Park Ridge · Zoning variance
Addition, chimney, garage and balcony variances at 2112 Birch Street
AI-assisted researchHow this was researched and checkedCase VA-25-16 requested eight variances for additions to a nonconforming split-level home at 2112 Birch Street. The draft minutes record that the Zoning Board of Appeals approved three minor variances for open space and both interior side yards (vote 6–0), and recommended that the City Council approve five major variances for chimney height and area, garage door width, a balcony in the east side yard and increased nonconformity (vote 6–0). The City Council's action is not covered by this record.
Documented status: Public hearing (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 26 2025. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.
Official identifiers: VA-25-16
What changed, and when did it take effect?
· Approved · Recorded in draft minutes
Board approves three minor variances
Hearing date: Jun 26 2025. Motion to approve (item IV.3). Item IV.3: the motion carried (6 to 0).
p. 1 · Draft minutes of June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025. Open the quote and source.
p. 11 · Draft minutes of June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025. Open the quote and source.
p. 10 · Draft minutes of June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025. Open the quote and source.
· Committee recommendation · Recorded in draft minutes
Board recommends five major variances to the City Council
Hearing date: Jun 26 2025. Motion to approve (item IV.3). Item IV.3: the motion carried (6 to 0).
p. 12 · Draft minutes of June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025. Open the quote and source.
p. 12 · Draft minutes of June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025. Open the quote and source.
p. 1 · Draft minutes of June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025. Open the quote and source.
· Public hearing · Recorded in draft minutes
Zoning Board of Appeals holds the public hearing
Hearing date: Jun 26 2025. Case VA-25-16. Address: 2112 Birch Street. Applicant: JOE FONTANINI.
p. 1 · Draft minutes of June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025. Open the quote and source.
p. 9 · Draft minutes of June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes), Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025. Open the quote and source.
p. 2 · Staff memo of PUBLIC HEARING REVIEW AND ACTION: Variances at 2112 Birch Street - VA-25-16 (Majors/Minors) (Staff Memorandum), Zoning Board of Appeals, Jun 26 2025. 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?
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What remains unresolved?
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Open questions
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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 Jun 26, 2025 (Board approves three minor 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: 2112 Birch Street
2112 Birch St1 permit recorded after Jun 26, 2025 through Nov 1, 2026: Addition; $550,000 in declared value; dated Dec 9, 2025.
Permits recorded after the decision at 2112 Birch St Issued Type Work Status Declared value Dec 9, 2025 Addition SECOND FLOOR ADDITION TO EXISTING SPLIT LEVEL HOME, ATTACHED GARAGE EXTENSION Closed $550,000
Official source records
- June 26, 2025 (Draft Minutes)
Zoning Board of Appeals, Aug 28 2025
- PUBLIC HEARING REVIEW AND ACTION: Variances at 2112 Birch Street - VA-25-16 (Majors/Minors) (Staff Memorandum)
Zoning Board of Appeals, Jun 26 2025