Park Ridge · Zoning variance
Detached garage replacement variances at 434 Meacham Avenue (VA-24-31)
AI-assisted researchHow this was researched and checkedThe City Council approved the final reading of an ordinance granting major variances (VA-24-31) to let the owners replace a nonconforming detached garage at 434 Meacham Avenue in the same location, keeping its existing side setback. Staff reported that the request rested on protecting a mature tree, that the Zoning Board of Appeals held its hearing on October 24, 2024 with no public comment at the hearing, and that it voted 5–0 to recommend approval. The City Council's roll call vote was 6–0.
Documented status: Approved (recorded), Nov 6 2024. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.
Official identifiers: VA-24-31
What changed, and when did it take effect?
· Public hearing · Reported by staff
Zoning Board of Appeals holds the public hearing
Hearing date: Oct 24 2024. Address: 434 Meacham Avenue.
p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Replacement of a Nonconforming Detached Garage in the Same Location and Encroach into a Required Setback at 434 Meacham Avenue (VA-24-31) (Memorandum), City Council, Nov 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Replacement of a Nonconforming Detached Garage in the Same Location and Encroach into a Required Setback at 434 Meacham Avenue (VA-24-31) (Memorandum), City Council, Nov 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
· Committee recommendation · Reported by staff
Zoning Board of Appeals recommends approval
Hearing date: Oct 24 2024. Item ZBA: the motion carried (5 to 0).
p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Replacement of a Nonconforming Detached Garage in the Same Location and Encroach into a Required Setback at 434 Meacham Avenue (VA-24-31) (Memorandum), City Council, Nov 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Replacement of a Nonconforming Detached Garage in the Same Location and Encroach into a Required Setback at 434 Meacham Avenue (VA-24-31) (Memorandum), City Council, Nov 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
· Approved · Recorded in minutes
City Council approves the ordinance
Meeting date: Nov 6 2024. Item VIII.N.2: the motion carried (6 to 0, 1 absent). Case VA-24-31.
p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-11-06, City Council, Nov 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-11-06, City Council, Nov 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-11-06, City Council, Nov 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?
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Contracts, payments and completion
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Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?
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Properties named in the records
Listed in a draft exhibit · Staff memo
Listed in a draft exhibit: Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Replacement of a Nonconforming Detached Garage in the Same Location and Encroach into a Required Setback at 434 Meacham Avenue (VA-24-31) (Memorandum) (City Council, Nov 6 2024, p. 5). The…p. 5 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Replacement of a Nonconforming Detached Garage in the Same Location and Encroach into a Required Setback at 434 Meacham Avenue (VA-24-31) (Memorandum), City Council, Nov 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
What remains unresolved?
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Open questions
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What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?
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After the decision: permits at this address
Permits dated after Nov 6, 2024 (City Council approves the 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.
Listed in a draft exhibit
434 Meacham Ave2 permits recorded after Nov 6, 2024 through Nov 1, 2026: Other; $106,310 in declared value; first Oct 7, 2025, last Oct 13, 2025.
Permits recorded after the decision at 434 Meacham Ave Issued Type Work Status Declared value Oct 13, 2025 Other INSTALL CEDAR PRIVACY FENCE AND CEDAR PICKET Closed $20,221 Oct 7, 2025 Other PERMEABLE PATIO, PAVER WALKWAY, PICKET FENCE Closed $86,089
Official source records
- Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Granting Zoning Variances to Allow the Replacement of a Nonconforming Detached Garage in the Same Location and Encroach into a Required Setback at 434 Meacham Avenue (VA-24-31) (Memorandum)
City Council, Nov 6 2024
- City Council minutes, 2024-11-06
City Council, Nov 6 2024
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