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AN ORDINANCE
Granting .a Special Use Permit for Scoreboards
Located at 2250 Sheridan Road in the
T2 Transitional Campus Zoning District
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals ("ZBA") met on October 2, 2012,
pursuant to proper notice, to consider case no. 12ZMJV-0058, an application filed by
Northwestern University, owner of the property legally described in Exhibit A, attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference, commonly known as 2250 Sheridan Road
(the "Subject Property") and located in the T2 Transitional Campus Zoning District, for a
Special Use Permit to establish, pursuant to Subsection 6-15-4-3 of Title 6 of the
40 Evanston City Code, 2012, as amended ("the Zoning Ordinance"), Scoreboards on the
Subject Property; and
WHEREAS, the ZBA, after hearing testimony and receiving other evidence,
made a written record and written findings that the application for a Special Use Permit for
Scoreboards met the standards for Special Uses in Section 6-3-5 of the Zoning Ordinance
and recommended City Council approval thereof; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting of October 22, 2012, the Planning and
Development Committee of the City Council ("P&D Committee") considered the ZBA's
record and findings and recommended the City Council accept the ZBA's
recommendation and approve the application in case no. 12ZMJV-0058; and
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WHEREAS, at its meetings of October 22 and November 12, 2012, the 0
City Council considered, amended, and adopted the respective records, findings, and
recommendations of the ZBA and P&D Committee, as amended,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
a part hereof.
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are found as fact and made
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby approves the Special Use Permit
for Scoreboards on the Subject Property as applied for in case no. 12ZMJV-0058.
SECTION 3: Pursuant to Subsection 6-3-5-12 of the Zoning Ordinance,
the City Council hereby imposes the following conditions on the Applicant's Special Use
Permit, violation of any of which shall constitute grounds for penalties or revocation of
said Permit pursuant to Subsections 6-3-10-5 and 6-3-10-6 of the Zoning Ordinance:
A: Compliance with Applicable Requirements: The Applicant shall develop and
use the Subject Property in substantial compliance with: all applicable legislation;
the Applicant's testimony and representations to the ZBA, the P&D Committee,
and the City Council; and the approved plans and documents on file in this case.
B. Landscaping: The Applicant shall screen the Scoreboards hereby authorized,
including the university logo signs on either side of the main scoreboard, from
view of properties west of the Subject Property, mature landscaping materials.
C. Recordation: Before it may construct and/or operate the Special Use authorized
by the terms of this ordinance, the Applicant shall record, at its cost, a certified
copy of this ordinance with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.
SECTION 4: When necessary to effectuate the terms, conditions, and
purposes of this ordinance, "Applicant" shall be read as "Applicant's agents, assigns,
and successors in interest."
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• 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.
SECTION 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 8: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be
prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
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Introduced:2012 Approved:
Adopted: 2012 J)i•")"e�, 2012
Attest:
Eliz6 th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Rooney Green%, City Clerk V4: G&nt Farrar, Corporation Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
LOTS 1 TO 6 IN BLOCK 86 IN NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SUBDIVISION OF PART OT SECTION 7
AND 18, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 13, 1875, AS DOCUMENT 13935, IN BOOK
OF PLATS, PAGE 56, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PINs: 11-07-206-012-0000
11-07-206-013-0000
11-07-206-014-0000
COMMONLY KNOWN As: 2250 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois.
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