Report of the Committee on Zoning and Building

 

April 3, 2007

 

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

 

ATTENDANCE

 

Present:

President Stroger and Chairman Silvestri, Vice Chairman Murphy, Commissioners Beavers, Butler, Claypool, Daley, Gorman, Goslin, Moreno Peraica, Quigley, Schneider, Sims, Steele and Suffredin (15)

 

Absent:

Commissioners Collins and Maldonado (2)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Your Committee on Zoning and Building, having had under consideration the matter hereinafter mentioned, respectfully reports and recommends as follows:

 

Section 1

 

Your Committee has considered the following item and upon the adoption of this report the recommendation is as follows:

 

276728

DOCKET #8025 – D. STASIK, Owner Application:  Variation to reduce both interior side yard setbacks from 10 feet to 3 feet; reduce front yard setback from 30 feet to 20 feet; increase the floor area ratio from .40 to .60 for a new single family residence; and reduce rear yard setback from 5 feet to 3 feet for a detached accessory garage in the R-5 Single Family Residence District.  The subject property consists of approximately 0.08 of an acre, located on the east side of Lorel Avenue, approximately 180 feet north of 50th Street in Stickney Township.  Recommendation:  That the application be granted a one year extension of time.

 

Conditions:      None

 

Objectors:       None

 

Commissioner Peraica, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved the approval of Communication No. 276728.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

Section 2

 

Your Committee has considered the following items and upon the adoption of this report the recommendations are as follows:

 

285930

DOCKET #8160 – SHAH/DANDONA, Owners Application:  Variation to reduce lot area from 40,000 square feet to 12,673 square feet (existing); reduce lot width from 150 feet to 95 feet (existing); reduce corner side yard setback from 25 feet to 14 feet; reduce left interior side yard setback from 15 feet to 9 feet; and increase floor area ratio from .25 to .30 for a single family residence on a private sewage system in the R-4 Single Family Residence District.  The subject property consists of approximately 0.29 of an acre, located on the southeast corner of Pratt Boulevard and Marion Street in Schaumburg Township.  Recommendation:  That the application be granted.

 

Conditions:      None

 

Objectors:       None

 

Department of Public Health Approval #16524

 

 

 

 

 


 

285932

DOCKET #8239 – M. POREBSKI, Owner Application:  Variation to reduce rear yard setback from 40 feet to 23 feet for a deck addition in the R-5 Single Family Residence District.  The subject property consists of approximately 0.19 of an acre, located on the west side of Galena Avenue, approximately 111 feet north of Nichols Road in Palatine Township.  Recommendation:  That the application be granted.

 

Conditions:      None

 

Objectors:       None

 

285933

DOCKET #8246 - M. NEMMER, Owner Application:  Variation to increase height of fence in front yard setback from 3 feet to 6 feet along Lake Avenue; 3 feet to 4 feet along the western side lot line in the R-5 Single Family Residence District.  The subject property consists of approximately 0.23 of an acre, located on the south side of Lake Avenue and on the north side of Applegate Road, approximately 90 feet west of Prairie Lawn Road in Northfield Township.  Recommendation:  That the application be granted.

 

Conditions:      None

 

Objectors:       None

 

285934

DOCKET #8247 - J. RUDA, Owner Application:  Variation to reduce front yard setback from 30 feet to 27 feet (existing); reduce right side yard setback from 10 feet to 8 feet 7 inches (existing) for a proposed 2nd story dormer addition in the R-5 Single Family Residence District.  The subject property consists of approximately 0.37 of an acre, located on the northwest corner of Belden Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue in Leyden Township.  Recommendation:  That the application be granted.

 

Conditions:      None

 

Objectors:       None

 

285935

DOCKET #8248 - J. MOHAN, Application:  Variation to reduce rear yard setback from 50 feet to 43 feet (existing) for a deck addition in the R-4 Single Family Residence District.  The subject property consists of approximately 0.50 of an acre, located on the north side of Penny Lane, approximately 327 feet west of 86th Avenue in Palos Township.  Recommendation:  That the application be granted.

 

Conditions:      None

 

Objectors:       None

 

Commissioner Butler, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved the approval of Communication Nos. 285930, 285932, 285933, 285934 and 285935.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

Section 3

 

Your Committee has considered the following items and upon the adoption of this report the recommendation is as follows:

 

285931

DOCKET #8230 – MASTERPLAN, Owner Application:  Variation to reduce front yard setback from 15 feet to 5 feet (as amended) for an existing office identification sign in the C-5 Commercial Transition District.  The subject property consists of approximately 0.46 of an acre, located on the southwest corner of 55th Street and Southwest Court in Lyons Township.  Recommendation:  That the application be granted.

 

Conditions:      None

 

Objectors:       None

 

Commissioner Peraica, seconded by Commissioner Schneider, moved to defer Communication No. 285930 for the Board meeting on April 18, 2007.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

Section 4

 

Your Committee has considered the following items and upon the adoption of this report the recommendations are as follows:

 

285936

ALBERT & KIMBERLY BEAUDREAU, Owners, 14251 131st Street, Lemont, Illinois  60439. Application (No. SU-07-04; Z07037).  Submitted by same.  Seeking a SPECIAL USE, UNIQUE USE in the C-1 Restricted Business District to utilize existing main building on the premises as a law office for a sole practitioner attorney in Section 18 of Orland Township.  Property consists of 0.37 of an acre located at the northeast corner of 159th Street and 113th Court in Orland Township.  Intended use:  To utilize the existing main building on the premises as a law office for a sole practitioner attorney.

 

285937

RAYMOND & JUDITH MCCASKEY, Owners , 2450 Lakeview Avenue, Unit 6, Chicago, Illinois  60614, Application (No. SU-07-05; Z07044).  Submitted by The Plum Grove Estates Sanitary District, c/o Samelson & Payne, Attorneys at Law, Norman E. Samelson, 1300 Jefferson Street, Suite 105, Des Plaines, Illinois  60016.  Seeking a SPECIAL USE in the R-4 Single Family Residence District for the installation of a sanitary sewer lift station and related equipment and controls in Section 35 of Palatine Township.  Property consist of unknown acreage on the south side of Edgewood Lane (private easement), approximately 700 feet west of Crestwood Lane, approximately 200 feet south of the residence at 206 Edgewood in Palatine Township.  Intended use:  For the installation of public Sanitary Districts Sanitary sewer lift station which provides for disposal of the sanitary sewage from the seven (7) single family residences located in the lift station service area.

 

Vice Chairman Murphy, seconded by Commissioner Gorman referred the New Applications to the Zoning Board of Appeals.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

 

Vice Chairman Murphy moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Suffredin.  The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned.

 

 

 

 

 Respectfully submitted,

 Committee on Zoning and Building

 

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 Peter N. Silvestri, Chairman

 

Attest:

 

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Matthew B. DeLeon, Secretary