here is the one printed on the motion line.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-06-17, City Council, Jun 17 2024. Open the quote and source.
  • The roll call for the hotel permit extension lists the same member under both ayes and nays.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-12-19, City Council, Dec 19 2022. Open the quote and source.
  • A mixed-use plan with apartments that the Commission recommended did not reach a Council vote in the records reviewed.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of PUBLIC HEARINGS / DEVELOPMENT CASES (Memorandum), Planning and Zoning Commission, Aug 25 2020. Open the quote and source.
  • The Commission's draft minutes put the count for this vote under the ayes, yet record on the next page that the motion failed; the staff memo gives the vote as 0–9.
    • p. 7 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 14, 2017 & November 28, 2017, Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 9 2018. Open the quote and source.
  • The approved minutes of the Council's final-reading discussion follow the Commission's first hearing date, July 23, 2019, with a vote count that differs from the Commission's recommendation vote and matches the Council's own first-reading vote, without saying which body cast it.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2019-09-03, City Council, Sep 3 2019. Open the quote and source.

Assumptions

  • A City Council vote on the final reading of a planned development or special use ordinance is treated as the approval; later final plan approvals confirm it but do not replace it.
  • The staff memos that report the first hotel plan's second-reading vote and its approval are accurate, although the minutes pages with that vote are not available for quoting.
  • Draft minutes quoted for some Commission meetings match the approved versions, which could not be read for those meetings.
  • Searching case titles, minutes and staff memos found the planned development cases in these records; cases filed under other headings may be missing.
  • Where the Commission's draft minutes and the staff memo disagree about the vote on the townhome and commercial building plan, the staff memo and the Council minutes describe the result.

Other explanations

  • The Commission's recommendation decided each outcome. Ruled out because the Council rejected the Talcott Road plan that the Commission had recommended. (ruled out by the records)
  • More planned developments were approved than are counted here, in minutes pages that are not available for quoting or under other headings. (still open)
  • Some approvals counted here may have lapsed without construction, as the first hotel approval did. (still open)

What would change this

  • Minutes pages not available here show other planned development votes or different outcomes.
  • Permit or occupancy records show which approved projects were built or lapsed.
  • Council action on the Prairie Avenue rezoning or on the hotel and multi-family application adds approvals or closes the applications.

Editions and corrections

Each published change is a new edition. Corrections say what changed and why.

  1. Edition 3(current)

    Edition 3: 16 revised.

  2. Edition 2

    Edition 2: 16 revised.

  3. Edition 1

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Planned developments and related housing special uses, from Commission recommendation to Council vote,” sources reviewed 2026-09-27, source records listed on this page.

Initial permanent evidence page published September 10, 2026. Follow the dated evidence above for later additions and changes. A source-check date alone does not establish a government action or project outcome.