HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2356 06/06/1972
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2356
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A VARIATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE
COMMONWEALTH EDISON RIGHT-OF-WAY NORTH OF KENSINGTON ROAD
IN MOUNT PROSPECT
WHEREAS, the Board of Appeals of the Village of Mount Prospect did meet
on the 27th day of April, 1972, at the hour of 8:00 p.m. in the Village
Hall of Mount Prospect and did hear Case No. 72-10A, pursuant to legal
notice published in the Mount Prospect Herald on April 12, 1972; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Appeals of the Village of Mount Prospect did hear
a petition requesting a variation from the requirements of the Mount
Prospect Zoning Ordinance in order to construct and operate a distribu-
tion substation and seven (7) foot tall fence on property zoned R-l; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Appeals of the Village of Mount Prospect has re-
commended to the President and Board of Trustees the granting of the
use variation requested under Case No. 72-10A for reasons that:
1. There is a practical difficulty and particular hardship
on the petitioner in that this parcel has been utilized
for transmission lines and utility right-of-way in the
past and is zoned R-l, which zoning district disallows
commercial enterprises including those that are quasi-
public in nature;
2. The purpose of the variation is not based exclusively on
a desire to make money;
3. The plight of the owner is due to unique circumstances
in that the land is utilized for transmission lines into
which the proposed substation will be connected;
4. The alleged difficulty or hardship has not been created
by any person presently having an interest in the property;
5. The proposed variation will not impair an adequate supply
of light and air to adjacent property, or substantially
increase the congestion in the public streets, or increase
the danger of fire, or endanger the public safety, or sub-
stantially diminish or impair property values within the
neighborhood -- in fact the equipment is necessary to pro-
vide adequate service to the community; and
6. The granting of the variation will not be detrimental to
the public or injurious to surrounding property in that
it will not alter the essential character of the locality;
and
WHEREAS, the Building Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Mount Prospect have met on May 10, 1972, and have reviewed Case No.
72-10A and have concurred with recommendations of the Board of Appeals
to grant this variation; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount
Prospect have determined that the matters herein are for the best inter-
ests of the Village of Mount Prospect;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION ONE: That the property being the subject matter of Case No.
72-10A, being legally described as follows:
That part of a strip of land 210 feet in width, lying
Westerly of and adjoining the Westerly line of the S~o
Line Railroad Company in the West Half of the Southwest
Quarter of Section 25,Township 42 North, Range 11,
East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at the intersection of
the South line of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter
of said Section 25, with the Westerly line of the Rail-
road; thence West along the South line of said West
Half of the Southwest Quarter a' distance of 221.93 feet
to the intersection with a line 210 feet Westerly of
measured at right angles and parallel with the Westerly
line of the Railroad; thence North along said parallel
line a distance of 400 feet; thence Easterly along a
line measured perpendicularly to the last described
line a distance of 210 feet to the Westerly line of
said Railroad; thence South along said Westerly line
of the Railroad to the point .of beginning, containing
2.1 acres more or less and situated in the Village of
Mount Prospect, Cook County, Illinois;
is currently zoned under the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Mount
Prospect as R-l (Single Family Re'sidence District), which zoning classi-
fication shall remain subject to the following variation hereby granted:
1. That the pet i tioner, Commonweal th Edison Company, be allowed
to erect, construct, operate, and maintain a power distribu-
tion substation upon the above-described parcel; and
2. That inasmuch as the equipment within the substation will
be highly technical and dangerous, the said petitioners
shall also be allowed to surround the said property with
a seven (7) foot high cyclone fence being an angled one
(1) foot of barbed wire at the top thereof.
SECTION TWO: That all other requirements of the Mount Prospect Buildi~g
and Zoning Code shall be applicable except the variations noted in
SECTION ONE heretofore mentioned.
SECTION THREE: That the Director of Building and Zoning of the Village
of Mount Prospect is hereby directed to issue a building permit in
accordance with the variations hereinbefore mentioned.
SECTION FOUR: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6
day o'f
Junf>
, 1972.
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