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AN ORDINANCE
Granting the Appeal of Cosmopolitan National
Bank of Chicago, as Trustee under Trust No.
14638, James Kane, Beneficiary, for a Varia-
tion from the Lot Area Requirements of the
Evanston Zoning Ordinance, Adopted November
21, 1960.
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals held a public hearing
on April 21, 1970 on the appeal of Cosmopolitan National Bank of
Chicago, as Trustee under Trust No. 14638, James Kane, Beneficiary,
for a variation from the lot area requirements of the Zoning Ordi-
nance to permit the construction of two single-family dwellings
on the property commonly.known as 1834 Lemar Avenue, Evanston,
• Illinois, each lot containing less than the minimum lot area of
5,000 square feet for a single-family dwelling; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals has recommended denial
of said appeal; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the evidence adduced
at said hearing and is of the opinion that said variation should
be granted
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the granting
of the variation will not alter the essential character of the
neighborhood in which the property islocated since the block in
which the subject lots are located consists primarily of single-
family dwellings and the appellant will improve each of the subject
lots with single-family dwellings; and
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WHEREAS, there are practical difficulties and particular
hardship justifying the variation in that the level of real estate
values in the neighborhood will not yield a fair economic return
if the appellant is restricted to the construction of a single-
family dwelling on the total area of the combined lots in an area
which was overbuilt on substandard lots before the adoption of a
modern zoning ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the plight of
the owner is due to the unique circumstances of the location of the
subject lots in an area in which development in accordance with the
requirements of the Zoning Ordinance is not economically justified
• and that the subject property will remain unimproved without benefit
of a variation from the lot area requirements.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That a variation from the lot area require-
ments of the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Evanston, adopted November 21, 1960, so far as said regu-
lations pertain to the property at 1834 Lemar Avenue in the City
of Evanston, Illinois, and legally described as -
Lots 39 and 40 in Block 3 in McIntosh's Church Street
Addition to Evanston in the Southwest quarter of the
Northwest quarter of Section 13, Township 41, North,
Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian in
Cook County, Illinois,
is hereby granted to permit the construction of two single-family
dwellings, one on each of the recorded lots.
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SECTION 2: The Director of Permits and Inspections
is hereby ordered and directed to grant
and issue such permits as shall be required to effect the prc isions
of this ordinance as adopted by the City Council of the City of
Evanston.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage
and approval in the manner provided by law.
Introduced
July
6
, 1970
Adopted
July
20
, 1970
Attest:
Approved July 20 , 1970
/s/ Peter D. Jans
Acting Mayor
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Approved as to form: /sl Jack M. Siegel
Corporation Counsel
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