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21-0-81
AN ORDINANCE
Granting Variations and Special Use
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WHEREAS, the Evanston Zoning Board of Appeals conducted a public
.hearing on January,20, 1981 and again on February 17, 198. upon the
application of the American National Bank of Chicago as Trustee under
! Trust 42965, Bernard Kron, sole beneficiary, for variations from the yard
obstruction, gross lot coverage, building height, rear yard, side yard, off -
,street loading berth and off-street parking regulations o= the Zoning
Ordinance to permit retention of: (1) the portion of the parking structure
which is above grade and the four ventilators located thereon, which obstruct
the required front, side and rear yards; (2) two electrical transformers ob-
structing the required rear yard; (3) a canopy obstructing the required north
side yard; (4) two fences each 7 feet 6 inches in height instead of the
maximum of 6 feet allowed, located in the required front yard and north side
yard; (5) a north side yard of 29 feet instead of the 35 feet required;
(6) a south side yard of 22 feet instead of the 28 feet required; (7) a
rear yard of 34 feet instead of the 40 feet required; (8) a gross lot coverage
Hof 90.5% instead of the 65% allowed; (9) a building freight of 95 feet instead
of the 85 feet allowed; (10) no off-street loading berth instead of the 1
required; (11) 4 off-street parking spaces with a vertical clearance of
5-1/2 feet instead of the 7 feet required; (12) 48 off-st-^eet parking spaces
,each with an average area of 167 square feet instead of t:ie 180 square feet
required; (13) an aisle to serve required parking spaces with a width of ap-
proximately 17 feet instead of the 27 feet required; (14) some off-street
parking spaces and aisles which are obstructed by pillars instead of being
clear; and (15) 54 off-street parking spaces instead of t-ie 55 spaces required;
and also a special use to permit the retention of (1) one planter 26 inches
in height located in the required rear yard; (2) two planters 26 inches in
f� height located in the required north side yard; (3) three planters 26 inches
in height located in the required front yard; and (4) a fence located in the
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!required front yard; said Bearing having been conducted pursuant to notice
and publication thereof in the manner prescribed by law; and
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AND,, WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals has recommended that
,,certain of the variations be granted,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
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SECTION l: That the application of the American National Bank of
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(, Chicago as Trustee under Trust 42965 as to certain
!variations, specifically, variations from the yard obstruction gross lot
,coverage, building height, rear yard, side yard, and off-street parking
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!,regulations of the Zoning Ordinance to permit the retention of the portion j
of the parking structure which is above grade and the four ventilators located
:.thereon which obstruct the required front, side and rear yards; two electrical
• transformers obstructing the required rear yard; a canopy obstructing the
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required north side yard; two fences, each 7 feet 6 inches in height, instead
of the maximum of 6 feet allowed, located in the required front yard and north
side yard; a north side yard of 29 feet instead of. the 35 feet required; a
;south side yard of 22 feet instead of the 28 feet required; a rear yard of
34 feet instead of the 40 feet required; a gross lot coverage of 90.5% instead j
of the 65% allowed; a building height of 95 feet instead of the 85 feet allowed;]
four off-street.parking spaces with a vertical clearance of 5-1/2 feet instead
'of the 7 feet required; forty-eight off-street parking spaces, each with an {
average area of 167 square feet, instead of the 180 square feet required; an
;!aisle to serve required parking spaces with a width of approximately 17 feet,
,instead of the 27 feet required; some off-street parking spaces and aisles
which are obstructed by pillars, instead of being clear; and special uses to
,permit the retention of one planter 26 inches in height, located in the
required rear yard; two planters 29 inches in height, located in the required
north side yard; three planters 26 inches in height, located in the required
,front yard; and a fence located in the required front yard; on the property
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located at 1738-44 Chicago Avenue, and legally described as follows:
Lot "A" in the Consolidation Plat of the East 150.0 feet of Lot 1
and the Northerly 22.0 feet of the Easterly 150.0 feet of Lot 18
in Block 15 in the Village of Evanston, in Section 18, Township
41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, together
with the Norte 40.0 feet South of and adjoining the North 22.0
feet of Lot 18 in Block 15 in the Village of Evanston, in Section
18, Township 41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal
Meridian, all in Cook County, Illinois, according to the Consoli-
dation Plat thereof recorded August 24, 1978 as Document Number
24598160, with the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, of Cook
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County, Illinois
is granted, subject to compliance with all other provisions of the Zoning
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Ordinance and other applicable laws.
SECTION 2: The Director of Building and Zoning is hereby directed
to issue such permits pursuant to the terms of this
`ordinance.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
• provided by law.
and after its passage and approval in the manner
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Introduced: %� .34 , 1981
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,Adopted:
/l�� 1-5 , 1981
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Approved as to form::
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Corporation Counsel
Approved:
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