HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2017-002-O-1712/28/2016
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AN ORDINANCE
Granting Evanston Landmark Status to the Building and Lot of
Record at 2771 Crawford 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 2-9-5 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, John S. Van Buren (1885-1969), apprentice of Walter
Burley Griffin, and in 1909, Van Bergen was the last person hired to work in
Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park studio and having over 160 buildings credited to
himself in the United States dating 1910 to 1967, is the architect of the house
located at 2771 Crawford Avenue in Evanston (the "Subject Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Subject Property, known as the James B. Irving House,
was built in 1928 in the Prairie School style developed in the Midwestern region
of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century and originally located
at 1318 Isabella Street in Wilmette, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, the Subject Property was moved from its original
location at 1318 Isabella Street in Wilmette, Illinois to its current site at 2771
Crawford Avenue in Evanston, Illinois by taking drastic measures to separate the
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house in three sections and then subsequently grounded to a new foundation,
maintaining its original design, interior, and exterior materials and most of its high
degree of craftsmanship; and
WHEREAS, Christopher Enck and Martha Krup (the "Applicants")
submitted an application on September 20, 2016, for the designation of the
building on the Subject Property as an Evanston Landmark; and
WHEREAS, Christopher Enck and Martha Krup, owners of the
Subject Property, fully support the application for Evanston Landmark
designation; and
WHEREAS, the Commission conducted public hearings, pursuant
to proper notice, on October 18, 2016 and November 29, 2016, 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 record of lot and building on the Subject Property,
constructed in the Prairie School style, met the criteria in City Code Sections
2-8-4(A)(3), 2-8-4(A)(4), and 2-8-4 (B) of the Ordinance for designation as an
Evanston Landmark; and
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WHEREAS, at its October 18, 2016 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 29, 2016 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 2771 Crawford 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 January 9, 2017 meeting and recommended 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 January 9, 2017 and January
23, 2017 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
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SECTION 2: Pursuant to City Code Section 2-8-5(G) of the
Ordinance, the City Council hereby designates the building at 2771 Crawford
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:J�MO.rkA "1 , 2017 Approved:
Adopted: J0�1uo..r� , 2017 Ve-b�,uo,.r 2017
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R dney Gr e, City Clerk
Eli -a' eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. Grant rarrar, Corporation Cou--n-sel
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