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 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a contract for the sewer lining project (PW-24-04) with Hoerr Construction in the amount of $503,736.60. The bid tabulation from the opening on February 1, 2024 shows seven bids, with the next lowest at $519,618.68; the staff memo cites a program budget of $600,000. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council
Amended (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024 · Evidence
On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a one-year extension of the traffic signal and street light maintenance contract (PW-22-07) with H & H Electric Company. The staff memo reports the extension carries no price change and is the second and final extension allowed; no total dollar amount is stated. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024 · Evidence
On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, an amendment to the prior fiscal year's Uptown TIF budget for intergovernmental agreement payments to other taxing bodies. The staff memo's table raises the payments account from $1,208,103 to $1,345,663. The staff memo says the agreements provide shares of increment, Hinkley Park capital reimbursements and new student growth payments, and that increment above budget and a Park District capital request raised the payments. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.
Public record · City Council
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
On February 5, 2024 the City Council approved the final reading of an ordinance granting major variances (VA-24-03) that allow a second-story addition to follow the existing side-yard encroachment of a nonconforming house at 320 N Redfield. The draft ordinance recites the Zoning Board of Appeals' recommendation of approval with one dissent. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Zoning variance · City Council
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
The staff memo reports that tax increment collection for the district had ended while site improvements continued. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Public record · City Council
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
The attached resolution lists the streets to be milled and resurfaced and gives the total project length. The staff memo notes the resolution is required before the contract is bid; the construction contract itself is a separate action. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Public record · City Council
Proposed (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
for the Alley Repair Program. The staff memo reports the project was originally approved at $118,560, was completed slightly over that amount, and that the shared alley account had also covered green alley costs. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council
Amended (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
The staff memo reports the project was approved at $2,235,000 and that unforeseen conditions led to change orders and added quantities. The contractor is not named in the memo. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
Contract award · City Council
Awarded (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 5 2024 · Evidence
On February 5, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, contracts and purchase orders for individual trades on the Fire Station renovation and addition. Cordogan Clark & Associates solicited the bids. The memo puts the total anticipated project cost at $8,421,694, compared with $7,833,564 in the adopted budget. The roll call was 7–0. Source: draft minutes.
The final reading of an ordinance granting a special use for a medical/dental clinic at 147 N Northwest Highway was on the City Council agenda for January 22, 2024. The minutes page covering this item is not available in the text corpus, so the Council's vote is not established here.
The City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance amending the Historic Preservation Commission chapter of the Municipal Code on January 8, 2024 (roll call 7–0) and approved its final reading on its consent agenda on January 22, 2024. The staff memo explains the change removes the fixed five-member quorum rule so that the commission, reduced to seven members, follows the Open Meetings Act quorum for its size. The final-reading consent motion carried with one alderperson absent.
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the list of annual purchase orders for which competitive bidding is waived (utilities, government agencies, telecommunications and continuing contracts). The roll call was 7–0. The list sets spending limits; it does not show what was later paid.
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, an amendment to the prior fiscal year's General Fund budget of $19,818.18 for Fire Department portable radios and a thermal imaging camera. The staff memo reports the equipment was paid for by a previously approved FEMA Assistance to Firefighters grant of $19,818.18 that had not been included in the original budget. The roll call was 7–0.
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the final reading of an ordinance amending the Municipal Code's disorderly conduct section. The draft ordinance adds public urination and defecation to the list of disorderly conduct offenses. The roll call was 7–0.
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a one-year extension of its contract with Lauterbach & Amen, LLP for third-party audit services for the fiscal year just ended. The roll call was 7–0.
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the final reading of an ordinance adding a parking space utilization section to the traffic and parking chapter of the Municipal Code. The draft text provides that regulated parking spaces may be used only for parking vehicles unless a special event permit or outdoor café license allows otherwise. The roll call was 7–0.
On January 8, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a three-year contract with Comcast Business Voice Edge for City-wide Voice over Internet Protocol phone service in the amount of $80,606.80. The staff memo reports that the request for proposals drew many responses, that Comcast was the high-scoring responsible proposer, and that its price was the second lowest offered. The roll call was 7–0.
On January 8, 2024 the City Council adopted, on its consent agenda, an ordinance amending the Municipal Code section on utility billing rates. The staff memo summarizes the increases: the water rate from $8.92 to $9.81 per thousand gallons and the sewer rate from $1.74 to $1.91 per thousand gallons, citing rising costs including Chicago water rate increases. The roll call was 7–0. The ordinance number is not printed in these records.
Ordinance · City Council
2024 · Historic Preservation Commission4 on this page
At its meeting on December 4, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission discussed and approved its regular meeting calendar for the following year by voice vote (6–0).
Public record · Historic Preservation Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 2 2024 · Evidence
At its meeting on October 2, 2024, after a brief discussion with the Director of Community Preservation and Development, the Historic Preservation Commission voted to recommend that the City Council adopt the City's Historic Preservation Plan, which commissioners and staff had drafted and revised over the preceding months. The vote was 6–0. Adoption rests with the City Council; its action is not covered by this record.
At its meeting on February 7, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission reviewed a hundred-year-old home recognition application for the house at 525 S. Vine, including a photo of the original blueprints. A commissioner noted that the house appears on the historic Sanborn fire insurance maps, which she suggested could be used to verify the age of future applications. The approved minutes record that the commission reached consensus on the application; no motion or roll-call vote is recorded.
At its meeting on January 3, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission reviewed an application under the City's hundred-year-old home recognition program for the house at 916 Cleveland Ave. Commissioners first discussed whether the program was appropriate for the commission to run, and staff reported that the City's attorneys had confirmed it was. The approved minutes record that the commission reached consensus on the application; no motion or roll-call vote is recorded.
Public record · Historic Preservation Commission
2024 · Planning and Zoning Commission26 on this page
Committee recommendation (recorded), Dec 10 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use allowing a professional office on the ground floor at 139 N Northwest Highway, in the Uptown commercial subdistrict, where an office on Northwest Highway needs a special use. The vote was split, 6–3. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission opened a public hearing on amendments to the City's Comprehensive Plan for the Uptown Master Plan, after staff reviewed the changes made in response to Commission and public feedback. No recommendation vote was expected that night, and the Commission continued the hearing to January 14, 2025 by a vote of 9–0. The outcome is not part of this record.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Dec 10 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing on fence regulations, which the City Council had discussed at a Committee of the Whole meeting because of the number of fence variance cases, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments to the Zoning Ordinance as modified at the meeting. Commissioners agreed on raising the maximum fence height in residential districts and discussed separate rules for corner lots; the minutes do not state the corner-lot outcome. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 12 2024 · Evidence
After the City Council's Committee of the Whole discussed on October 7, 2024 whether libraries should be added to the uses an adult-use cannabis dispensing organization must be located away from, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments, modified to specify public libraries. The vote was 5–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Nov 12 2024 · Evidence
After the City Council's Committee of the Whole discussed public noticing requirements for government buildings on October 7, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the draft amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. Staff confirmed such projects would still need at least a site plan review. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
The applicant first withdrew a companion request to rezone the site, offering to pursue a text amendment making car washes a special use in the existing district instead. The Commission continued the hearing to September 24, 2024 by a vote of 7–0, and on September 24, 2024 recommended that the City Council approve the special use by a vote of 9–0.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review for an addition to the existing clubhouse of Park Ridge Country Club at 636 N Prospect Avenue. The vote was 7–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Sep 24 2024 · Evidence
The Commission had already recommended the special use for dwellings above the ground floor on this site; staff said any future ground-floor tenant needing a special use would apply separately. The vote was 8–0. These minutes are the draft version.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Oct 15 2024 · Evidence
After the Committee of the Whole discussion of April 15, 2024, the Mayor and City Council asked for a text amendment separating tobacco-related retail uses from other retail goods establishments, with the Commission to weigh permitted or special use status. The Planning and Zoning Commission opened the hearing, asked what counts as a business primarily selling tobacco and about licensing, and continued the case to October 15, 2024 by a vote of 8–0. On October 15, 2024 it recommended the amendments on a split vote of 5–2. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a text amendment, sent to it by the Mayor and City Council after their discussion of April 15, 2024, to make drive-through facilities special uses. Staff said car washes are not drive-through facilities under the ordinance and would not be affected. The vote was 8–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by the owner for a multi-family residential building at 425 W Talcott Road, a site rezoned to residential use in an earlier year. Staff noted the project had already received variances for a reduced front yard and a larger detached garage. The vote was 8–0.
Public record · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 27 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a text amendment, requested by the owner of 10 Higgins, to make car washes a special use in the general commercial district as well as in the wholesale and service district. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 13 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a map amendment, with the City of Park Ridge as applicant, rezoning 33 South Fairview Avenue from the retail and office district to the Uptown core subdistrict, continuing the City's rezoning of isolated parcels on the Fairview block. The vote was 7–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Aug 13 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use for a psychological services practice, classed as a medical/dental clinic, in a second-floor suite at 15 S Fairview Avenue in the Uptown core subdistrict. The vote was 6–0, with one commissioner recused. The motion text printed in the minutes names a different address and case number than the item heard. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
At a public hearing, Driven Car Wash asked to rezone 10 Higgins Road from the general commercial district to the general commercial, wholesale and service district so that a car wash could operate there. The applicant offered instead to pursue a text amendment making car washes a special use in the existing district; after commissioners questioned the rezoning, the applicant withdrew the map amendment application. No vote was taken on it.
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended staff-proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance's balcony regulations, which had allowed only a cantilevered design, to give residents more design options without changing encroachment rules. The vote was 7–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Nirvana Management Corporation applied for a special use for an adult-use cannabis dispensing organization in an existing commercial building at 1036 Higgins Road in the general commercial district, a site where an earlier applicant had received Council approval and then withdrawn. After a public hearing on July 26, 2022, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the special use. The vote was 8–0. The source is draft minutes. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission heard a planned unit development for a four-story mixed-use building with condominiums over ground-floor commercial space at 29-31 South Fairview Avenue. Citing the exceptions sought and limited public benefits, it continued the case to May 14, 2024 (9–0), again at the applicant's request (8–1), and after a revised plan on June 11, 2024 (7–0). At the final hearing on July 9, 2024, the minutes record the motion to recommend approval as denied on a tie vote.
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a text amendment, brought forward after the Committee of the Whole discussion of June 3, 2024, to add adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations as a special use in the Uptown core subdistrict. The vote was 8–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested by Starbucks for exterior improvements at 100 South Northwest Highway, including a walk-up window, a patio pergola, a new trash enclosure and mechanical screening. Staff said the existing drive-through canopy could not be used as a drive-through. The minutes state the result as 8–1, although the roll call printed above that statement lists one fewer aye.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review for a two-story restaurant with a rooftop dining level on a vacant commercial lot at 42 Main Street, on the condition that the dumpster be placed away from the sidewalk. The vote was 8–1.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan review requested on behalf of the Park Ridge-Niles School District for a shade structure beside the track at Roosevelt Elementary School, 1001 South Fairview Avenue. The vote was 8–0.
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended amendments to the Zoning Ordinance that would permit steel and other alloy fencing that simulates the look of wrought iron, a change staff initiated after a rise in requests for steel fencing. The vote was 9–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Mar 12 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a map amendment, with the City of Park Ridge acting as applicant, rezoning two surface parking lots at 29 and 31 South Fairview Avenue from the retail and office district to the Uptown core subdistrict. No development was proposed with the request. The vote was 9–0. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
Ordinance · Planning and Zoning Commission
Committee recommendation (recorded), Feb 27 2024 · Evidence
After a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a special use permit allowing a medical/dental clinic offering lactation services at 132 S Prospect Avenue, in the Uptown core subdistrict. The Council's own action is not part of this record.
