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Zoning text amendment on sunshade structures and floor area

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On August 21, 2023 the City Council approved the final reading of an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance on sunshade structures and floor area requirements, the text amendment the Planning and Zoning Commission heard on August 8, 2023. As summarized in the minutes, sunshade structures up to a stated size are no longer counted in total gross floor area. The roll call vote was 6–0. The ordinance number is not printed in these records.

Documented status: Approved (recorded), Aug 21 2023. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Public hearing · Scheduled on an agenda

    Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing on the text amendment

    Hearing date: Aug 8 2023. The document is a draft ordinance.

    • p. 3 · Draft ordinance of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Park Ridge with Regards to Sunshade Structure and Floor Area Requirements (Memorandum), City Council, Aug 21 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Draft ordinance of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Park Ridge with Regards to Sunshade Structure and Floor Area Requirements (Memorandum), City Council, Aug 21 2023. Open the quote and source.
  2. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    City Council approves the text amendment ordinance

    Meeting date: Aug 21 2023. Agenda item 1.: Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Park Ridge with Regards to Sunshade Structure and Floor Area Requirements. Item VIII.H.1: the motion carried (6 to 0, 1 absent).

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-08-21, City Council, Aug 21 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-08-21, City Council, Aug 21 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-08-21, City Council, Aug 21 2023. Open the quote and source.

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    [name withheld] of four-hundred (400) square feet or less of total area shall not be included in the total gross floor area

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    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-08-21, City Council, Aug 21 2023. Open the quote and source.

Open questions

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What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

No conflicting records are published for this item.

Official source records

  1. Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Park Ridge with Regards to Sunshade Structure and Floor Area Requirements (Memorandum)

    City Council, Aug 21 2023

  2. City Council minutes, 2023-08-21

    City Council, Aug 21 2023

Editions and corrections

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  1. Edition 3(current)

    Edition 3: 3 revised.

  2. Edition 2(shown on this page)

    Edition 2: 2 revised.

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    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Zoning text amendment on sunshade structures and floor area,” sources reviewed 2026-09-25, source records listed on this page.

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