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Landmark designation of 1700 Ballard Road

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The City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the final reading of an ordinance designating 1700 Ballard Road, the Maine Township town hall, as a Park Ridge landmark. The application was filed by Maine Township. The Historic Preservation Commission held its hearing on December 7, 2022 and voted 6–0 to recommend designation, and the Council approved the first reading on December 19, 2022 by 7–0. The consent agenda vote was 7–0.

Documented status: Approved (recorded), Jan 9 2023. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Public hearing · Reported by staff

    Historic Preservation Commission hears the landmark application

    Hearing date: Dec 7 2022. Item hpc: the motion carried (6 to 0). Applicant: MAINE TOWNSHIP.

    • p. 3 · Staff report of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Designating 1700 Ballard Road as a Park Ridge Landmark (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 9 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Staff report of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Designating 1700 Ballard Road as a Park Ridge Landmark (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 9 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff report of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Designating 1700 Ballard Road as a Park Ridge Landmark (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 9 2023. Open the quote and source.

  2. · First reading · Reported by staff

    Council approves the first reading

    Other date: Dec 19 2022. Item first-reading: the motion carried (7 to 0).

    • p. 1 · Staff report of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Designating 1700 Ballard Road as a Park Ridge Landmark (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 9 2023. Open the quote and source.

  3. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    Council approves the final reading

    Meeting date: Jan 9 2023. Item VI: the motion carried (7 to 0). Address: 1700 Ballard Road.

    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-01-09, City Council, Jan 9 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-01-09, City Council, Jan 9 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-01-09, City Council, Jan 9 2023. 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.

Properties named in the records

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.

After the decision: permits at this address

Permits dated after Jan 9, 2023 (Council approves the 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.

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    1700 Ballard Rd

    2 permits recorded after Jan 9, 2023 through Nov 1, 2026: Other; $37,000 in declared value; first Sep 15, 2025, last Aug 6, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 1, the latest dated Aug 19, 2022 (New construction).

    Permits recorded after the decision at 1700 Ballard Rd
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    Aug 6, 2026OtherELEVATOR 3D DOOR EDGE, MECHANIC RESTRICTOR, DOOR SWITCHPending$22,000
    Sep 15, 2025OtherINTERIOR RENOVATION 2 NEW DOORS, WALL PARTITIONS, 1 EM LIGHTClosed$15,000

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    1700 Ballard Rd

    No permits recorded after Jan 9, 2023 through Nov 1, 2026.

Official source records

  1. Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Designating 1700 Ballard Road as a Park Ridge Landmark (Memorandum)

    City Council, Jan 9 2023

  2. City Council minutes, 2023-01-09

    City Council, Jan 9 2023

Editions and corrections

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

  1. Edition 3(current)

    Edition 3: 5 revised.

  2. Edition 2Read this edition

    Edition 2: 5 revised.

  3. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Landmark designation of 1700 Ballard 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.