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AN ORDINANCE
Approving An Amendment to the Zoning Map to
Re -Zone 1930 Ridge Avenue From C-2 to R-5
And Granting a Special Use for a Planned
Development at 1930 Ridge Avenue
WHEREAS, Evanston Realty Partners, LLC (the "applicant") submitted an
application in case no. ZPC 01-6 M&PD to the City of Evanston seeking approval, as
contract purchaser of 1930 Ridge Avenue (the "Property") for a Zoning Map amendment
to rezone the Property from the C2 Commercial District to the R6 General Residential
District and to receive the approval of the .City of a special use for a planned
. development pursuant to the. provisions of Sections 6-3-5 "Special Uses", 6-3-6
"Planned Developments", 6-8-10 "Planned Developments (within Residential Districts)
and 6-8-7-3 "Special Uses (within the R6 General Residential District) of the Zoning
Ordinance to permit construction of a 194-unit multistory residential development with
220 accessory structured parking spaces; and
WHEREAS, construction of the planned development proposed by the applicant
(the "Planned Development") requires development allowances from the strict
application of the lot coverage, minimum, and transitional yard requirements otherwise
required by the applicable zoning regulations of the Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 6-3-6-4, 6-3-6-5 and 6-3-6-6 of the Zoning
Ordinance, a planned development may provide for development allowances and
modifications to site development allowances that depart from the lot size, lot coverage,
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minimum transitional landscaped strips, minimum yard setback requirements, building
height, parking space configuration and other regulations established in the Zoning
Ordinance, subject to approval of the City Council;
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission held a public hearing in Case No. ZPC 01-6 M
& PD pursuant to proper notice on November 14, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission after hearing testimony and receiving other
evidence, made written findings that the application for amendment of the Zoning Map
from the C2 Commercial District to the R6 Residential District met the standards of
§6-3-4-5 of the Zoning Ordinance; achieves the public benefits indicated in §6-3-6-3 of
the Zoning Ordinance; meets the standards for special uses indicated in §6-3-5-10 of
the Zoning Ordinance; that the proposal addresses the general conditions for planned •
developments in Residential Districts indicated at §6-8-1-10(A) of the Zoning Ordinance;
and adequately addresses the site controls and standards of §6-8-1-10 (B) and the
development allowances of §6-8-1-10 (C) of the Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission recommended approval of the application; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee of the City Council at the
December 17, 2001 and January 14, 2002 meetings considered the record in this case
no. ZPC 01-06 M&PD and adopted the findings and recommendation of the Plan
Commission with the exception that the Planning and Development Committee of the
City Council recommended to the City Council that the Property be rezoned from the C2
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Commercial District to the R5 Residential District (rather than the R6 Residential
District); and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the respective records and
recommendations of the Plan Commission and the Planning and Development
Committee at its December 17, 2001, January 14, 2002, and January 28, 2002-
meetings, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the City Council hereby adopts the findings and
recommendations of the Planning and Development Committee to amend the zoning
map cited in §6-7-2 of the Zoning Ordinance to rezone the property commonly known as
1930 Ridge Avenue, and legally described in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and made a part
hereof, from a C2 Commercial District to a R5 General Residential District.
SECTION 2: That the City Council hereby adopts the findings and
recommendations of the Planning and Development Committee and approves the
Planned Development to permit the construction and operation on the Planned
Development Property of a multi -family residential development containing up to 194
units in conformance with the R5 General Residential District, the Planned Development
Plan approved by the City (with such revisions made during final design as may be
required for construction and code compliance), indexed in Exhibit 2 and attached
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hereto as Exhibit 3, both attachments hereby made a part hereof, and the terms of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 3: Pursuant to §6-3-6-5 and §6-3-6-6 of the Zoning Ordinance and the
terms and conditions of this Ordinance, these site development allowances are hereby
granted to the Planned Development:
A. Authority to exceed site development allowances (as authorized
under §6-3-6-6) to permit a building lot coverage of approximately
55,000 square feet or 65% whereas the maximum permitted
building lot coverage in the R5 District after receiving the
established site development allowance for building lot coverage in
the R5 District, is 51.75% or about 44,000 square feet (as
authorized under section 6-8-6-6 and 6-8-1-10 (C)4(f));
B. A planned development site development allowance (as authorized
by §6-8-1-10 C 3) to allow a minimum front yard setback of 7 feet is
the mass of the buildings and 4.5 feet for the bays of the
buildings fronting on Ridge Avenue, a minimum north side yard
setback of 1 foot, and a minimum rear or west setback of 1 foot,
whereas the minimum yards the Zoning Ordinance required within
the R5 District are a front yard of 27 feet for the average front yard
setback, interior side yards of 3 feet, and rear yards of 25 feet (as
authorized under §6-8-6-7 and §6-4-1-9(A)5);
C. Authority to exceed site development allowances (as authorized
under §6-3-6-6) to permit placement of buildings as close as one
foot from development boundary lines, whereas §6-8-1-10(C)3
requires buildings within planned developments to be no. closer
than 15 feet from any development boundary line; and
D. A planned development site development allowance (as authorized
by §6-8-1-10(C)(3) to allow a planned development that does not
include a 10-foot landscape strip along the north and west lot lines
whereas §6-8-1-10(B)3 requires such a landscape strip.
E. Authority to exceed the minimum required lot size (as authorized
under §6-3-6-6) to permit 194 dwelling units on a lot with a size of 40
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approximately 85,185 square feet whereas the maximum number of
dwelling units on such lot, after receiving the established site
development allowance in the R5 Residential District for minimum
required lot size, is 128 dwelling units (as authorized under §6-8-6-
4 and §6-8-1-10(C)2(e);
SECTION 4: That the approval of the rezoning of the Property from the C2
Commercial District to the R5 General Residential District, the Planned Development
and the Site Development Allowances granted to the Planned Development are all
mutually dependent on the other, and the Zoning Map of the City be and it hereby is
amended to show the zoning designation of the Property as R5 General Residential
District and a Planned Development as identified by this Ordinance, and no
development of the Property is hereby authorized under the R5 General Residential
• District and this Ordinance except if such construction is for the Planned Development
that is in conformance to the Planned Development Plan approved by the City, indexed
in Exhibit 2 and attached hereto as Exhibit 3 (with such revisions made during final
design as may be required by the City for construction and code compliance).
SECTION 5: That the approval of the Planned Development for the Property is
made on condition that the use, ownership and operation of the Planned Development
shall be subject to the following "set -aside requirements", which shall be binding upon
the applicant and each successive owner of record of the Planned Development. Ten
(10) dwelling units shall be set aside in the Planned Development to constitute the
"Affordable Units". The Affordable Units shall include at least (a) one unit with three
• bedrooms and (b) three units with two bedrooms. An Affordable Housing Unit of two (2)
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or three (3) bedrooms shall not be leased or subleased to one person, but shall be
reserved for two (2) or more persons. The Affordable Units shall be distributed
throughout the Planned Development rather than being concentrated in any one
building or floor. Applicants shall not be eligible to occupy an Affordable Unit if their
adjusted income is more than eighty percent (80%) of the median income of the area of
residence, adjusted for family size, as such adjusted income and median income for the
area are determined for "Affordable housing" as such term is defined in the Illinois
Affordable Housing Act (310 ILCS 65/1 et. seq.), and the maximum rental rate that shall
be charged for any Affordable Unit shall be that rental that would qualify the Affordable
Unit as "Affordable housing" given this maximum adjusted income standard. For
example, applying these standards as of December 31, 2001, the maximum monthly •
rents in the Planned Development for a one bedroom Affordable Unit would be $711; for
a two- bedroom Affordable Unit, $848; and for a three -bedroom Affordable Unit, $1,060.
To be eligible to lease Affordable Units, the individuals or families desiring to lease
Affordable Units shall satisfy additional eligibility criteria as follows: either (1) full-time
employment shall be required of at least one unrelated individual or of at least one
member of a family or (2) if the applicant does not hold full-time employment, then such
applicant shall have qualified for and is receiving one or more supplemental sources of
income or subsidy such as social security, a qualified pension or retirement plan, or
other federal, state or local programs providing income or housing assistance. On or
before April 1 of each year following the construction completion of the Planned •
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Development, the management agent or owner of record of the Planned Development
shall prepare a compliance report to the City, providing such pertinent rental data
concerning the Affordable Units as the City may reasonably require to evidence
compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. In the event that the Planned
Development is converted to condominium, cooperative, corporate hotel, or other non -
rental apartment use, then the set -aside requirement for ten Affordable Units shall be
met by one of the following.
A. The continued rental of ten dwelling units in the Planned
Development (with the same types of units as the Affordable Units)
by one or more owners to tenants satisfying the maximum adjusted
income standard set forth in this ordinance and at maximum rentals
derived from such standard in a manner consistent with the Illinois
Affordable Housing Act as provided in this ordinance;
• B. The establishment of ten comparable quality rental apartment units
at another location in the City of Evanston that will have maximum
rental rates and corresponding eligibility requirements, both as
defined for the original Affordable Units as provided in this
ordinance for the Planned Development; or
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C. The establishment of an alternative housing initiative or other
community improvement project in the City of Evanston as may be
proposed by the owner of the Planned Development and approved
by the City Council of the City of Evanston.
SECTION 6: That pursuant to Section 6-3-5-12 of the Zoning Ordinance, which
provides that the City Council may impose conditions on the grant of a special use, this
condition is hereby imposed:
a. The subject property shall not be sold or leased or otherwise
disposed of by the applicant, any affiliate of the applicant, or any
successor in interest to the applicant, to a tax exempt entity, if the
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result thereof would be to exempt the property or any portion
thereof, from the payment of real estate taxes.
SECTION 7: That the Applicant is required to record a certified copy of this
Ordinance along with the development plan at its cost in the Cook County Recorder's
Office before any permits may be obtained.
SECTION 8: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 9: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its publication, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: ' xu�&Uj ! q , M,6 `L ,,
Adopted: January 28, 2002
Approved: •
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Exhibit 1
Ordinance 123=0=01
(1930 RIDGE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT)
Lots 10, 11 and that part of Lot 12 described as follows: beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 12; thence -
Southeasterly along a line drawn to a point on the South line of said Lot 12, 17.0 feet West of the Southeast corner thereof (
measured on the South line) for a distance of 107.83 feet (said point being the Southwest corner of a tract of land conveyed to
the City of Evanston by document No. 15936888); thence Northeasterly 41.41 feet to the Northerly corner of said tract
conveyed by document number 15936888, said corner being 35.0 feet Northerly of the Southeast corner of said lot 12; thence
Northerly along the Easterly line of said Lot 12 and the Westerly line of Ridge Avenue to the Northeast corner of said Lot 12;
thence West along the North line of said Lot 12 to the place of beginning; all in County Clerks Division of unsubdivided lands
in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 18, Township 41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County,
Illinois.
Parcel 2:
That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 18, Township 41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded
and described as follows: to wit: beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 10 in the County Clerks Division of unsubdivided
lands in the Northwest 114 of Section 18, Township 41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence Southerly
along the Westerly line extended Southerly of Lot 9 in said County Clerks Division for a distance of 67.17 feet to a point;
thence Southeasterly along a curved line concave to the Northeast having a radius of 395.28 feet (the long chord of which
forms an angle of 20 degrees 07 minutes 10 seconds to the left of an extension of the last described course and has a length of
111.0 feet), a distance of 111.37 feet to a point on the Westerly line and 11.50 feet Northerly along the Westerly line of said
Lots 10 and 11 to the place of beginning (excepting from the above described parcel of land that part lying South of the North
line of the South 18.13 feet of Lot 11 aforesaid extended Westerly) in Cook County, Illinois.
4 Parcel3:
That part of Lot 12 in the County Clerks Divisioi. of unsubdivided lands in the 114 of Section 18, 'A w.-whip 41 North, Range 14
East of the third principal meridian, described as follows: to wit; beginning at a point on the South line of said Lot 12, 17.0
feet West (Measured on the South line thereof) of the Southeast corner of said Lot 12 being the original Westerly line of Ridge
Avenue; thence Northwesterly along the line drawn to the Northwest corner of said Lot 12 to a point 94.0 feet Southeasterly r
the Northwest corner of said Lot 12; thence Southeasterly at 90 degrees to last described course for a distance of 9.11 feet;
thence Southeasterly along a line drawn to a point on the South line of Lot 12; 39.06 feet West (as measured on the South line
thereof) of the Southeast corner of said lot 12, being the Original Westerly line of Ridge Avenue for a distance of 81.52 feet;
thence East on the South line of said Lot 12, 22.06 feet to the Place of beginning in Look County, Illinois.
Parcel 4:
That part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 18, Township 41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal
Meridian, described as follows: to wit; commencing at the point of intersection of the South line of the Northwest 114 of the
Northwest 114 of said Section 18 (said line being the center line of Emerson Street) with the center line of Ridge Avenue;
thence North 10 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East along the center line of Ridge Avenue for a distance of 49.50 feet; thence
North 89 degrees 33 minutes 30 seconds West parallel with the South line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section
18 aforesaid, a distance of 46.05 feet for a place of beginning said point being at the point of intersection of the Northwesterly
line of Ridge Avenue as established by document 16032091 and the South line of Lot 12 in the County Clerk's Division of
unsubdivided lands in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 18, Township 41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian,
12.57 feet West of the Southeast corner of said Lot 12; thence Southwesterly along a curve convex to the Southeast having a
radius of 73.0 feet for a distance of 23.12 feet and being the Northwesterly line of Ridge Avenue per deed dated August 18,
1954 and recorded as document number 16023091 from Chicago and North Western Railway to the Department of Public
Works and Buildings and the State of Illinois; thence Northwesterly along a line drawn to a point of South line of Lot 12
aforesaid 39.06 feet West of the Southeast corner thereof (as measured on the South line) for a distance of 14.44 feet; thence
East on the South line of Lot 12 aforesaid 26.49 feet to the place of beginning, all in Cook County, Illinois.
Parcel 5:
Lots 8 and 9 in County Clerks Division of unsubdivided lands in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 18, Township 41 North, Range
14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.
Exhibit 2
Ordinance 123=0=01
(1930 RIDGE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT)
11/8/01 I Site Landscape Plan
1 11 /17/01 Ridge Avenue. Elevations
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