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AN ORDINANCE
Amending the Evanston Zoning
Ordinance, Adopted November
21, 1960, as amended.
WHEREAS, on April 12, 1961, the Honorable Daniel A.
Roberts, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook
County, Illinois, entered a decree in Case No. 60-C-1603,
entitled LaSalle National Bank, Trustee under Trust No.
21956 vs. City of Evanston, holding that the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Evanston was arbitrary, unreasonable, confis-
catory, and void as it applied to the following described
premises:
Lot 2 in Paul Daniel's Subdivision of the
South 3 1/8 acres of the North 12 1/2 acres
of the North 1/2 of the Southwest Quarter of
the Northeast Quarter of Section 25, Town-
ship 41 North, Range 13, East of the Third
Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the above described premises are located
east of Dodge Avenue immediately south of and adjacent to
the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad right-of-way
abutting Lot 1 in said subdivision, said Lot 1 having a
frontage of approximately 106.55 feet on Dodge Avenue, and
both Lots 1 and 2 extending approximately 629.17 feet east-
ward from Dodge Avenue, being a continuous tract of vacant
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land consisting of 60.909 square feet. Lot 2 adjoins the
east line of Lot 1 and extends 504.17 feet with a depth of
94.55 feet; and
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WHEREAS, the decree of the Circuit Court of Cook
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County entered on April 13, 1961, was affirmed by the Supreme
Court of the State of Illinois, and the opinion of said Court
entered of record January 23, 1962; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the City Council, in
endeavoring to comply with the decree of the Circuit Court,
the highest and best use of Lot 2 would be to provide greater
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land use intensity to Lot
2 than a single
family use.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS-
SECTION 1.- That the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Evanston,
adopted November 21, 1960, as amended, be further amended as
follows:
That the following described property now
zoned R2 be and the same is hereby zoned
R3 Two -Family Residence District. The
regulations and restrictions applicable to
R3 Two -Family Residence District and the
penalties provided for in said Zoning
Ordinance adopted November 21, 1960, as
amended, shall hereafter apply to the
following property
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Lot 2 in Paul Daniel's Subdivision
of the South 3 1/8 acres of the
North 1.2 1/2 acres of the North 1/2
of the Southwest Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 25,
Township 41 North, Range 13, East
p, of the Third Principal Meridian,
in Cook County, Illinois.
SECTION 2; The Official District Map
of the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Evanston, as amended, shall be further amended
in accorda;ice with -che provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts_
of ordinances in conflict
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SECTION 4? This ordinance shall be in
full force and effect
after its passage, approval, and publication, according to law.
INTRODUCED March 5 , 1962
ADOPTED March 5 , 1962
APPROVED March 5 1962
MayofPro Tem
ATTEST;
Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Published March 15, 1962
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