HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS-1973-065-R-73Amended and adopted 10/29/73
• RESOLUTION
65-R-73
Declaring a Moratorium on Building
Permits for Restaurants
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston;is consider-
ing an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Evanston
to provide that restaurants of all kinds shall be special uses in
certain designated districts; and
WHEREAS, the Council has referred to the Zoning Amendment
Committee the question of so amending the Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, such proposed amendment is now under active consider-
ation; and
• WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City of Evanston
that no building permits for restaurants be granted, pending the
outcome of such consideration of the proposed amendment; and
WHEREAS, the construction and operation of restaurants poses
peculiar problems for the surrounding areas with respect to traffic,
noise, congestion, and other environmental factors:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois:
Section 1. That no building permits shall be issued for
the erection of any restaurants within the corporate limits of
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the City.of Evanston until a final determination has been made by
the City Council with respect to the proposal to amend the Zoning
Ordinance to provide that restaurants shall be special uses in
certain districts, and the Director of Inspections and Permits is
hereby directed not'to issue any such permits until further action
by the City Council, except when the City Council by majority vote
so instructs the City Manager, provided that this Resolution shall
not include already existing restaurants.
Section 2. This Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval.
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Mayor
ATTEST: /d/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Adopted: October 29-;. 1973 1973.