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11-0-97
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Amending the Zoning Map to
Re -zone to C1 Certain Portions of the
Northwest Corner of Main Street and Dodge Avenue,
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission held public hearings on October 30, 1996 and
November 17, 1996 pursuant to proper notice in case no. ZPC 96-13-M(R) on the petition
by Centrum Equities, Inc. for certain zoning relief, including the Re -zoning to C1
Commercial a portion of 900 Dodge Avenue from R2, Single -Family Residential and all of
910 Dodge Avenue from R4, Multi -Family Residential, and the re -zoning from R4 General
Residential; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission heard the subject case pursuant to section 6-3-4-8
of the Zoning Ordinance as part of a joint hearing with the Zoning Board of Appeals ("ZBA")
in case no. ZBA 96-35-SU(R); and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission made findings based -upon the record, and, pursuant
to section 6-3-4-5(E) of the Zoning Ordinance, recommended that the City Council approve
the petition for zoning map amendment,
WHEREAS, the special use forwhich zoning relief was sought in case no. ZBA 96-35-
SU is the subject of Ordinance 15-0-97; and
WHEREAS, Centrum Equities, Inc. seeks the special use for a drive -through facility
in connection with construction of a Walgreen's Drug Store on the subject parcels; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 17-0-97 provides for the vacation of a public alley east of
Brown Avenue and north of Main Street so that the vacated portion can be included in the
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Walgreen's Drug Store development plan; and
WHEREAS, rezoning of said vacated alley portion from R4 to C1 Commercial is 0
appropriate; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the recommendation of the Plan Commission is adopted and the
aforesaid petition of Centrum Equities, Inc. to amend the zoning map to rezone a portion
of the parcel at 900 Dodge Avenue, the entire parcel at 910 Dodge Avenue, and the
property east of Brown Avenue and North of Main Street vacated by Ordinance 17-0-97 to
C1 Commercial is granted on property legally described as follows:
a. Rezoned from R2 to Cl:
Lot 6 in Handler's Resubdivision of Lots 10 to 16, inclusive, in Morelock's
Resubdivision of Lots 9 to 16, both inclusive in Block 8 and vacated alley East of and
adjoining Lots 13, 14, 15 and 16 in said Block 8 in Grant's Addition to Evanston,
a Subdivision of the East 2/3 of the South 1/2 of the Northwest quarter of Section 24,
Township 41 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in the City of
Evanston, in Cook County, Illinois.
b. Rezoned from R4 to Cl:
Lots 1 and 2 in Morelock's Resubdivision of Lots 9 to 16, inclusive, and vacated alley
in Block 8 in Grant's Addition to Evanston, a Subdivision of the East 2/3 of the South
1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 24, Township 41 North, Range 13 East of the
Third Principal Meridian in the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois and Lot 8 in
Grant's Addition to Evanston, being the East 2/3 of the South 1/2 of the Northwest
1/4 of Section 24, Township 41 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal
Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.
c. Rezoned from R4 to C1 (the vacated property):
All that part of the East-West 16 foot public alley lying South of Lot 2 and North of
Lots 3 to 9, and lying between the East and West lines of said Lot 2 extended South,
in Morelock's Resubdivision of Lots 9 to 16, both inclusive, in Block 8 and. vacated
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alley East of and Adjoining Lots 13, 14, 15 and 16 in said Block 8 in Grant's
Addition to Evanston, a Subdivision of the East 2/3 of the South 1/2 of the Northwest
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quarter of Section 24. Township 41 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal
Meridian, in the City of Evanston, in Cook County, Illinois.
SECTION 2: That the re -zoning is based upon these findings, made pursuant to
section 6-3-4-5 of the Zoning Ordinance:
a. That the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan are not
inconsistent with the proposed development.
b. That the rezoning will result in a more economically viable commercial parcel
than that existing under the present zoning.
C. That the proposed rezoning results in the use of the subject property being
more consistent with that of the other two commercially -used corners at the
intersection of Dodge Avenue and Main Street.
d. That while the northward expansion of commercial uses may have a
somewhat deleterious impact upon the properties immediately north of and
adjoining the subject property, that 1) the commercial rezoning of residential
property will not have an adverse effect upon the general area or upon
Evanston as a whole, that 2) the proposal as described to the Commission by
the petitioner may have less an adverse effect upon adjacent properties than
the uses currently on those properties, and that 3) the subject property is
adequately serviced by public facilities and services such as roads and other
capital infrastructure.
SECTION 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
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 1997
Adopted:bl,4 1997
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Approved: "i R; '1997
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