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Second-story addition variances at 500 Parkwood Avenue

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The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4–0 to recommend approval of major variances (VA-24-06) for a second-story addition on a nonconforming house at 500 Parkwood Avenue that follows the existing walls into the front yard setback. Three commissioners were absent. The minutes record a recommendation; any later action by another body is not part of this record.

Documented status: Committee recommendation (recorded), Mar 21 2024. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

Official identifiers: VA-24-06

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in minutes

    Zoning Board of Appeals recommends approval of the major variances

    Hearing date: Mar 21 2024. Motion to approve (item IV.1). Item IV.1: the motion carried (4 to 0). Address: 500 Parkwood Avenue.

    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-03-21, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 21 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-03-21, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 21 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-03-21, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 21 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-03-21, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 21 2024. 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, Mar 21, 2024 (Zoning Board of Appeals recommends approval of the major variances).

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: 500 Parkwood Avenue

    500 Parkwood Ave

    4 permits recorded after Mar 21, 2024 through Nov 1, 2026: Other, Sewer, New construction, Addition; $354,500 in declared value; first May 29, 2024, last May 4, 2026.

    Permits recorded after the decision at 500 Parkwood Ave
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    May 4, 2026OtherPATIOClosed$14,600
    Feb 24, 2026SewerSEWER REPLACEMENTClosed$18,000
    Aug 13, 2025New constructionLAWN SPRINKLERSClosed$6,900
    May 29, 2024AdditionRESIDENTIAL SECOND FLOOR ADDITIONClosed$315,000

Official source records

  1. Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-03-21

    Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 21 2024

Editions and corrections

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

  1. Edition 2(current)

    Edition 2: 1 revised.

  2. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Second-story addition variances at 500 Parkwood Avenue,” 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.