Park Ridge · Zoning variance
Major variances approved for additions at 2112 Birch Street
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The City Council approved on final reading an ordinance granting the major variances (VA-25-16) for first and second floor additions at 2112 Birch Street, including a chimney over the height and area limits, a wider garage door, a balcony in the east side yard and an addition to a nonconforming residence. The Zoning Board of Appeals decided the minor variances itself. The motion carried 7–0.
Documented status: Approved (recorded), Jul 7 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 minutes
City Council adopts the variance ordinance
Meeting date: Jul 7 2025. Item VIII.N.3: the motion carried (7 to 0). Address: 2112 Birch Street.
p. 9 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-07-07, City Council, Jul 7 2025. Open the quote and source.
p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-07-07, City Council, Jul 7 2025. Open the quote and source.
p. 9 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-07-07, City Council, Jul 7 2025. Open the quote and source.
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After the decision: permits at this address
Permits dated after Jul 7, 2025 (City Council adopts 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: 2112 Birch Street
2112 Birch St1 permit recorded after Jul 7, 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
- City Council minutes, 2025-07-07
City Council, Jul 7 2025
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