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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS-1963-030-R-6330-R-63 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council in granting the appeal of the Presbyterian Home for a variation from the use regulations of the Evanston Zoning Ordinance, adopted Ordinance 11-0-61 which prescribes among other conditions for the variation, the following: The .entrances, exits, and emergency driveways of the property shall be constructed according to City specifications and shall be at locations approved by the Traffic Engineer of the City of Evanston, provided that the emergency driveways on Lawndale Avenue shall be paved to the street line and main- tained in good condition by the Presbyterian Home, suitable for use at all times, and provided further that said emergency driveways shall be closed by shrubbery, sod or other means acceptable to the Traffic Engineer, ,and provided further that • a demand traffic signal may be installed at the Ridgeway Avenue entrance with the approval of the Traffic Engineer. and; WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council deems it desirable that these conditions be maintained and that the adjoining residential area east of Lawndale Ave. be protected from traffic originating at, or destined to, the Presbyterian Home; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the request from the resi- dents of Westminster Place (Presbyterian Home), that the emergency entrances to Westminster Place on Lawndale Ave.. at Normandy Place and at Payne St. be opened to traffic, be and the same is hereby denied/ at the present. 223 BE'IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager be and is hereby authorized and directed to suggest to the owner of the subject pro- perty that the cul-de-sacs within the subject property be joined in order to permit complete circulation throughout the development with- out introducing additional traffic within the residential area east of Lawndale Ave.; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager be and he is hereby directed to request the owner of the subject property to strengthen and reinforce or otherwise improve all existing hedges closing the emergency entrances in order that they may provide more of a barrier to traffic. APPROVED /s/ John D. Emery Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Maurice F. Brown City Clerk Adopted May 20 ,1963 Recorded ,1963 APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ Jack M. Siegel Corporation Counsel • -2"