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Recorded step (reported in a later record), Nov 10 2022 · Evidence
Staff had recommended the award after proposals opened on November 10, 2022 were scored by an evaluation team.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 9 2023 · Evidence
The City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the final reading of an ordinance designating 1700 Ballard Road, the Maine Township town hall, as a Park Ridge landmark. The application was filed by Maine Township. The Historic Preservation Commission held its hearing on December 7, 2022 and voted 6–0 to recommend designation, and the Council approved the first reading on December 19, 2022 by 7–0. The consent agenda vote was 7–0.
Ordinance · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded), Jan 9 2023 · Evidence
The City Council approved, on its consent agenda, three purchases from Roesch Ford under bid PW-22-23: three Ford Escape front-wheel-drive SUVs for $90,750, one Ford Escape all-wheel-drive SUV for $31,250 and one Ford Transit van for $36,560. Bids opened on December 8, 2022; the only other bidder, HAGGERTY FORD, was listed as non-responsive. Staff reported $70,000 budgeted for the three front-wheel-drive vehicles. The consent agenda vote was 7–0.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Dec 19 2022 · Evidence
After the Committee of the Whole's 7–0 voice vote on December 5, 2022, the City Council approved an ordinance amending the Municipal Code's utility billing rates as part of its consent agenda on December 19, 2022; the consent agenda carried by roll call 7–0. The staff memo listed the water rate rising from $8.11 to $8.92 and the sewer rate from $1.51 to $1.74 per thousand gallons, the sewer fixed charge from $3.55 to $4.08 and the fixed water charge for the smallest meters from $9.68 to $10.16, starting January 1, 2023.
Ordinance · City Council · Park Ridge
Recorded step (recorded), Dec 6 2023 · Evidence
An application for a hundred-year-old home certificate for 916 Cleveland Ave came before the Historic Preservation Commission on December 6, 2023. Commissioners questioned whether the commission should carry out the hundred-year-old home program, and staff said it would confirm with the city attorney. The commission continued the request to its meeting in January 2024. The minutes label the item with a different case number than the agenda. The outcome is outside this record.
Public record · Historic Preservation Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Oct 24 2023 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by Neri Architects, acting with the owner's consent, for a three-story office building with at-grade parking on a vacant lot at 820 Talcott Road. Neighbors raised concerns about a driveway onto Fairview Avenue near a school; the approval carried no conditions. A consultant for the applicant, Bono Consulting Inc, answered a question about an existing monitoring well. One commissioner recused. The vote was 7–0. The same lot was earlier the subject of a planned unit development recommendation for a mixed-use building.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 24 2023 · Evidence
The City proposed zoning text amendments creating cannabis dispensary overlay districts, allowing one adult-use dispensary per district and none in adjoining districts. The Planning and Zoning Commission continued the hearing to pair it with the related map amendment by a vote of 7–0. At the continued hearing on October 24, 2023, every commissioner present voted against the motion to recommend the amendments, which staff reported to the City Council as a recommendation of denial.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 26 2023 · Evidence
The vote was 7–0. Lot consolidation is a separate administrative subdivision process and is not part of this record, nor is the Council's own action.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Sep 26 2023 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by Park Ridge Park District for expansion of the Oakton Sports Complex at 2800 Oakton Street, including an indoor turf facility, a studio ice rink, a new parking lot, driving range improvements and storm water detention, with conditions that landscaping next to the residential area be restored and that the related zoning variance and appearance cases be approved. The plans were presented by Wight and Co. The vote was 7–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 26 2023 · Evidence
Staff proposed zoning text amendments replacing the foot-candle measurement approach to residential outdoor lighting with requirements that lights be aimed down or shielded and that security lights be motion activated. After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission continued the case for clarifications by a vote of 7–0, and at the continued hearing recommended approval of the amendments. The vote was 7–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 22 2023 · Evidence
Staff proposed a zoning text amendment adding dwellings above the ground floor to the locations where tandem parking designs may be used, after an inquiry about a mixed-use property in the Uptown Core subdistrict. After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments. The vote was 7–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 22 2023 · Evidence
Staff proposed a zoning text amendment creating an off-street parking requirement for publicly owned recreational buildings, prompted by the Park District's planned Oakton Sports Complex project, for which the code had no specific parking category. After the public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments. The vote was 7–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jul 25 2023 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by City of Park Ridge for additions to the fire station at 901 Devon Avenue, with conditions that the project receive the requested zoning variances and that the interior transition yard and interior parking lot landscaping requirements be waived. The vote was 8–0. The variances themselves were before the Zoning Board of Appeals and are not part of this record.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jul 11 2023 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by Park Ridge Park District for alterations at Hinkley Park, 25 Busse Highway, including new paving, rebuilt dugouts, expanded batting cages, a new walking path, an enlarged playground and shelter area, and storm water detention. The vote was 8–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jun 13 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use permit allowing four residential units above ground-floor commercial space at 16 Prairie Avenue, in the Uptown Core subdistrict, subject to obtaining variance approvals and the waiver of the interior transition yard setback. The applicant and owner was Dave Cook. The vote was 8–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jun 13 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use permit allowing minor motor vehicle service and repair in an existing commercial building at 316 Higgins Road, in the general commercial district. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), May 23 2023 · Evidence
Staff proposed zoning text amendments to allow outdoor cafes and valet parking as temporary uses on vacant parcels in the Uptown business district during the outdoor dining season. The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing and continued it by a vote of 9–0. At the continued hearing on May 23, 2023 it recommended the amendments as modified at the meeting, which dropped private parking lots from the outdoor dining provision and tied the time limit to the outdoor dining season. The vote was 8–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Recorded step (recorded), May 23 2023 · Evidence
Staff proposed zoning text amendments to make parking lots and parking structures, as principal uses, special uses in all Uptown business subdistricts. The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing and continued it by a vote of 9–0. At the continued hearing on May 23, 2023 it voted to table the case pending further planning discussion of the Uptown district; that vote was 8–0. This record does not establish any later action on the case.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Apr 11 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use permit for a ground-floor professional office at 164 S Prospect, with the business allowed temporarily at 132 S Prospect until the permanent location receives a certificate of occupancy. The vote was 8–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Apr 11 2023 · Evidence
One commissioner recused and was recorded as abstaining. The vote was 7–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Feb 28 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use permit allowing a single dwelling unit above the ground floor at 116 South Prospect Avenue, in the Uptown Core subdistrict. The vote was 9–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Feb 28 2023 · Evidence
The vote was 9–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jan 24 2023 · Evidence
The vote was 6–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Nov 16 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on November 16, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance allowing the restoration of a nonconforming attached garage at 1344 S. Chester, which had been removed during construction. The motion carried on a roll call vote.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 26 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on October 26, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend that the City Council approve a major variance allowing taller poles and netting at the Oakton Park driving range at 2800 Oakton, part of the park district's improvements there. The chair abstained, and the motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Oct 26 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on October 26, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance allowing the replacement of a nonconforming six-foot fence at 16 N. Western. The motion carried on a roll call vote.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 28 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on September 28, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance for the construction of a front porch and voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances allowing the alteration of a nonconforming structure at 1033 Vernon. The motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's decision on the major variances is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 28 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on September 28, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance for added building height for an indoor field house and voted to recommend that the City Council approve a major variance allowing parking spaces to encroach into the front yard setback, for the park district's renovation of Oakton Park at 2800 Oakton and 2620 Oakton Street. The motion carried on a roll call vote. A separate request to raise the driving range netting was withdrawn before the vote and heard later as its own case.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 28 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on September 28, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance allowing the enclosure of a rear balcony and voted to recommend that the City Council approve a major variance allowing the alteration of a nonconforming structure at 1033 Courtland. The motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's decision on the major variance is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Aug 24 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on August 24, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved minor variances allowing the replacement of a nonconforming detached garage at 904 Harrison. The motion carried on a roll call vote.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jul 27 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on July 27, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance allowing the in-kind replacement of a nonconforming six-foot solid fence at 333 N Talcott. The motion carried on a roll call vote.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jul 27 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on July 27, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved minor variances and voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances to allow the update and expansion of the fire station at 901 Devon Avenue. The motion carried on a roll call vote with one commissioner voting no. The City Council's decision on the major variances is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jul 27 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on July 27, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance and voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances allowing the replacement of a nonconforming step and stoop and a roof above it at 307 N Northwest Highway. The motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's decision on the major variances is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jul 27 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on July 27, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances at 16 Prairie Avenue allowing less than the required share of ground floor coverage to be occupied by a permitted or special use and more than the allowed share by accessory uses. The motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jul 27 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on July 27, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance allowing a taller fence in an interior side yard setback at 2390 Virginia, matching the fence height the board had approved for another side of the same property earlier in the year. The motion carried on a roll call vote with one commissioner voting no.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jun 22 2023 · Evidence
The Zoning Board of Appeals opened the public hearing on a minor variance for a taller fence along the rear lot line at 1921 Courtland on April 27, 2023 and tabled the case. On May 25, 2023 the board tabled it again after the applicant asked for an extension. On June 22, 2023 the board approved a minor variance allowing a fence along the rear lot line to the east façade of the garage in the rear and corner side yard setbacks; the motion carried on a roll call vote.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jun 22 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on June 22, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances allowing a one-story addition to encroach into a side yard setback on a nonconforming house at 320 N Redfield. The motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Jun 22 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on June 22, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved minor variances allowing a six-foot stone fence along the corner side lot line and along the front yard setback at 947 N Prospect. The motion carried on a roll call vote.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), May 25 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on May 25, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance allowing a six-foot fence along the side lot line at 800 S Clifton Avenue, next to a neighboring church property. The motion carried on a roll call vote.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Apr 27 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on April 27, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances allowing the expansion of a nonconforming attached garage at 388 Austin. The motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Apr 27 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on April 27, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances allowing the removal of enclosed parking spaces without replacement, with driveway parking satisfying the off-street parking requirement, at 724 N Lincoln. The motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Apr 27 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on April 27, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances allowing the expansion of a dance studio at 517 - 519 W Talcott to operate without providing the required off-street parking spaces. The motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 26 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on January 26, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances allowing the in-kind replacement of a solid fence in a reverse corner side yard at 1001 N. Western. The motion carried on a roll call vote. Major variances go to the City Council for a final decision, which is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Feb 23 2023 · Evidence
After a public hearing on February 23, 2023, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a minor variance allowing a new single-family house at 2380 S De Cook Ct to encroach into the rear yard setback, and voted to recommend that the City Council approve major variances for the interior side setbacks. The motions carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's decision on the major variances is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 26 2023 · Evidence
The Zoning Board of Appeals held a public hearing on January 26, 2023 on a minor variance to allow a taller fence in an interior side yard setback at 2390 Virginia. The board approved the minor variance; the motion carried on a roll call vote. The minutes record the board's findings of fact; no conditions beyond the submitted plans are recorded.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Extended (recorded), Dec 19 2022 · Evidence
MDSA Properties, LLC, a contract purchaser, applied for a planned development for a hotel at 1424-1440 Higgins Road. On December 8, 2020 the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 8–0 on a motion recommending that the City Council approve the planned development preliminary plan, with deviations from zoning standards and conditions that include removing all billboards on the site after a building permit is issued and keeping the north access gate for emergency use only. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · City Council · Park Ridge
Awarded (recorded), Aug 1 2022 · Evidence
Bids were opened on July 6, 2022. On August 1, 2022 the City Council approved, by a 6–0 consent-agenda vote, construction contract PW-22-15 with Martam Construction, Inc. for $747,424. Staff described the alleys as funded half by the City and half through special service areas.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Amended (recorded), Jul 18 2022 · Evidence
On February 22, 2022 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda (7–0), the street resurfacing program contract with Arrow Road Construction Company for $918,513, the lowest bid. On July 18, 2022 the Council approved a purchase order increase of $44,858.03 (7–0); staff reported that the total would still be under the budgeted $1,000,000. Warrant reports reviewed show $963,371.03 paid to the contractor in that fiscal year, equal to the contract plus the increase.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), May 2 2022 · Evidence
On May 2, 2022 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, budget amendments increasing the Uptown TIF Fund's transfer out by $499,560 to reimburse the Parking Fund for non-reimbursed costs of building the Library parking lot. The staff memo calls the remaining construction and design costs TIF eligible expenses. The consent agenda motion carried.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded), Mar 7 2022 · Evidence
On March 7, 2022 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, closing the debt service fund for a bond series that had been reissued; the staff memo says the fund was no longer required after the reissuance. The consent vote was 6–0.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
