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AN ORDINANCE
Granting Evanston Landmark Status to the Building and Lot of
Record at 1225 Asbury Avenue
WHEREAS, the City has enacted a Historic Preservation
Ordinance ("Ordinance"), Title 2, Chapter 8 of the Evanston City Code of 2012,
as amended; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-8-5 of the Ordinance sets forth the process
whereby the Preservation Commission ("Commission") shall nominate and
consider applications for landmark designation and designate landmarks and
historic districts; and
WHEREAS, Architect George Schipporeit (1933-2013) designed
1225 Asbury Avenue, a single family residence with dates of construction listed
as 1973-1984. The house is representative of the modern style architecture.
Schipporeit designed and built the house for himself, the only single family house
that he designed for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Subject Property is in superb condition, virtually identical
to the original construction and design; and
WHEREAS, Jolie and Matthew Fleming, owners, submitted an
application on May 3, 2018 and subsequently on June 26, 2018 for the
designation of the building on the Subject Property as an Evanston Landmark;
and
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WHEREAS, the Commission conducted public hearings, pursuant
to proper notice, on July 10, 2018, and continued the hearing to September 11,
2018 to consider the application pursuant to Section 2-8-5 of the Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, due notice of said hearings was given in accordance
with the requirements of the Evanston Preservation Commission Ordinance and
all persons desiring to be heard were given opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the Commission, after having heard and reviewed the
nomination testimony, receiving other evidence and making a written record,
found that the aforesaid lot of record and building on the Subject Property, with
the original building completed in 1984, designed by Architect George
Schipporeit (1933-2013) met the criteria in City Code Sections 2-8-4 (A) 3, (A) 4,
and 2-8-4 (B) of the Ordinance for designation as an Evanston Landmark; and
WHEREAS, at its September 11, 2018 meeting, the Commission
voted to recommend that the City Council grant Evanston Landmark designation
to said building on the Subject Property; and
WHEREAS, at its November 13, 2018 meeting, the Commission
adopted a Resolution "Requesting the City Manager to transmit the Evanston
Preservation Commission's Report and Recommendation that the City Council
Designate the Building at 1225 Asbury Avenue as an Evanston Landmark" to the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee of the City
Council considered and , adopted the record and recommendation of the
Preservation Commission at its December 10, 2018 meeting and recommended
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that the City Council designate the building on the Subject Property, as an
Evanston Landmark; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered and adopted the
respective records and recommendations of the Preservation Commission and
the Planning and Development Committee at its December 10, 2018 and
January 14, 2019 meetings, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
part hereof.
SECTION 1: The above recitals are found as fact and made a
SECTION 2: Pursuant to City Code Section 2-8-5(G) of the
Ordinance, the City Council hereby designates the building at 1225 Asbury
Avenue as an Evanston Landmark.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect
without the invalid provisions or applications thereof.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: �)eCew�aK �O , 2018 Approved:
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Adopted:O,hU��►C� , 201912019
Stephen H. Hagedty, M or
Attest: Approved as to form:
Devon Reid, City Clerk Michelle L. Masoncup, lCorporation
Counsel
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