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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
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
Amended (recorded), Nov 10 2020 · Evidence
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 18 2021 · Evidence
The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 28 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
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
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
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
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
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jul 22 2021 · Evidence
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
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
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
Committee recommendation (recorded), Apr 22 2021 · Evidence
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
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
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jan 28 2021 · Evidence
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
Approved (recorded), Dec 21 2020 · 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.
Ordinance · City Council
Approved (recorded), May 4 2020 · Evidence
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 24 2020 · Evidence
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
Committee recommendation (recorded), Sep 24 2020 · Evidence
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
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
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
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jul 23 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Committee recommendation (recorded), Jun 25 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Committee recommendation (recorded), May 28 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 27 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 27 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 23 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Jan 23 2020 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Nov 21 2019 · Evidence
The 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.
Zoning variance · Zoning Board of Appeals
Approved (recorded), Dec 16 2019 · Evidence
At its meeting on December 16, 2019, the City Council approved the property tax levy for the City and the Library at final reading, and the motion carried 5–1. The staff scorecard for that final reading puts the levy at $17,559,850, and the ordinance levied $4,008,000 as the Library tax.
Ordinance · City Council
Approved (recorded), Dec 17 2018 · Evidence
At its meeting on December 17, 2018, the City Council approved the property tax levy for the City and the Library as part of its consent agenda, whose motion carried 6–0. The staff scorecard for that final reading puts the levy at $16,481,003 and lists the Library Board's resolution as a reduction of $1,957,524. The next year's scorecard restates this levy at $16,498,859, listing its net debt service at $257,754 rather than $240,202.
Ordinance · City Council
Recorded step (recorded in draft minutes), May 23 2019 · Evidence
The property owner at 510 N. Greenwood Avenue asked for a major variance to place a ground monument sign with no setback, partly in the public right-of-way. After a hearing the Zoning Board of Appeals continued the case to the next meeting by a vote of 6–0. At that meeting the City Planner reported that the applicant had withdrawn the request and planned a sign that conforms to the Zoning Ordinance.
Zoning variance · City Council
Approved (recorded), Jul 15 2019 · Evidence
Because that year's street resurfacing contract came to $1,135,088, above the budget of $1,100,000, staff requested a Motor Fuel Tax Fund budget amendment of $35,088. Staff reported that the Committee of the Whole approved it on July 8, 2019, and the City Council approved it on its consent agenda on July 15, 2019 (6–0).
Public record · City Council
Awarded (recorded), May 20 2019 · Evidence
On May 20, 2019 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda (7–0), the street resurfacing program contract with Builders Paving LLC. Staff reported $1,135,088 as the lowest bid, against a budget of $1,100,000. Later minutes report the contract at $1,135,088 and a budget amendment of $35,088 to cover the difference.
Contract award · City Council
Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Apr 25 2019 · Evidence
A second-floor business tenant at 18 S. Northwest Highway applied for variances for a projecting sign and a wall sign. At the applicant's request the Zoning Board of Appeals voted only on the projecting sign and recommended that the City Council approve a major variance for it. The minutes record that the motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. The final City Council action is not part of this record.
Zoning variance · City Council
