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.
Staff proposed replacing the General Fund target of three months of budgeted operating expenditures, set in a policy last revised on December 19, 2011, with a range of three to six months of budgeted expenditures excluding one-time expenditures. After a discussion on December 14, 2020, when members agreed to look further at the recommended changes, the Committee of the Whole voted 4–3 on January 25, 2021 to defer the item to a committee meeting in May. The records reviewed do not show the revision adopted.
Public record · Committee of the Whole · Park Ridge
2021 · Historic Preservation Commission1 on this page
The property owner applied for local landmark designation of 515 Cedar Street. Staff found the application met the designation standards and proposed a recommendation of approval. On February 3, 2021 the Historic Preservation Commission voted 8–0 to recommend that the City Council approve the landmark. The council ordinance is not part of this record. The draft minutes were later approved as amended.
Historic district · Historic Preservation Commission · Park Ridge
2021 · Planning and Zoning Commission19 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve, as its recommendation to the City Council, Park Ridge-Niles School District's special use application to add classrooms and auxiliary teaching spaces at Roosevelt Elementary, 1001 South Fairview Avenue, part of the district's plan for full-day kindergarten. The vote was 6–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve, as its recommendation to the City Council, Park Ridge-Niles School District's special use application to add classrooms and auxiliary teaching spaces at Washington Elementary, 1500 Stewart Avenue, part of the district's plan for full-day kindergarten. The vote was 6–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve, as its recommendation to the City Council, Park Ridge-Niles School District's special use application to add classrooms and auxiliary teaching spaces at Franklin Elementary, 2401 Manor Lane, part of the district's plan for full-day kindergarten. The vote was 6–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve, as its recommendation to the City Council, Park Ridge-Niles School District's special use application to add classrooms and auxiliary teaching spaces at Carpenter Elementary, 300 North Hamlin Avenue, part of the district's plan for full-day kindergarten. The vote was 6–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 23 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve, as its recommendation to the City Council, Park Ridge-Niles School District's special use application to add classrooms and auxiliary teaching spaces at Field Elementary, 707 Wisner Street, subject to the applicant obtaining a parking variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals, part of the district's plan for full-day kindergarten. The vote was 6–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 9 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing on November 9, 2021, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted on a motion to recommend that the City Council approve a special use for a real estate brokerage office on the ground floor at 2 N Northwest Highway. A staff memorandum to the Council reports that the Commission failed to reach affirmative findings and declined to recommend approval; the draft minutes' roll call lists three ayes and four nays, although the sentence after it says the motion was approved. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 9 2021 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the Park Ridge Park District's site plan to replace two tennis courts and one basketball court at Jaycee Park, 1515 S Washington Ave. The vote was 7–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Oct 26 2021 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on City-initiated text amendments to the density and use rules for independent living facilities in the retail and office district. On August 24, 2021 it voted carried to continue the hearing, and on October 26, 2021 it voted to recommend amendments as modified by the Commission, including renaming the use age-restricted senior housing, setting a lot-area-per-unit density, raising the minimum age, and adding guest parking. 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 in draft minutes), Jul 27 2021 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan for an interior remodel and exterior accessibility modifications to the Jewel-Osco grocery store at 481 Busse Highway. The vote was 8–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the Park Ridge Park District's site plan for three temporary light poles for soccer practice at 100 S. Western for the autumn seasons of this year and next, ending October 31, 2022, subject to compliance with the Zoning Ordinance's lighting section. The vote was 8–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 22 2021 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan to reconstruct the Park Ridge Public Library parking lot at 20 S. Summit, a City-owned lot, with permeable pavers and rain gardens, on condition that the final landscaping plan be subject to staff review and not increase any landscaping non-conformity. The vote was 5–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jun 8 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use allowing a law office and mortgage brokerage office on the ground floor along Northwest Highway at 127 N Northwest Highway. The vote was 8–0. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Public hearing (recorded in draft minutes), May 11 2021 · Evidence
The draft minutes of the continued hearing record a roll call on a motion to recommend approval with conditions, but their outcome wording is not consistent, so the result is not stated here; the applicant later withdrew the application. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 11 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve special uses allowing a physical therapy and chiropractic clinic and a medical spa, a personal services establishment, on the ground floor at 36 Main Street 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
The owners of 400-410 Higgins Rd sought site plan review to use the building there as a child day care center with an outdoor play area. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site plan review on August 25, 2020 by a vote of 8–0, with conditions that include removing the nonconforming monument sign. On November 10, 2020 it approved a major amendment to the approved site plan by a vote of 7–0, adding a condition that signs restricting turns from Vine Avenue into the alley be posted.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 24 2020 · Evidence
Karim Inc., operating a Dunkin' Donuts, sought site plan review for a single-lane drive-through at 742 Higgins Road. On November 24, 2020 the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site plan review by a vote of 8–0, with conditions that include monument and directional signs to guide drive-through traffic. A later staff annual report lists the case as approved by the commission on November 24, 2020.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Oct 27 2020 · Evidence
The Park Ridge Park District sought site plan review for various modifications to Woodland Park at 1200 North Western Avenue. On October 27, 2020 the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site plan review by a vote of 8–0, with conditions on lighting and on other City departments' requirements. A later staff annual report lists the case as approved by the commission on October 27, 2020.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 24 2020 · Evidence
Options Medical Weight Loss sought a special use to operate a medical/dental clinic in a tenant space at 118 Euclid Avenue. On November 24, 2020 the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 8–0 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
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jan 12 2021 · Evidence
After a public hearing on January 12, 2021, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve City-initiated zoning text amendments creating the adult-use cannabis dispensing organization as a special use in the office and business districts, with spatial restrictions, application requirements and an off-street parking minimum, while prohibiting non-dispensing cannabis business establishments. The minutes record that the motion carried on a roll call vote. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
2021 · Zoning Board of Appeals14 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 18 2021 · Evidence
At a public hearing on November 18, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a minor variance from the maximum floor area ratio and a major variance to allow a front porch addition to a nonconforming house at 1856 W. Crescent. 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. The City Council's decision on the major variance is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 18 2021 · Evidence
At a public hearing on November 18, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Jessica Goble for a major variance to allow the alteration of a detached garage at 107 Belle Plaine to relocate its overhead door off an alley. 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 18 2021 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 28 2021 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 26 2021 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 26 2021 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 27 2021 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 27 2021 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), May 27 2021 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Mar 18 2021 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jan 28 2021 · Evidence
At its meeting on December 21, 2020, the City Council approved the gross aggregate property tax levy for the City and the Library, and the motion carried 5–2. The staff scorecard for that final reading puts the levy at $18,437,844. The ordinance levied $4,008,000 as the Library tax, and the staff memo lists the police pension component of the net levy at $3,166,400 and the fire pension component at $2,763,637.
On February 3, 2020, the City Council approved the final reading of an ordinance terminating Special Service Areas No. 86 through No. 96 and No. 98 through No. 103 on a roll call vote of 7–0; the draft ordinance made the termination effective for the 2019 tax year. The Committee of the Whole had approved the first reading on January 27, 2020 by 6–1. Staff said the areas were created between 2006 and 2008 to pave alleys and listed remaining balances of $184,945.36; a budget amendment approved on May 4, 2020 closed the funds into the General Fund for $182,387.
Special service area · City Council · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (reported in a later record), Feb 11 2020 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission opened a public hearing on January 14, 2020 on applicant-requested text amendments regarding veterinary services (animal hospitals) and voted to continue it. According to the staff cover memo to the City Council, the commission voted 5–0 to recommend approval of the amendments after the hearing concluded on February 11, 2020. The commission's own minutes of that meeting are not available as text. The City Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · City Council · Park Ridge
2020 · Planning and Zoning Commission5 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 10 2020 · Evidence
The owner of a spa business applied for a special use to move it into a ground-floor space at 7 South Fairview, where personal services establishments on the ground floor require special use approval. 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
Committee recommendation (reported in a later record), Feb 25 2020 · Evidence
The applicant and property owner's application for a special use allowing dwelling units above the ground floor at 400-410 Higgins came before the Planning and Zoning Commission on January 22, 2020, and the commission voted 7–0 to continue the hearing. Minutes of a later meeting report that the commission recommended approval of the proposed mixed-use special use on February 25, 2020; the vote at that meeting is not available as text. The application's later course is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Dec 10 2019 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted by roll call to recommend approval with conditions: parking relief must be obtained through the variance process, and day care staff are to be present near Grant Place during peak pick-up and drop-off hours. The motion carried. This record does not state the vote tally. The vote is a recommendation; City Council action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Dec 10 2019 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted by roll call to recommend approval with conditions, including one added accessible parking space, and the motion carried. This record does not state the vote tally. The vote is a recommendation; City Council action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Dec 10 2019 · Evidence
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted by roll call to recommend approval with conditions, including restriping for accessible parking at the next scheduled restriping project, and the motion carried. This record does not state the vote tally. The vote is a recommendation; City Council action is not part of this record.
Special use · Planning and Zoning Commission · Park Ridge
2020 · Zoning Board of Appeals7 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 19 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 19 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 27 2020 · Evidence
A 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 27 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Aug 12 2020 · Evidence
At 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals · Park Ridge
