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6/26/2007
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AN ORDINANCE
Granting Evanston Landmark Status
to the Building at 31 g-320 Dempster 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
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for landmark designation and designate landmarks and historic districts; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912), nationally- and
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internationally -acclaimed architect, Chief of Construction for the 1893 Columbian
Exposition in Chicago, and first City Planner for the City of Chicago, designed the
double house, built in the year 1892 and located at 318-320 Dempster Street in
Evanston (the "Subject Property"); and
WHEREAS, Anne O. Earle (the "Applicant") submitted an
application on April 26, 2007, for the designation of the building on the Subject
Property as an Evanston Landmark; and
WHEREAS, Geoffrey Bushor, owner of the Subject Property, fully
supports the application for Evanston Landmark designation; and
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WHEREAS, the Preservation Commission conducted public
hearings, _pursuant to proper notice, on May 15, 2007, and June 19, 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
double house on the Subject Property, with a wood frame, wood shakes under a
gambrel roof, second -story dormers, unique decorative attic windows, and wood -
siding exterior finish, constructed in the Dutch Colonial Revival style, met the
criteria in Sections 2-9-4 (A) 3, 2-9-4 (A) 4, 2-9-4 (A) 5, and 2-9-4 (B) of the
Ordinance for designation as an Evanston Landmark; and
WHEREAS, at its May 15, 2007 meeting, the Preservation
Commission voted to recommend that the City Council grant Evanston Landmark •
designation to said building on the Subject Property; and
WHEREAS, at its June 19, 2007 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 Designate the Building at 318-320 Dempster 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 July 9, 2007 meeting and recommended that the
City Council designate the building on the Subject Property, as an Evanston
Landmark; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council considered :and adopted the
• respective records and recommendations of the Preservation 'Commission and
the Planning and Development Committee at its July 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 318-320 Dempster 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.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ord.inances 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: " ( , 2007 Approved:
Adopted: �',1(,ct,� , 2007 7 , 2007
VJ
orraine H. Morton, Mayor
Attest: Approved s to form:
Mary JC ,City Clerk CorpoOatidn Counsel
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