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3/23/2007
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AN ORDINANCE
Granting Evanston Landmark Status
to the Building at 1414 Davis Street
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 2-9-5 of the Ordinance sets forth the process
whereby the Preservation Commission shall nominate and consider applications for
landmark designation and designate landmarks and historic districts; and
WHEREAS, Rebecca Kuchar and Scott Small, owners of the property
• located at 1414 Davis Street, the "Subject Property"), ( � submitted an application on
October 11, 2006, for the designation of the building on the Subject Property, as an
Evanston Landmark; and
WHEREAS, the Preservation Commission conducted public hearings,
pursuant to proper notice, on November 14, 2006, January 16, 2007, and February 20,
2007, to consider the application pursuant to Section 2-9-5 of the Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Preservation Commission, after taking testimony,
receiving other evidence and making a verbatim record, found that the aforesaid
building at 1414 Davis Street, with a wood frame and stucco finish, constructed in the
Craftsman style, met the criteria in Sections 2-9-4(A)2, 2-9-4(A)3, 2-9-4(A)4, and
2-9-4(E) of the Ordinance for designation as an Evanston Landmark; and
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WHEREAS, at its March 6, 2007 meeting, the Preservation Commission
voted to recommend that the City Council grant Evanston Landmark designation to said •
building at 1414 Davis Street and 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 1414 Davis Street, 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 April 10, 2007 meeting and recommended that the City Council
designate the building at 1414 Davis Street, 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 April- 23, 2007 meeting, 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 Section 2-9-5(G) of the Ordinance, the City
Council hereby designates the building at 1414 Davis Street as an Evanston Landmark.
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. 0
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. 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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Adopted: d�& 11
Attest: ,!
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Approved:
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H. Morton, Mayor
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Appr d as to form:
Cor oration Counsel
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