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Effective date: March 12, 2008 1/30/2008
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AN ORDINANCE
Rescinding the Evanston Landmark Designation for
the Property Located at 1218 Elmwood Avenue
WHEREAS, the City has enacted a Historic Preservation
Ordinance ("Ordinance"), Title 2, Chapter 9 of the Evanston City Code of 1979,
as amended; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-9-6 of the Ordinance sets forth the process
whereby the Preservation Commission can consider applications for rescission of
landmark designations and recommend such rescissions to the City Council; and
isWHEREAS, Carole Brite (the "Applicant"), owner of the property
located at 1218 Elmwood Avenue ("Subject Property"), submitted an application
on December 6, 2007, for rescission of the landmark designation for the Subject
Property, citing that the original landmark historic house, the home of Henry
Leonidas Boltwood, first principal and superintendent of Evanston Township High
School (1883-1906), was demolished in June of 2007 pursuant to a Certificate of
Appropriateness granted by the City Council at its September 11, 2006 meeting;
and
WHEREAS, the Preservation Commission conducted public
hearings, pursuant to proper notice, on December 18, 2007, and January 15,
0 2008, to consider the application pursuant to Section 2-9-6 of the Ordinance; and
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WHEREAS, the Preservation Commission, after reviewing the
application, hearing from the Applicant, and making a written record of the
hearing, found that the Subject Property, without the original historic landmark
house, no longer meets the criteria, found in Sections 2-9-4 (A) and 2-9-4 (B) of
the Ordinance, for designation as an Evanston Landmark; and
WHEREAS, at its December 18, 2007 meeting, the Preservation
Commission voted to recommend that the City Council rescind the Evanston
Landmark designation for the Subject Property; and
WHEREAS, at its January 15, 2008 meeting, the Preservation
Commission adopted a Resolution "Requesting the City Manager to Transmit the
Evanston Preservation Commission's Report and Recommendation that the City
Council Rescind the Evanston Landmark Designation from the Property at 1218
Elmwood Avenue"; and
WHEREAS, at its February 11, 2008 meeting, the Planning and
Development Committee of the City Council considered and adopted the record
and recommendation of the Preservation Commission, and recommended that
the City Council rescind the Evanston Landmark designation for the Subject
Property; and
WHEREAS, at its February 25, 2008 meeting, the City Council
considered and adopted the respective records and recommendations of the
Preservation Commission and the Planning and Development Committee,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:.
part hereof.
SECTION 1: That the above recitals are found as fact and made a
SECTION 2: That, pursuant to Section 2-9-6 (B) of the Ordinance,
the- City Council hereby rescinds the Evanston Landmark designation for the
Subject Property.
SECTION 3: That 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: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
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Introduced: 1( , 2008 Approved:
Adopted: FA-ZS , 2008 � , 2008
Al.
Lorraine H. Morton, Mayor
Attest: Apar Led as to orm:
Mary %P.J"i4
ity Clerk CoYporation Cc unsel
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