HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2556 02/18/1975
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ORDINANCE NO. :2 551:,
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRONT YARD REQUIREMENT
VARIATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF FOREST AVENUE AND THAYER STREET,
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Mount Prospect did me~t
on the 21st day of November, 1974, at the hour of 8: 00 p.m., at the Mount
Prospect Village Hall and did hear Case No. 48-V-74, pursuant to proper
legal notice; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Mount Prospect did hear
this request for a front yard variation to allow the petitioner to construct a single
family residence to within sixteen feet and 66/100 inches (16"66/100") of the pro-
perty lot line adjacent to Thayer Street; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Mount Prospect did recprr
mend to the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect thie
approval of this request under Case No. 48-V-74 for the reasons that: '
(1) There is a practical difficulty and particular
hardship on the petitioner;
(2) The purpose of the variation is not based exclu-
sively upon a desire to make money;
(3) The conditions upon which the petition for this
variation is based are unique in that the lot is a
corner lot, subject to having two (2) front yards;
and
(4) The granting of this variation will not be detri-
mental 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 Mou(nt
Prospect have reviewed the recommendations of the Zoning Board of Appeals and:: hi
recommended that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect concur 'Iin
the recommendations of the Zoning Board of Appeals; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect '
have reviewed the matter herein and have determined that the same is in the best
interests 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. 48-V-74
~being legally described as follows:
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Lot 22 in Block 20 in Prospect Manor, being a subdivision of
part of the South. 3/4 of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of Sec-
tion 34, Township 42 North, Range 11, East of the Third
Principal Meridian, in Cook County. Illinois,
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':lis currently zoned under the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Mount Prospect
'~as R-l (Single Family Residential) District. which zoning classification shall
~jremain in effect subject to the variation granted herein:
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That the frontmost lot line of the subject property adj acent to
Thayer Street be reduced to sixteen feet and 66/100 (161 66/100') .
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iisECTION TWO: That all requirements of the Mount Prospect Building and Zoning]
!i~Code shall be applicable except the variation noted in SECTION ONE heretofore
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"!imentioned.
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,'SECTION THREE: That the Director of Building and Zoning of the Village of
':Mount Prospect is hereby authorized to issue a building permit for construction
:jn accordance with the variation hereinbefore mentioned.
'SECTION FOUR: That the variation granted by this Ordinance shall be null and
~,void and of no force and effect whatsoever unless an application for a building
lpermit pursuant to such variation is made and construction commenced within
I'!one (1) year of the date this said Ordinance becomes effective.
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;SECTION FIVE: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
1 after its passage. approval. and publication in the manner provided by law.
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:'!P ASSED and APPROVED this
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