Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 18 2021 · Evidence
Snow-removal vehicle storage variance at 175 Boardwalk Place
AI-assisted researchThe City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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2021 · Zoning Board of Appeals12 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 28 2021 · Evidence
Garage expansion variances at 2092 De Cook Avenue
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on October 28, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Mike Surina and Adam Shore for major variances to allow the expansion of a nonconforming attached garage on a single-family house at 2092 De Cook Avenue. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 28 2021 · Evidence
House addition variances at 1823 Norman Blvd
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on October 28, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Matt Gieser and Brian Kidd for major variances to allow an addition to a nonconforming house at 1823 Norman Blvd. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 26 2021 · Evidence
Garage door width variances at 1009 S. Knight Avenue
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on August 26, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Tim Everline for major variances to allow a twelve-foot-wide street-facing door on a nonconforming attached garage at 1009 S. Knight Avenue. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 26 2021 · Evidence
Second-floor addition variance at 1000 W. Crescent Avenue
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on August 26, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Tim Cress and Chris Russ for a major variance to allow a second-floor addition to a nonconforming single-family house at 1000 W. Crescent Avenue. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variance. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 27 2021 · Evidence
Commercial fence setback variances at 255-257 N. Northwest Highway
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on May 27, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Judy Barklay for major variances to allow fencing to encroach into the required front and corner side yard setbacks of a commercial property at 255-257 N. Northwest Highway, as part of the renovation of a landmarked building. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. This account rests on the draft minutes posted for approval; the City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Jul 22 2021 · Evidence
House height variance at 200 Meacham Avenue
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on July 22, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Leo Montalbano for a minor variance to allow a new house at 200 Meacham Avenue to exceed the maximum building height by a margin of inches. The board voted 3–2 to recommend that the City Council approve the variance. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 27 2021 · Evidence
Storage shed size variances at 235 Devon Avenue
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on May 27, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Jason Smee for major variances to allow two accessory buildings (storage sheds) larger than the zoning size limit at 235 Devon Avenue. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. This account rests on the draft minutes posted for approval; the City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 27 2021 · Evidence
Three-bay garage variance at 208 N. Dee Road
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on May 27, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Leonard DiCristofano for a major variance to allow a front-loaded attached garage with three automobile bays at 208 N. Dee Road, where the zoning rules allow two. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variance. This account rests on the draft minutes posted for approval; the City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Apr 22 2021 · Evidence
Wall sign height variances at 425 Devon Avenue
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on April 22, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered major variances to allow two wall signs above the second story sill line at 425 Devon Avenue. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Mar 18 2021 · Evidence
Front yard fence variance at 315 S. Dee Road
AI-assisted researchAt a public hearing on March 18, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Stephanie Shintani-Smith and Sean Smith for major variances to allow a fence to encroach into the required front yard setback at 315 S. Dee Road, a corner property. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Jan 28 2021 · Evidence
Transit pylon sign variances on Dempster Street
AI-assisted researchThe board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
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2020 · Zoning Board of Appeals15 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 19 2020 · Evidence
Detached garage size variance at 420 Courtland Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing an existing detached garage at 420 Courtland Avenue, on a double lot, to be expanded beyond the maximum size for detached garages. The recommendation was amended with a condition that the current applicants not build a second structure on the property. The minutes record that the amended motion carried on a roll call vote.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 19 2020 · Evidence
Drive-through and parking variances at 742 Higgins Road
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a minor variance from the minimum off-street parking requirement and a major variance allowing a drive-through to encroach into a required yard at 742 Higgins Road; the staff memorandum identifies Dunkin Donuts as the tenant planning the drive-through. The roll call was 4–2.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 27 2020 · Evidence
Enclosed porch and outdoor cafe variances at 16 S. Fairview
AI-assisted researchA restaurant tenant at 16 S. Fairview asked for major variances to build an enclosed porch for outdoor seating that would extend into a required front yard next to a residential use. The Zoning Board of Appeals continued the case on March 19, 2020 during early pandemic meeting reductions (5–0). After a hearing at which condominium owners in the building objected, the motion to recommend approval failed, 0–6, and the chair stated that the board recommended denial. The vote is taken from the draft minutes; City Council action is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 24 2020 · Evidence
No-parking variance for an upper-floor apartment at 108-110 Main Street
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a one-bedroom dwelling above a restaurant at 108-110 Main Street, in the Uptown Core sub-district, with no off-street parking space. The roll call was 4–0.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 24 2020 · Evidence
Side yard deck variance at 421 Courtland Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve major variances allowing a new deck attached to a nonconforming house at 421 Courtland Avenue to extend into the required interior side yard. The roll call was 4–0.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 27 2020 · Evidence
Gas station canopy and canopy sign variances at 2301 W. Touhy
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve major variances allowing a replacement canopy and canopy signs at a gas station at 2301 W. Touhy, a nonconforming use in a multi-family residential district, as part of replacing an aging fuel system. The roll call was 6–0. The final City Council action is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Aug 12 2020 · Evidence
Loading, sign and landscaping variances for a medical office at 10 N. Cumberland Avenue
AI-assisted researchAt a special virtual meeting the Zoning Board of Appeals heard MedProperties Group's request for major variances to build a two-story medical office and parking lot at 10 N. Cumberland Avenue. The board took three votes recommending that the City Council approve the variances: off-street loading (6–0), permanent signs (6–0) and landscaping and screening (5–1). Nearby residents and a business owner raised parking, traffic and drainage concerns. These are draft minutes.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jul 23 2020 · Evidence
Detached garage alley access variance at 907 S. Fairview
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a replacement detached garage at 907 S. Fairview to be built without access from the abutting public alley, keeping access from the existing driveway. The roll call was 5–0. These are draft minutes.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Jun 25 2020 · Evidence
Second-story and attic addition to a nonconforming house at 221 N. Delphia
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a second-story and attic addition to follow the existing walls of a house at 221 N. Delphia that encroaches into the required side yards on a substandard lot. The roll call was 7–0. The final City Council action is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), May 28 2020 · Evidence
Second-story addition to a nonconforming house at 11 N. Grace
AI-assisted researchThe owner at 11 N. Grace asked for a major variance to add a second story above an existing house that encroaches into a required side yard. The Zoning Board of Appeals continued the case on March 19, 2020 as part of the City's early pandemic meeting reductions; that vote was 5–0. At a virtual meeting the board recommended that the City Council approve the variance; the roll call was 7–0.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 27 2020 · Evidence
Off-street parking variance for a day spa expansion at 616 Devon Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a personal services business at 616 Devon Avenue to expand and operate without the required off-street parking. The roll call was 6–0. These are draft minutes.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 27 2020 · Evidence
Off-street parking variance for a salon expansion at 604, 606, 610 and 614 Devon Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a personal services business at 604, 606, 610 and 614 Devon Avenue, a building with no off-street parking, to expand and operate without the required parking. Nearby residents raised concerns about street parking. The roll call was 6–0. These are draft minutes.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 23 2020 · Evidence
Replacement monument sign variance at 22 S. Washington Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a deteriorating, nonconforming ground monument sign at 22 S. Washington Avenue, a medical and dental clinic in the Uptown Commercial sub-district, to be replaced. The vote was 6–0. These are draft minutes.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 23 2020 · Evidence
Shared parking variance for a day care and church lot at 410 Grant Place
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance from the off-street parking requirements so that a day care center at 418 Touhy Avenue could share the parking lot at 410 Grant Place owned by First United Methodist Church. The vote was 6–0. These are draft minutes.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 21 2019 · Evidence
Detached garage alley access variance at 1115 South Hamlin Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a new detached garage at 1115 South Hamlin Avenue to be built without access from the abutting public alley. The roll call was 5–1. These are draft minutes; the final City Council action is not part of this record.
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2019 · Zoning Board of Appeals10 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Oct 24 2019 · Evidence
Air conditioner side yard variance at 1317 Grove Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a replacement air conditioning unit to be placed in the required interior side yard at 1317 Grove Avenue. The roll call was 5–2. These are draft minutes; the final City Council action is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Sep 26 2019 · Evidence
Six-foot solid fence variance at 518 S. Rose Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe owner of a reverse corner lot at 518 S. Rose Avenue asked for a major variance to build a six-foot solid fence where the Zoning Ordinance allows only a four-foot open fence. At the applicant's written request the Zoning Board of Appeals continued the hearing on August 29, 2019. At the continued hearing the board recommended that the City Council approve the variance; the roll call was 6–1. These are draft minutes; the final City Council action is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jul 25 2019 · Evidence
Front porch enlargement variance at 324 Courtland Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing the enlargement of a nonconforming front porch at 324 Courtland Avenue. The vote was 7–0. These are draft minutes; the final City Council action is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 23 2019 · Evidence
Off-street parking variances for an office and restaurant at 801 Devon Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve major variances allowing an office use and a restaurant use at 801 Devon Avenue to operate with less than the required off-street parking. The roll call was 6–0. These are draft minutes; the final City Council action is not part of this record.
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Recorded step (recorded in draft minutes), May 23 2019 · Evidence
Withdrawn variance request at 610 Devon Avenue
AI-assisted researchA variance request at 610 Devon Avenue was noticed for a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing, but the City Planner reported at the meeting that the request had been withdrawn. The minutes do not describe the relief that was requested.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 28 2019 · Evidence
Aboveground pool setback variance at 1304 S. Prospect Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing an aboveground swimming pool at 1304 S. Prospect Avenue to be set back less than the required distance from the south property line. The roll call was 4–0. These are draft minutes; the final City Council action is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 28 2019 · Evidence
Second-floor tenant wall sign variances at 100 S. Prospect Ave
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve major variances allowing The Language Academy, a second-floor tenant without a storefront at 100 S. Prospect Ave, to install a wall sign on a multi-tenant building facing a public street. The draft minutes record that the motion carried on a roll call vote.
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Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 29 2018 · Evidence
Addition to a nonconforming house at 17 N. Merrill Street
AI-assisted researchThe applicant (John L. Bavester), represented by Neri Architects, sought major variances at 17 N. Merrill Street to add to a house whose north wall, including the chimney, encroaches into the required interior side yard. On November 29, 2018 the Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5–0 to recommend approval to the City Council, according to the staff cover memorandum to the Council. The department's annual report lists the variances as approved by the City Council. The parcel is PIN 09-25-326-012-0000.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Jan 24 2019 · Evidence
Addition to a nonconforming house at 214 Columbia Ave
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a second-story addition to, and enlargement of, a house at 214 Columbia Ave that is nonconforming because of its front yard setback. The minutes record that the motion carried on a roll call vote; one commissioner abstained. The final City Council action is not part of this record.
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Committee recommendation (recorded), Jan 24 2019 · Evidence
Detached garage setback variance at 201 Gillick St
AI-assisted researchThe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the City Council approve a major variance allowing a replacement detached garage at 201 Gillick St to sit closer to the centerline of a vacated alley than the Zoning Ordinance requires. The roll call was 4–2. The final City Council action is not part of this record.
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2018 · Zoning Board of Appeals1 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 28 2018 · Evidence
Church storage shed variances at 1300 W. Crescent Avenue
AI-assisted researchThe Park Ridge Presbyterian Church sought two major variances at 1300 W. Crescent Avenue to build a storage shed that exceeds the ordinance's limits for sheds and accessory buildings. The department's annual report lists the variances as approved by the City Council. The parcel is PIN 09-35-101-031-0000.
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2017 · Zoning Board of Appeals2 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Sep 28 2017 · Evidence
Tennis court light pole height variance at 25 W. Busse Hwy
AI-assisted researchThe Park Ridge Park District sought a major variance at 25 W. Busse Hwy to replace existing light poles at the Hinkley Park tennis courts with fewer, taller LED light poles, represented by Corporate Design & Development Group, LLC; the department's annual report describes the request as exceeding the maximum light pole height. After the hearing on September 28, 2017, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted 7–0 to recommend approval to the City Council, as reported in the staff cover memorandum to the Council. The annual report lists the variance as approved by the City Council.
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Recorded step (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 26 2017 · Evidence
Findings of fact adopted for variance case V-16-11
AI-assisted researchAt its meeting on January 26, 2017, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved the written findings of fact for variance case V-16-11 at 119 S. Greenwood Ave. The variance itself was heard at an earlier meeting; the records reviewed here do not describe the request or state its outcome.
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