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795 published records and 16 reviewed projects · Source review 2026-09-06. Selected coverage; this is not a complete list of municipal activity.
A map amendment and planned unit development for a hotel and multi-family development at 809 W Touhy Avenue and neighboring parcels were heard by the Planning and Zoning Commission on August 25, 2026. The Commission voted 9–0 to continue the cases, including PUD-26-03, to September 29, 2026. No recommendation or Council action appears in the records reviewed.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Recorded step (recorded in draft minutes), Jul 28 2026 · Evidence
On July 28, 2026 the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6–0 to continue the site plan review for 245 Vine Avenue to its meeting of September 15, 2026, while the applicant's related Zoning Board of Appeals request was pending. The agenda for September 15, 2026 lists the continued review; no outcome from that meeting is in this record.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Recorded step (recorded in draft minutes), Jul 28 2026 · Evidence
On June 9, 2026 the Planning and Zoning Commission heard planned unit development PUD-26-02, filed with map amendment MA-26-04 by applicant Andrew Nast for a boutique hotel and an apartment building sharing a parking garage on the block at 809 W Touhy Ave. Commissioners asked for a more complete and consistent plan and clearer public benefits, and voted 6–0 to continue both cases to July 28, 2026. The draft minutes of July 28, 2026 note that the applicant withdrew the application.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Recorded step (recorded in draft minutes), Jul 28 2026 · Evidence
On June 9, 2026 the Planning and Zoning Commission heard map amendment MA-26-04, filed with planned unit development PUD-26-02 by applicant Andrew Nast for a boutique hotel and an apartment building sharing a parking garage on the block at 809 W Touhy Ave. Commissioners said the application lacked detail and was inconsistent in places, and voted 6–0 to continue both cases to July 28, 2026. The draft minutes of July 28, 2026 note that the applicant withdrew the application.
After a public hearing on July 28, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended text amendment ZA-26-03, which adds a definition distinguishing murals from signs in support of a City program for murals on public property. The draft minutes record the vote as 6–0; the staff memo to the City Council reports it as 6–0. The meeting agenda printed a different case number for this item.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 9 2026 · Evidence
After a public hearing on June 9, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council grant special use SU-26-08 for an express car wash at 505 Busse Highway. Commissioners discussed noise from the wash tunnel and vacuum area near homes and other sensitive uses before voting 6–0, according to the draft minutes. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
On June 23, 2026 the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by the Park Ridge-Niles school district for parking lot and basketball court improvements at Lincoln Middle School, 200 S Lincoln Avenue. The approved minutes record the vote as 6–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 9 2026 · Evidence
At the same meeting on June 9, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site plan for the car wash at 505 Busse Highway, voting 6–0 according to the draft minutes, on conditions that accessible parking requirements be resolved and that outstanding landscape buffer issues be worked out with staff.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 26 2026 · Evidence
On May 12, 2026 the Planning and Zoning Commission opened the public hearing on SU-26-05 for a personal services establishment at 31 S. Fairview Avenue and voted 5–0 to continue it so the applicant could supply a clearer floor plan. At the continued hearing on May 26, 2026, applicant Oyun Batbayar described the retail share of the space. The draft minutes word the second motion as a continuance but record it carried 8–0; the staff memo to the City Council reports that the Commission recommended approval by 8–0.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 26 2026 · Evidence
After a public hearing on May 26, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council grant special use SU-26-06 for a medical/dental clinic at 31 S Northwest Highway, where applicant Michael Kogelis described an optical store offering limited eye exams. The draft minutes page with this vote is not in the text record, but the staff memo to the Council reports the recommendation as 8–0. The draft ordinance lists parcels 09-35-205-033-0000 and 09-35-205-020-0000.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), May 26 2026 · Evidence
On May 26, 2026 the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site plan for the hospital expansion at 1700 Luther Lane, voting 8–0 according to the draft minutes, with a condition limiting the height of the parking lot light poles. The applicant had asked for taller poles because underground detention tanks and the water table limit where footings can go.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Amended (recorded in draft minutes), May 12 2026 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site plan review for the addition to the middle school at 200 S. Lincoln Avenue, a companion to the special use for the same expansion. The vote was 7–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting.
On April 28, 2026 the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by the Park Ridge Park District to replace, and slightly enlarge, a shed near the driving range at the Oakton Sports Complex, 2800 Oakton Street. The approved minutes record the vote as 6–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 10 2026 · Evidence
After a public hearing on March 10, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council grant special use SU-26-03 for a medical/dental clinic, a wellness and functional medicine business, at 27 N Northwest Highway, with the building owner's consent. The draft ordinance lists the parcel as 09-26-425-045-0000. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 10 2026 · Evidence
After a public hearing on February 10, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended text amendment ZA-26-01, a City-initiated change to the Zoning Ordinance's fence material rules that would allow aluminum fencing designed to simulate wood. The draft minutes record the vote as 7–0; the staff memo to the City Council reports it as 7–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 13 2026 · Evidence
After a public hearing on January 13, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council grant special use SU-26-01 for an addition to the elementary school at 2401 Manor Lane, a property owned by the Park Ridge-Niles school district. The draft minutes record the vote as 8–0, and the staff memo later sent to the Council reports the recommendation as 8–0. The Council's draft ordinance lists the parcel as 09-22-306-027-0000. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 13 2026 · Evidence
After a public hearing on January 13, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council grant special use SU-26-02 so that applicant Amy Fontana could open a health and fitness studio at 136 N Northwest Highway, with the consent of the building's owner, Uptown Station LLC. The draft ordinance lists the parcel as 09-26-424-006-0000. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Dec 9 2025 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use (SU-25-14) allowing dwelling units above the ground floor at 800 Busse Highway, applied for by the owner Ranko Ristic, following the earlier rezoning of the property to the retail and office district. The vote was 7–1. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
2025 · Planning and Zoning Commission19 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Oct 14 2025 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended zoning text amendments (ZA-25-05) adding awning signs to the signs that may be lit by goose-neck reflectors and lights. The vote was 7–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Oct 14 2025 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended zoning text amendments (ZA-25-04) adding an administrative variance for additions to residential nonconforming structures that do not increase the nonconformity, a change the City Council had asked staff to propose. The vote was 7–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended zoning text amendments (ZA-25-03) making a hotel/motel a special use in the Uptown zoning subdistricts and setting a lower hotel parking requirement there. The vote was 7–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Aug 26 2025 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use (SU-25-13) for a social club or lodge, a members' cigar lounge operated by The Embassy Cigar Lounge, at 626 Busse Highway. Staff noted the site's parking fell short of the requirement and the applicant planned to reconfigure the lot. The vote was 8–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Aug 12 2025 · Evidence
The vote was 7–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 24 2025 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use (SU-25-10) for a medical/dental clinic, a medical spa, at 520 W Touhy Avenue in the Uptown commercial subdistrict. The vote was 7–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 24 2025 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use (SU-25-11) for a small brewpub at 800 Devon Avenue, Unit 11, applied for by Mikerphone Brewing LLC. The vote was 7–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 10 2025 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use (SU-25-09) for a drive-through facility at 800 W Higgins Road, requested by the owner and applicant Higgins Cumberland LLC as part of a redeveloped multi-tenant building. The vote was 5–1. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 10 2025 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site plan review for a multi-tenant commercial building with a drive-through facility at 800 W Higgins Road, requested by Higgins Cumberland LLC. Staff noted the drive-through itself depends on the separate special use. The vote was 5–1. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 27 2025 · Evidence
The applicant, Matt Hansen, sought a special use (SU-25-05) for a members-only golf simulator lounge, classed as a social club or lodge, at 658 Busse Highway. After a public hearing, a motion to recommend approval failed on a tied vote of 4–4. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 13 2025 · Evidence
The vote was 6–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), May 13 2025 · Evidence
Staff noted the proposed fence height would need its own approvals. The vote was 6–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 13 2025 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended zoning text amendments (ZA-25-02) creating a master site plan option for the park district's site plan reviews and revising signage rules for publicly owned open space parcels. The vote was 6–0. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
The applicant, Deljo Heating & Cooling, sought a special use (SU-25-04) for a ground-floor professional office and showroom at 155 N Northwest Highway in the Uptown commercial subdistrict. A motion to recommend approval failed on a tied vote of 4–4, so the Commission sent no favorable recommendation. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission continued the hearing on February 11, 2025 at the applicant's request while a related variance case was pending, then on March 11, 2025 recommended that the City Council approve the special use by a vote of 8–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission continued the site plan review for the elementary school addition and parking changes at 707 Wisner Street on February 11, 2025, then approved the site plan on March 11, 2025 by a vote of 8–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 11 2025 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use (SU-25-02) for the expansion of an educational facility, an addition to the middle school at 200 South Lincoln Avenue. The minutes cited are the draft version posted for approval at the next meeting. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jan 14 2025 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use (SU-25-01) allowing a not-for-profit cultural association, Albanian Culture Association of Chicago, to operate a social club or lodge at 800 Busse Highway. The vote was 9–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission
2024 · Planning and Zoning Commission13 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded), Dec 10 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use allowing a professional office on the ground floor at 139 N Northwest Highway, in the Uptown commercial subdistrict, where an office on Northwest Highway needs a special use. The vote was split, 6–3. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission opened a public hearing on amendments to the City's Comprehensive Plan for the Uptown Master Plan, after staff reviewed the changes made in response to Commission and public feedback. No recommendation vote was expected that night, and the Commission continued the hearing to January 14, 2025 by a vote of 9–0. The outcome is not part of this record.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Dec 10 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing on fence regulations, which the City Council had discussed at a Committee of the Whole meeting because of the number of fence variance cases, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments to the Zoning Ordinance as modified at the meeting. Commissioners agreed on raising the maximum fence height in residential districts and discussed separate rules for corner lots; the minutes do not state the corner-lot outcome. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 12 2024 · Evidence
After the City Council's Committee of the Whole discussed on October 7, 2024 whether libraries should be added to the uses an adult-use cannabis dispensing organization must be located away from, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments, modified to specify public libraries. The vote was 5–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 12 2024 · Evidence
After the City Council's Committee of the Whole discussed public noticing requirements for government buildings on October 7, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. Staff confirmed such projects would still need at least a site plan review. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
The applicant first withdrew a companion request to rezone the site, offering to pursue a text amendment making car washes a special use in the existing district instead. The Commission continued the hearing to September 24, 2024 by a vote of 7–0, and on September 24, 2024 recommended that the City Council approve the special use by a vote of 9–0.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review for an addition to the existing clubhouse of Park Ridge Country Club at 636 N Prospect Avenue. The vote was 7–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Sep 24 2024 · Evidence
The Commission had already recommended the special use for dwellings above the ground floor on this site; staff said any future ground-floor tenant needing a special use would apply separately. The vote was 8–0. These minutes are the draft version.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 15 2024 · Evidence
After the Committee of the Whole discussion of April 15, 2024, the Mayor and City Council asked for a text amendment separating tobacco-related retail uses from other retail goods establishments, with the Commission to weigh permitted or special use status. The Planning and Zoning Commission opened the hearing, asked what counts as a business primarily selling tobacco and about licensing, and continued the case to October 15, 2024 by a vote of 8–0. On October 15, 2024 it recommended the amendments on a split vote of 5–2. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a text amendment, sent to it by the Mayor and City Council after their discussion of April 15, 2024, to make drive-through facilities special uses. Staff said car washes are not drive-through facilities under the ordinance and would not be affected. The vote was 8–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by the owner for a multi-family residential building at 425 W Talcott Road, a site rezoned to residential use in an earlier year. Staff noted the project had already received variances for a reduced front yard and a larger detached garage. The vote was 8–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 27 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a text amendment, requested by the owner of 10 Higgins, to make car washes a special use in the general commercial district as well as in the wholesale and service district. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
