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Amended 4-29-68
" 5-13-68
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AN ORDINANCE
Granting the Appeal of Glenview State
Bank, as Trustee under Trust No. 586,
for a Variation from the Use Regula-
tions of the Evanston Zoning Ordinance,
Adopted November 21, 1960.
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of
Evanston held a public hearing on March 19, 1968 on the appeal
of the Glenview State Bank, as Trustee under Trust No. 586,
for a variation from the use regulations of the zoning ordinance
to permit the use of the first floor of the building located at
3142 Central Street, which building is located in an R4 General
Residence District, as a public office with ten occupants until
• the year 2000; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously allowed the use
by six occupants until December 2, 1980; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals has recommended
denial of the appeal to extend the time and number of occupants;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the evidence
adduced at said hearing and is of the opinion that said varia-
tion should ge granted; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the grant-
ing of the variation will not alter the essential character of
the neighborhood in which the property is located since the
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building has been nonconforming for a great many years and has
not to date adversely affected the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the plight
of the owner is due to the unique circumstances that the said
building contains residences as well as commercial property but
that the zoning ordinance of the City of Evanston contemplates
the elimination of such commercial use in residential areas,
that the said property contains off-street parking sufficient to
meet the requirements of the zoning ordinance and can with con-
venience be used as an office occupied by ten persons; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the property
could not yield a reasonable return if continued in its present
form and structure as financing necessary for conversion cannot
be obtained, nor can financing for a possible purchaser be ob-
tained due to the present restriction; and
WHEREAS, the zoning ordinance, if applied to the subject
property, would create a hardship in that the building has been
used for a nonconforming commercial use and the restriction of
such use would result in a failure to utilize the subject prop-
erty for its highest and best use consistent with the neighbor-
hood:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That a variation from the use
regulations of the zoning ordi-
nance, adopted November 21, 1960, so far as said regulations
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pertain to the property located at 3142 Central Street in the
City of Evanston, and legally described as -
Lot 6 in Block 6 in Arthur T. ,McIntosh's Central -
wood Addition to Evanston, being a Subdivision of
part of the fractional Section 11, Township 41
North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal
Meridian in Cook County, Illinois,
is hereby granted so as to permit the changing from occupancy
by six persons to use as a business office of the McGuffin Lumber,
Inc., subject to the conditions that not more than ten persons
shall occupy the said premises and that the said use shall be
eliminated by December 2, 1980; provided, however, that should
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said McGuffin Lumber, Inc. remove from said premises, the occupancy
limitation shall revert to six.
SECTION 2: That a covenant of agreement to
the above conditions shall be
executed in recordable form by the appellants and delivered to
the Corporation Counsel.
SECTION 3: The Director of Building is hereby
ordered and directed to grant such
permits or certificates of occupancy as shall be required to
effectuate the recommendations of the City Council of the City
of Evanston.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after
its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
INTRODUCEDAPril 29, , 1968
ADOPTED May 13 , 1968 APPROVED _ May 13 9 1968
ATTEST:
Mayor
/sl Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Approved as. to form: /s/ Jack M. Siegel
Corporation Counsel
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