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Hotel planned development at 1424-1440 Higgins Road

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MDSA Properties, LLC, a contract purchaser, applied for a planned development for a hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road. On December 8, 2020 the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 8–0 on a motion recommending that the City Council approve the planned development preliminary plan, with deviations from zoning standards and conditions that include removing all billboards on the site after a building permit is issued and keeping the north access gate for emergency use only. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.

Documented status: Extended (recorded), Dec 19 2022. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

Official identifiers: PD-20-0003, Ordinance No. 2021-02

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in draft minutes

    Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval with conditions

    Hearing date: Dec 8 2020. Condition (timing): All billboards on site shall be removed within six months following the issuance of a building permit. Condition (use): The access gate in the north is for emergency use only. Item IV.B: the motion carried (8 to 0, 1 absent). Address: 1424-1440 Higgins Road.

    • p. 6 · Draft minutes of Meeting of December 8, 2020 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 12 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of Meeting of December 8, 2020 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 12 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 7 · Draft minutes of Meeting of December 8, 2020 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 12 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Draft minutes of Meeting of December 8, 2020 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 12 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Draft minutes of Meeting of December 8, 2020 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 12 2021. Open the quote and source.

  2. · First reading · Recorded in minutes

    City Council approves the first reading

    Meeting date: Dec 21 2020. Item VIII.H.1: the motion carried (6 to 1).

    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2020-12-21, City Council, Dec 21 2020. 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.

  3. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    City Council adopts the ordinance at final reading

    Meeting date: Jan 19 2021. Item VIII.H.1: the motion carried (6 to 1). Condition (use): to allow the construction and operation of a four-story, 108-room hotel. Case PD-20-0003.

    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2021-01-19, City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2021-01-19, 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. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2021-01-19, City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.

  4. · Extended · Recorded in minutes

    City Council extends the special use permit

    Meeting date: Dec 19 2022. Item V.D.1: the motion carried. Lapse date: Jan 2023.

    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-12-19, City Council, Dec 19 2022. 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. 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.

What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Amounts are read from the cited pages and added up by code. A recommendation, an award or an authorized amount does not establish that money was paid.

No amount is published for this item.

Contracts, payments and completion

No contract, payment or completion record is published for this item. Approval alone does not establish completion.

Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Official identifiers and exhibit listings connect records. A name, an address or distance alone only suggests a connection.

Organizations and public bodies

  • MDSA PROPERTIES LLC (applicant)

What remains unresolved?

  • Open

    The access gate in the north is for emergency use only

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 6 · Draft minutes of Meeting of December 8, 2020 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 12 2021. Open the quote and source.

  • Open

    to allow the construction and operation of a four-story, 108-room hotel

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • 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.

  • Open

    All billboards on site shall be removed within six months following the issuance of a building permit

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 6 · Draft minutes of Meeting of December 8, 2020 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 12 2021. Open the quote and source.

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this item.

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

No conflicting records are published for this item.

After the decision: permits at this address

Permits dated after Jan 19, 2021 (City Council adopts the ordinance at final reading).

Computed by code from the building permits in the Park Ridge property release (the county permit feed), as of Nov 1, 2026. A permit shows that work was authorized, not that it was completed, and no permit recorded does not establish that nothing was built. A parcel matched by address is nominated by the address written in the record; that does not prove the record concerns it.

  • Matched by address: 1424-1440 Higgins Road

    1440 Higgins Rd

    1 permit recorded after Jan 19, 2021 through Nov 1, 2026: Demolition; $15,000 in declared value; dated Jun 16, 2026.

    Permits recorded after the decision at 1440 Higgins Rd
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    Jun 16, 2026DemolitionDEMO OF VACANT EXISTING COMMERCIAL BLDGPending$15,000

Official source records

  1. Meeting of December 8, 2020 (Draft Minutes)

    Planning and Zoning Commission, Jan 12 2021

  2. City Council minutes, 2020-12-21

    City Council, Dec 21 2020

  3. City Council minutes, 2021-01-19

    City Council, Jan 19 2021

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

    City Council, Dec 19 2022

  5. City Council minutes, 2022-12-19

    City Council, Dec 19 2022

  6. 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

Editions and corrections

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

  1. Edition 4(current)

    Edition 4: 4 revised.

  2. Edition 3Read this edition

    Edition 3: 4 revised.

  3. Edition 2Read this edition

    Edition 2: 4 added, 1 revised.

  4. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Hotel planned development at 1424-1440 Higgins Road,” 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.