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Driving range netting height variance at 2800 Oakton Street

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The Park Ridge Park District sought a major variance (VA-24-22) to raise the permitted height of the poles and netting at the Oakton Park golf driving range, 2800 Oakton Street. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended approval; the motion carried with no nays recorded. Any later City Council action is not part of this record.

Documented status: Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 22 2024. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

Official identifiers: VA-24-22

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in minutes

    Zoning Board of Appeals recommends approval of the major variance

    Hearing date: Aug 22 2024. Motion to approve (item IV.C). Item IV.C: the motion carried. Address: 2800 Oakton Street.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-08-22, Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 22 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-08-22, Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 22 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-08-22, Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 22 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-08-22, Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 22 2024. Open the quote and source.

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

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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?

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No explicit connection is published for this item.

What remains unresolved?

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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, Aug 22, 2024 (Zoning Board of Appeals recommends approval of the major variance).

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: 2800 Oakton Street

    2800 Oakton St

    7 permits recorded after Aug 22, 2024 through Nov 1, 2026: Other, Electrical; $1,360,095 in declared value; first Nov 18, 2024, last May 14, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 3, the latest dated Jul 17, 2024 (Other).

    Permits recorded after the decision at 2800 Oakton St
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    May 14, 2026ElectricalADDITION OF SOLAR PV PANELSClosed$850,000
    Apr 30, 2026OtherSHEDClosed$8,131
    Jan 19, 2026OtherSINGLE HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR WITH 2 STOPSClosed$150,000
    Jul 31, 2025OtherREPLACEMENT OF FENCING AROUND DRIVING RANGEClosed$150,000
    Jul 15, 2025OtherINSTALLATION OF LOW VOLTAGE BURGLAR ALARMClosed$12,464
    Apr 28, 2025OtherSIGNSClosed$99,500
    Nov 18, 2024OtherREMODEL OF ATHLETIC CENTER ICE RINK FACILITY FOR CONCESSIONS AREAClosed$90,000

Official source records

  1. Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2024-08-22

    Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 22 2024

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  1. Edition 2(current)

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