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Fence variances at 1001 N. Western Avenue

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The applicant was Donald Benkowski. The Zoning Board of Appeals held its hearing on January 26, 2023 and voted 7–0 to recommend approval. The Council vote was 7–0. The adopted ordinance number is not in these records.

Documented status: Approved (recorded), Feb 6 2023. 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 hearing and recommendation

    Hearing date: Jan 26 2023. Item zba: the motion carried (7 to 0). Applicant: DONALD BENKOWSKI.

    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-02-06, City Council, Feb 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Construction of a Fence in the Reverse Corner Side Yard at 1001 N. Western Avenue (VA-23-0002) (Memorandum), City Council, Feb 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Construction of a Fence in the Reverse Corner Side Yard at 1001 N. Western Avenue (VA-23-0002) (Memorandum), City Council, Feb 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
  2. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    Council approves the variance ordinance

    Meeting date: Feb 6 2023. Address: 1001 N. Western Avenue. Item VIII.N.1: the motion carried (7 to 0).

    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-02-06, City Council, Feb 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-02-06, City Council, Feb 6 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-02-06, City Council, Feb 6 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.

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.

After the decision: permits at this address

Permits dated after Feb 6, 2023 (Council approves the variance ordinance).

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: 1001 N. Western Avenue

    1001 N Western Ave

    1 permit recorded after Feb 6, 2023 through Nov 1, 2026: Other; $7,832 in declared value; dated Mar 9, 2023.

    Permits recorded after the decision at 1001 N Western Ave
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    Mar 9, 2023OtherFENCEClosed$7,832
  • Matched by address: 1001 N. Western Avenue

    1001 S Western Ave

    1 permit recorded after Feb 6, 2023 through Nov 1, 2026: Other; $2,507 in declared value; dated Jun 5, 2023.

    Permits recorded after the decision at 1001 S Western Ave
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    Jun 5, 2023OtherFENCEClosed$2,507

Official source records

  1. City Council minutes, 2023-02-06

    City Council, Feb 6 2023

  2. Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Construction of a Fence in the Reverse Corner Side Yard at 1001 N. Western Avenue (VA-23-0002) (Memorandum)

    City Council, Feb 6 2023

Editions and corrections

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

  1. Edition 3(current)

    Edition 3: 2 revised.

  2. Edition 2Read this edition

    Edition 2: 2 revised.

  3. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Fence variances at 1001 N. Western 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.