A proposal, an approval and a completed project are different events. These permanent timelines and published records connect the evidence and identify what remains unverified.
795 published records and 16 reviewed projects · Source review 2026-09-06. Selected coverage; this is not a complete list of municipal activity.
On February 7, 2022 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, an Uptown TIF Fund budget amendment of $28,440 because payments under the TIF's intergovernmental agreements exceeded budget. The staff memo says the payments are prescribed by the agreements with the two school districts and the Park District. The consent vote was 7–0.
Public record · City Council · Park Ridge
2022 · Planning and Zoning Commission17 on this page
Terra Consulting Group, Ltd. sought site plan approval for a surface parking lot at 301 Grant Place to serve an apartment building under the same ownership; an existing residence on the lot would be demolished. On May 22, 2018, the Planning and Zoning Commission continued the review to June 12, 2018 so the applicant could add detail on screening, landscaping and lighting.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
The City Attorney prepared updated rules of procedure for the Planning and Zoning Commission, including how public hearings are conducted. On October 25, 2022 it voted to adopt the rules with a revised conflict-of-interest section excluding a conflicted commissioner from participating as a commissioner in that matter. The vote was 7–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 25 2022 · Evidence
At the City Council's direction, staff proposed replacing gendered pronouns throughout the Zoning Ordinance, working from a list prepared by the City's codifier. After a public hearing on October 25, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the amendments with two changes of its own, including a revised rule on gendered terms. The vote was 7–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Sep 13 2022 · Evidence
McDonald's Corporation, through an authorized agent, sought site plan review for a reconfigured drive-through with two ordering stations at 1032 North Northwest Highway. On September 13, 2022 the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site plan review on the condition that the related map amendment and a sign variance are approved. The vote was 9–0. The source is draft minutes. Whether the related map amendment and variance were later approved is not part of this record.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 12 2022 · Evidence
Northwest Highway II LLC, the property owner, requested a special use so that basement space at 1 South Northwest Highway could be leased to Underground Fitness Studio as a personal training studio. On November 10, 2020 the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7–0 on a motion recommending that the City Council approve the special use. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
McDonald's Corporation, through an authorized agent, applied for a map amendment placing the whole restaurant property at 1032 N Northwest Highway, then split between the retail and office district and the two-family residential district, in the general commercial district, which would remove the nonconforming status of the drive-through and parking lot. After a public hearing on September 13, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the map amendment. The vote was 9–0. The source is draft minutes. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Following City Council direction on signs recognizing charitable partners in City-led special events such as the holiday lights program, staff proposed a zoning text amendment to the temporary sign rules creating a category of temporary signs erected and owned by the City that may stand in the right-of-way during City-sponsored events. After a public hearing on September 13, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the amendment. The vote was 9–0. The source is draft minutes. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 12 2022 · Evidence
At the City Council's request, staff proposed updating the zoning rules on recreational vehicles to match current industry terms. At the hearing on June 14, 2022 the Planning and Zoning Commission deferred action so staff could gather more information (6–0). The planned late-summer meeting was cancelled and the case was re-noticed. At the hearing on October 12, 2022 the Commission recommended the amendments as proposed. The vote was 6–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Aug 9 2022 · Evidence
After a public hearing on August 9, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the special use. The vote was 6–0. The source is draft minutes. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Public hearing (recorded in draft minutes), Jul 12 2022 · Evidence
City staff proposed a zoning text amendment that would let a second-story addition follow the footprint of a house with a legal nonconforming setback, so such additions would be reviewed by staff instead of needing variances. At the hearing on June 28, 2022 the Planning and Zoning Commission continued the case (6–0). At the continued hearing on July 12, 2022 the draft minutes record that a motion to recommend the amendment was denied; that vote is not captured as a verified claim in this record. The sources are draft minutes.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
After City Council direction that decorative string lights should not be prohibited in residential areas, staff proposed a zoning text amendment allowing unshielded decorative lights in residential districts subject to light trespass and height limits. After a public hearing on July 12, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the amendment as modified. The vote was 7–0. The source is draft minutes. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 28 2022 · Evidence
A resident applied for a zoning text amendment to the fence rules that would let homes abutting a golf course install engineered sports netting taller than ordinary fences along the lot lines facing the course. After a public hearing on June 28, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve the text amendment as written by staff, a recommendation to the City Council. The vote was 4–2. The source is draft minutes. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Public hearing (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 8 2022 · Evidence
Krista Ward applied for zoning text amendments that would allow three-flat or three-unit buildings in the two-family residential district and would exempt such buildings from the covered-garage requirement. The Planning and Zoning Commission heard the request on March 8, 2022. The draft minutes record the motion to recommend the amendments as denied; that vote is not captured as a verified claim in this record. The source is draft minutes.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 8 2022 · Evidence
The City proposed zoning text amendments adding temporary medical testing sites as a temporary use. On February 8, 2022 the Planning and Zoning Commission sent the proposal back to staff with questions, without a vote. On March 8, 2022 it recommended the amendments with City Attorney language limiting such sites to permanent structures in two business districts during a declared public health emergency. The vote was 8–0. The sources are draft minutes. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Feb 23 2022 · Evidence
After a public hearing on February 23, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a map amendment rezoning 10 Higgins Road, a vacant commercial building formerly used by a veterans club and zoned single-family residential when it was annexed, to the general commercial district. The applicants were Canfield Higgins, LLC and DJP Canfield Higgins, LLC. The vote was 9–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Dec 14 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve, as its recommendation to the City Council, a special use allowing a tax services company to occupy the rear of a ground-floor tenant space at 110 South Prospect Avenue in the Uptown core. The vote was 7–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
2022 · Zoning Board of Appeals20 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 27 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on October 27, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Kirsten Stumpf for major variances to allow fencing in the front yard setback and a six-foot fence along a reverse corner side yard at 400 N Dee. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At a public hearing on September 22, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered major variances, requested by McDonald's Corporation, to allow additional drive-through pricing board signs for a double-lane drive-through at 1032 N Northwest Highway. The board voted 5–1 to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 25 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on August 25, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Chrysantos and Vasiliki Kereres for a minor variance from the maximum floor area ratio and a major variance to allow the enlargement of a nonconforming house at 120 S Cumberland. The board approved the minor variance by roll call and, in a separate roll call vote, recommended that the City Council approve the major variance. The City Council's decision on the major variance is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At a public hearing on July 28, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Elliott Etheredge for major variances to allow the reconstruction of a nonconforming detached garage without access from the abutting alley at 1450 W. Touhy. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
The Zoning Board of Appeals took up a request for a minor variance from the floor area ratio limit to allow an attached rear porch and pergola at 507 Wisner Street. On June 23, 2022 the board voted 4–0 to table the case to its next meeting. At the continued hearing on July 28, 2022, with Katarina Savic and Uros Pantelic appearing as applicants, 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At a public hearing on July 28, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by AJ and Maryann Geisheker for major variances to allow a two-story addition and porch to encroach into a side yard setback on a nonconforming house at 218 S. Fairview. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jun 23 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on June 23, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Chris and Maureen Klier for a minor and a major variance to allow the expansion of a single-family house, including its attached garage, at 422 N. Home Avenue. The board voted 4–0 to recommend that the City Council approve both variances. 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), May 26 2022 · Evidence
At its meeting on May 26, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals heard a request for a major variance to allow a front-loaded attached garage with three automobile bays at 215 Murphy Lake Lane; the staff memorandum lists Mary Jo Carroll as property owner and applicant. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At a public hearing on April 28, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Gregory and Jenny Martino for a minor variance from the maximum floor area ratio and a major variance to allow the enlargement of a nonconforming house at 1622 S. Prospect. In a single motion the board approved the minor variance and recommended that the City Council approve the major variance; the motion carried by roll call. This account rests on the draft minutes posted for approval; the City Council's decision on the major variance is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At a public hearing on April 28, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Besi Bezhani for major variances to allow a fence to encroach into the required front yard setback at 1044 N. Knight. This account rests on the draft minutes posted for approval; 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), Mar 17 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on March 17, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Alec Zocher for major variances to allow an attached garage with a street-facing door wider than the limit and the side yard encroachment of an emergency electrical generator at 212 S. Fairview. The board voted 4–0 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At a public hearing on April 28, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Derek Sidley and Joe Purpur for major variances to allow an eight-foot solid fence at the northwest corner of the Park Ridge Country Club golf course at 636 N. Prospect 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At a public hearing on April 28, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Enrique Castel for major variances to allow a physical therapy office in an existing commercial space at 713 Devon to operate without providing the required off-street parking spaces. The board voted 3–0 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Mar 17 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on March 17, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered major variances from the off-street parking requirement for the expansion of Field Elementary School at 707 Wisner; the project architect, Rick Petricek, appeared as applicant. The board voted 4–0 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At a public hearing on April 28, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Anastas Shkurti and Rick DiMonte for major variances to allow a replacement wall sign above the second story sill line at 216 Higgins. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 24 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on February 24, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by John Streetz for major variances to allow an additional wall sign advertising a grocery store's drive-up pickup service at 481 Busse Highway. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 24 2022 · Evidence
At its meeting on February 24, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve major variances to allow the expansion of an attached garage at 619 Riverside Drive. The draft minutes pages covering the testimony are not available in this record, so the applicant is not named here, and 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), Feb 24 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on February 24, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Michael Lynch for a major variance to allow a detached garage at 1528 Courtland to be modified for access onto an alley with less than the required setback. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 24 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on February 24, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Robert Walters and Andrew Morrissette for a major variance to allow the expansion of a patio into a rear yard setback at 1508 Greendale. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 24 2022 · Evidence
At a public hearing on February 24, 2022, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Alexis Rodgers for a major variance to allow an escape window well larger than the size limit to encroach into a side yard setback at 1113 Harrison. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
On December 20, 2021 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, an Uptown TIF Fund budget amendment of $19,050 for the costs of reissuing a bond series. The staff memo says those costs were not rolled into the new bond issue. The consent vote was 6–0.
At its meeting on December 6, 2021, the City Council adopted the gross aggregate property tax levy for the City and the Library at $18,518,005. The motion carried 5–1. The minutes record the Finance Director's explanation that this was an overall levy increase of 0.43%. The ordinance levied $4,088,160 as the Library tax.
Bids were opened on September 8, 2021. On September 20, 2021 the City Council approved construction contract PW-21-26 with Copenhaver Construction, Inc., the lowest responsive bidder, for $1,263,511, by a 6–0 vote.
On July 19, 2021 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, year-end budget amendments to several funds, including the Uptown TIF Fund. The staff memo lists an Uptown TIF general contractual services amendment of $92,371 and says that account was over budget because new student and new property payments were higher than anticipated. The consent vote was 7–0.
On May 17, 2021 the City Council approved the Phase III engineering contract for the Marvin Parkway Flood Control Project with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. for $131,850, by a 7–0 vote. It was the only proposal received by the April 28, 2021 due date; the firm had designed the project and prepared the City's Stormwater Master Plan.
On May 17, 2021 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda (7–0), the street resurfacing program contract with Brothers Asphalt Paving, Inc. The contract was for $999,164.93, the lowest bid, against a budget of $1,000,000. Staff had recommended it to the Committee of the Whole on May 10, 2021.
On April 19, 2021 the City Council approved, by a 7–0 vote, an intergovernmental agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the Marvin Parkway Flood Control Project. Staff expected a total project cost of $2,200,000, with $950,000 reimbursed for construction under the District's Stormwater Partnership Program.
On March 15, 2021 the City Council approved the engineering design contract for the Green Library Parking Lot Project for $120,835, by a 7–0 vote, as staff had recommended.
Contract award · City Council · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, a motion in the Planning and Zoning Commission to recommend that the City Council approve a special use for a large child home day care of more than eight children at 612 North Home Avenue, subject to the applicant's parking plan, failed 1–6. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · City Council · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use allowing a physical therapy provider to operate a medical/dental clinic in a Summit Mall tenant space at 110-112 Euclid Avenue. The vote was 7–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
On February 1, 2021 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a budget amendment raising the Uptown TIF Fund's transfer out to two debt service funds by $141,689. The staff memo says the increase was needed to prevent a year-end deficit in the debt service funds. The consent vote was 7–0.
On May 18, 2020 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the street resurfacing program contract with Arrow Road Construction. Staff had recommended $914,953.24, the lowest bid, against a budget of $1,000,000. On December 21, 2020 the Council approved a purchase order increase of $43,489.39. Warrant reports reviewed show $958,442.63 paid to the contractor in that fiscal year, equal to the original contract plus the increase.
