South Cook News

Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals met Oct. 7.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. CALL TO ORDER / DECLARATION OF QUORUM

2. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

3. OLD BUSINESS

4. NEW BUSINESS

CONTINUED

V-20-21 Anthony Klytta, Esq., acting on behalf of Willem De Koning has petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance to the zoning requirements of the R4 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to reduce the corner side yard setback from the minimum required 25 ft. to a proposed 15 ft. The request is needed to allow for the construction of a detached 3 car garage. The subject property is located within the 17th District with the common address of 6200 Blackstone Avenue, LaGrange Highlands, IL. 60525.

VARIANCE

V-20-25 Jose Miranda has petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance to the Zoning Requirements of the R-5 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to reduce the left interior side yard setback from the minimum required 10 feet to an existing 1.9 feet. The variance is needed to construct a detached garage on an existing concrete slab. The subject property is located within the 16th District with the common address of 909 N. Prater Avenue, Melrose Park, IL. 60164.

V-20-26 Roman Khrystonko has petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance to the Zoning Requirements of the R-5 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to increase the height of the accessory structure (chimney on garage roof top) from the maximum allowed 15 feet to 19 feet and 8 inches. The subject property is located within the 14th District with the common address of 1949 Highland Avenue, Northbrook, IL. 60062.

V-20-28 Jared Settle and Tracee Frederich have petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance to the zoning requirements of the R1 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to increase the height of a fence located in the front yard from the maximum allowed 3 feet to a proposed 4 feet. The subject property is located within the 17th District with the common address of 7801 W. 143rd Street, Orland Park, IL. 60462.

SPECIAL USE

SU-20-05 Lithuanian Research and Studies Center has petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals for a special use to the zoning requirements of the R-4 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to operate a Community Center in an existing single-family home. The subject property is located within the 17th District, with the common address of 15533 129th Street, Lemont, IL. 60439.

DECISION MAKING

VARIANCE - EXTENTION OF TIME

V-19-37 Paul Lucian Gaciu has petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals for an extension of time to a granted variance to the zoning requirements of the R-4 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to; (1) reduce the left interior side yard setback from the minimum required 15 ft. to an existing 10.2 ft., (2) reduce the right interior side yard setback from 15 ft. to an existing 13.6 ft. The request is sought to construct a first and second story addition on a single-family residence. The subject property is located in the 14th District, with the common address of 315 Hickory Court, Northbrook, Illinois 60062.

SPECIAL USE

SU-20-01 Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District has petitioned the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals for a Special Use in the R-3 Single Family Residential District. The Special Use is requested to construct a Fire/EMS Station. The subject property is located within the 15th District, with the common address 1004 S. Hough Street, Lake Barrington, Illinois 60010.

SU-20-04 Joseph Burke has petitioned the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals for a Special Use (SU) in a Planned Unit Development (PUD) in the R-4 Single Family Residence District. The SU/PUD is needed to construct a new single-family home with an attached garage and a detached pool house on property designated "Environmentally Sensitive" by the Cook County Comprehensive Land Use and Policies Plan. The subject property is located within the 17th District, with the common address of 5341 S. Edgewood Avenue, LaGrange Highlands, IL. 60525.

5. ANNOUNCEMENTS

6. ADJOURNMENT

7. NEXT MEETING: NOVEMBER 4, 2020 AT 10:00 A.M. (THIS WILL BE A VIRTURAL MEETING)

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