Report of the Committee on Zoning and Building

April 23, 2008

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

ATTENDANCE

Present:

Chairman Silvestri, Vice Chairman Murphy, Commissioners Beavers, Butler, Claypool, Collins, Daley, Gorman, Goslin, Maldonado, Moreno, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider, Sims and Steele and Suffredin (17)

Absent:

President Stroger

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 numbered and described application requesting a public hearing before the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals on a request for a Map Amendment on certain property described therein:

287193

DOCKETS #8297 & #8288 - EDDY F. & MARIA MELENDEZ, Owners, 2105 North Scott Street, Melrose Park, Illinois 60164, Application (No. A-07-03; Z07070). Submitted by same. Seeking a MAP AMENDMENT from the R-5 Single Family Residence District to the R-5A Residential Transitional District for a division of property into two (2) lots and a variation for the existing single family home (west lots) ro reduce rear yard from 20 feet to 13 feet in Section 33 of Leyden Township. Property consists of 0.349 of an acre located on the northeast corner of North Scott Street and Dickens Avenue in Leyden Township, County Board District #16. Intended use: Single family residences. Recommendation: That the application be granted.

The Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals to whom said application was referred, submitted a communication setting forth its findings and recommendations following public hearings held thereon, and recommended that said application be granted subject to conditions as stated in the findings.

Vice Chairman Murphy, seconded by Commissioner Daley, moved the approval of Communication No. 287193. 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:

293635

DOCKET #8402 – G. HARRISON, Owner, Application (No. V-08-23): Variation to reduce front yard setback from 30 feet to 22 feet (existing) for front porch/deck in the R-5 Single Family Residence District. The subject property consists of approximately 0.24 of an acre, located on the south side of Winter Drive, approximately 73 feet west of Roy Avenue in Leyden Township, County Board District #16. Recommendation: That the application be granted. Conditions: None Objectors: None

293636

DOCKET #8405 – T. MILLER, Owner, Application (No. V-08-26): Variation to reduce lot width from 150 feet to 100 feet (existing); front yard setback from 50 feet to 34 feet (existing); reduce left side yard setback form 15 feet to 5 feet (existing); and reduce right side yard setback from 15 feet to 0.5 feet (existing) for above ground pool (existing) in the R-3 Single Family Residence District. The subject property consists of approximately 1.33 acres, located on the east side of Sayre Avenue, approximately 396 feet south of 179th Street in Bremen Township, County Board District #17. Recommendation: That the application be granted. Conditions: None Objectors: None

Vice Chairman Murphy, seconded by Commissioner Daley, moved the approval of Communication Nos. 293635 and 293636. The motion carried unanimously.

Commissioner Moreno, seconded by Commissioner Maldonado, moved to adjourn. 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