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House addition variances at 1823 Norman Blvd

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At a public hearing on October 28, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Matt Gieser and Brian Kidd for major variances to allow an addition to a nonconforming house at 1823 Norman Blvd. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.

Documented status: Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 28 2021. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Public hearing · Recorded in minutes

    Zoning Board of Appeals holds the public hearing

    Hearing date: Oct 28 2021. Address: 1823 Norman Blvd.. Applicant: MATT GIESER. Applicant: BRIAN KIDD.

    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-10-28, Zoning Board of Appeals, Oct 28 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-10-28, Zoning Board of Appeals, Oct 28 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-10-28, Zoning Board of Appeals, Oct 28 2021. Open the quote and source.
  2. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in minutes

    Zoning Board of Appeals recommends approval to the City Council

    Hearing date: Oct 28 2021. Item IV.B: the motion carried.

    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-10-28, Zoning Board of Appeals, Oct 28 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-10-28, Zoning Board of Appeals, Oct 28 2021. 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.

No explicit connection is published for this item.

What remains unresolved?

No condition or deadline is published for this item. That is a limit of the published research, not evidence that none exist.

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.

Permits at this address since the first recorded event

No approval, award or execution is recorded, so permits are counted after the first dated event, Oct 28, 2021 (Zoning Board of Appeals holds the public hearing).

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: 1823 Norman Blvd

    1823 Norman Blvd

    2 permits recorded after Oct 28, 2021 through Nov 1, 2026: Other, Addition; $210,000 in declared value; first Jul 14, 2022, last Feb 25, 2026.

    Permits recorded after the decision at 1823 Norman Blvd
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    Feb 25, 2026OtherGARDEN SHED WITH COVERED PORCHClosed$10,000
    Jul 14, 2022AdditionADDITION AND REMODELINGClosed$200,000
  • Matched by address: 1823 Norman Blvd

    1823 Norman Blvd

    No permits recorded after Oct 28, 2021 through Nov 1, 2026.

Official source records

  1. Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-10-28

    Zoning Board of Appeals, Oct 28 2021

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “House addition variances at 1823 Norman Blvd,” sources reviewed 2026-09-24, 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.