HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2011-055-O-11• Effective Date: July 14, 2011 5/31/2011
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Subsection 2-9-8-(C) of the City Code
to Require Mailed Notice of Certain Meetings
of the Preservation Commission
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Subsection 2-9-8-(C) of the Evanston City Code of
1979, as amended ("City Code"), is hereby further amended to read as follows:
(C) Review by Commission:
1. The Commission shall review the application and vote to issue or deny the
application within forty-five (45) days following receipt of the application.
• The time to consider the application may be extended with the consent of
the applicant. The Secretary of the Commission shall notify, by regular
mail, the applicant and the owner of record of the time and place of any
Commission meeting to consider the application at least five (5) business
days prior to the meeting. The applicant or his/her authorized
representative shall be allowed to appear and present testimony in regard
to the application.
2. The Secretary or his/her designee shall also notify, by regular mail, certain
affected neighbors of those meetings wherein the Commission shall
review applications for Certificates of Appropriateness for any of the
following activities: additions to existing structures; construction of new
primary structures; relocation of existing primary structures and/or
secondary structures; demolition of significant and/or contributing primary
structures. Such notice shall be sent to all owners, whose addresses
appear on a current tax assessment list provided by the applicant, of real
property located within a radius of two hundred fifty feet (250') of the
subject property. Said distance shall include open space, roads, streets,
alleys and other rights -of -way. Such notice shall be sent at least five (5)
• business days prior to the meeting. The applicant shall pay the City a fee,
equivalent to the then -current first class postage rate as determined by the
U.S. Postal Service, for each such notice sent. The failure of delivery of
such notice shall not invalidate any such hearing.
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SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict is
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That if any provision of this ordinance or application thereof
to any person or circumstance is held 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 application of
this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 4: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: Cn
13 , 2011 Approved:
Adopted: r� Fj , 2011 A9 , 2011
Eliza th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
Rodney Gre e, City Clerk W. Grant Farrar, City Attorney
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