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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/02/1965 VB minutes MINUTES OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES' MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 2, 1965 P~esident Schlaver called the meeting To order - au 8:13 P.M. with the following members presenT: roll call Bergen Bruhl Busse Ekren Casterline Absent: Phillips Trustee Busse~ seconded by T~ustee Ekren, moved minutes that minutes of previous meeting of January 26th be ap- proved as submitted. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Bruhl Busse Ek~en Casterline Absent: Phillips Motion ca~ried. T~ustee Bx~uhl, seconded by T~ustee Casterline, moved for approval of the bills as follows: bills General $ 2,660.59 ~-~ Parking System 425.92 Public Works Bldg. 79.40 Waterworks & Sewerage ~8,821.33 Waterworks & Sewerage Dept. Impro~ &Ext. 2,003.24 $23,690°48 Upon roll call: A~es~ Bergen Bruhl Busse Ekren Casterline Absent: Phillips Motion carried. T~ustee Ek~en, seconded by T~ustee Bruhl, moved Ord. 1020 for passage of Ord. 1020 as follows: Zoning Case 64-39 AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY GRANTING A VARIATION TO ALLOW A BUSINESS OFFICE BUILDING AT 211-217 WEST PROSPECT AVENUE Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Bruhl Ek~en Casterline Pass: Busse Absent: Phillips MoTion carried. This refers To Zoning Appeal 84-39, Illinois Retail Hardware Association. February 2, 1965 oning TsusTee Ek~en read The following leTtes fmom 1965 Attorney HofesT addses~ed To E. F. Martin, President of The Zonin~ ~oard of Appeals: Januasy 25, 1965 iii Dear Mr. Martin: Re: Yous Letter Concesning ~ Variation Psocedures IT would appeasf~om examining The pink copy of The Zoning 0~dinance (osdinance as of December 31, 1963) and The blue copy of the Zoning O~dinance (osdinance as of Decembes 31, 1962) and intesvening osdinances, That Sec. 34 selaTing To variaTionswas'noT 'officially changed and That as a consequence Thereof these is nothing con- Tained within The ordinance which precludes The President and Boasd of Trustees from granting a variation whether or not The variation ~equires a :gseaTes os lesser variation from 25%. It is my belief that The vasiaTion procedure as contained in The ordinance should be clarified and s%TenThened. Most certainly if The Zoning Board qf Appeals is given The right To grant a variation This should be an exclusive right and not a sight which can be overcome by subsequent Village Boand action. IT would appea~ logical That The power To grant variations should be in one body or another and This fact should be ~asily ascertainable from The ordinance itself. The following cOusses of action are possible alternatives: ~-~ 1. The P~esident and Board of T~ustees i pmovide That zoning variations for under 25% b~ withies. The sqle discre- Tion of the Zoning Boasd of Appeals and That all variations over This amount be secommendaTions fsom The Zonin~ Boasd only. ~ 2. That The authority ove~ all varia- Tions (with ~he exception of use variations) be put in The Zonin~ Board of Appeals and That The Zonin~ Boasd be a seco~m~endaTory board on use vamiaTions. 3. That The Zoning Board of Appeals act as an advisosy body in all variation cases and That The powes be exclu- sively seTained by The Village Board. IT seems To me That one of the above alternatives should be adopted To clarify The situation. Sincemely ~ .~ Edward C~ HoferT ~_ ~ Village ATtorney February 2, 1965 ~ustee Ek~en, seconded by T~ustee Bergen, moved that the Zoning - 1965 Village Attorney be directed to draft the necessary ordl- nance that will adopt suggestion as shown in No. 1 of the preceding letter. (VariaTions under 25% to be Within discretion of Zoning Board only.) Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Ek~en Bruhl Casterline Busse Absent: Phillips MoTion carried. TrusTee Bruhl, seconded by T~ustee CasTerline, MFT moved that audit report be approved f~om Division of HiEh- way~, known as No. 20 covering ~eceip= and disbursement of MFT funds from January 1, 1963 and ending December 31, 1963. This motion carried by a6clamation. T~ustee Bergen read the following memo from Building Building SuperinTendenT Joe Pecoraro: February 1, i965 Subject: Su~es~ed Rivision of Chap. IX-Sec. B Par. 7 The outside of enclosing walls shall have s~uds of not less than 2 x ~'s placed at 16-inch centers or a construction equivalent in strength. STudding shall be continuous from sill to roof plates. A 2 x 6-inch sill shall be placed on the top of the founda- tion wall, securely anchored To it by 3/~-inch bolts with 3-inch washers at 8-foo% ~enters extending down into The foundation walls not less than 8 inches. The top plate ~eceiving roof rafters shall be not less Than two 2 x ~'s. Ledger or joist ribbons not less than 1 x ~ notched into studs shall be used To receive any intez~nediaTe bea~ing joist. Ail exterior stud walls shall be Thoroughly and ef- fectively wind braced. A 2 x 6 sill shall not be necessary for ~arages. Joe Pecoraro T~ustee Bergen, seconded by TrusTee CasTerline, moved to direct the Village AtTorney To draw up ordinance amending the Building Code ordinance as above. This motion'carried by acclamation. Ti~usTee Bergen referred T0 memo from Superinten- dent of Building Joe Pecoraro re gra~es for new construc- Tion as follows: The grades of existing homes, sidewalks, streets and drainage swales are controlling ~facTors in preparing a grading plan and foundation grade for a proposed home. Therefore, iT will be necessary for the applicant to prepare a plan which Takes'inTo account all of the above variables. February 2, 1965 Building On this plan shall be shown the following information: 1. House foundation, locationa~d ~rade of'toP of foun' dation.~ 2. Existing sidewalk, locationand grade. -~ 3. Existing curb~ location ahdgrade. 4. Existing pavement~ lo~ati~n and grade. 5. Foundation grade and finished ground line of nearest homes adjoining~roperty. 6. Grade of existing groun~ line at the corners of the lot. 7. Grades of existing ground line at the corners of the adjacent lots. 8. Grading plan of proposed lot showing the elevation and direction of flow ofhecessary drainage swales, finished ground line adjacent to the proposed home. 9. LocatiOn and elevation of the Bench Mark (the eleva- tion can be assumed to be i00.'00 and can be taken on the top of curb 6pposite a property li~e, or ~he corner of a sidewalk at a property line, etc.) 10. The draWing shall be made at a scale of 1" = 20'. The following are minimum standards that should be used as a generaI guide when preparing a g~ading plan: 1. The grade of the proposed home shall b~ in harmony ' with the grade of the adjacent property.' 2. The proposed grading shall not interfere with the natural run-off of the surface water nor allow water run-Off to pond Onadjacent property. ~-~ 3. A turfed swale Shalihave minimum 'grade of 1%. A paved swale shall have a minimum grade of 0.4%. Swales carrying the water f~om the rear of the lot to the front shall be established on the side property line where possible. 5. The flow-line of the Swale ShoUtd be 6" below the finished ground line at the side of the house. 6. The bottom of the brick o~ frame siding~of the house shall be at least ~" above the finishedground line at the sides of the house. Trustee Bergen, seconded by T~ustee Bruhl, mdved to direct the Village Attorney to draw 'up O~dinance amending This motion Carried by acclamation. T~ustee Bergen, seconded by Trustee Busse, moved Building to allow Danco Builders to erect house on property at the variation - southeast corner of Memory Lane and Fairview Avenue as per Danco Bldrs. plat submitted by them signed by JOhn M, Hank, SurveyOr, dated July ll, 196~, O~der Upon roll call: Ayes: Berge~ Bruhl Busse Casterline Ekren Absent: Phillips Motion Carried~ This motion gives Danco Builders a variation to build one foot closer to side lot line to February 2, 1965 T~ustee Bergen, seconded by Trustee Casterline~ Elk Ridge Vilia moved that the Building Superintendent he directed to Unit 4 withhold building pe~miTs to Di Mucci Builders for Unit q, Elk Ridge Villa, for one move week. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Bruhl Busse CasTevline Ekven Absent: Phillips Motion oavvied. This motion allows Time To investigate move thoroughly the question of ~llowing erection of a certain number of homes of like layout in one block. T~ustee Bergen reported that consideration was Building Code being given to change in Building Code regamding oonstruc- garages Tion of garages; Mm. Pecovavo stated that would have his recommendations ready in a very short time. Referred to Finance Director King and to the taxes Village Attorney: Notice from Cook County setting heaving for objections to taxes of pre~ious yea~s. Manager Appleby reported that letter had been Small Boat Harbor received from the City of Highland Park asking fop help from near-by communities in thei~ efforts To set up a Small Boat Harbor in conjunction with the Federal Government. M~. Appleby informed the Board that the fir~ of Village property Marshall & Stevens, appraisers and valuation consultants, had finished their appraisal of buildings, furnishings and equipment owned by the Village and had submitted their me- port. This does not include meal property or underground systems° Mm. Appleby reported that the Village had used Public Works over 100 tons of salt in The past week and will return to Their previous task of picking up trees and branches des- t-moyed by the ice storm. Attorney Hofert reported that the Circuit Court Tally Ho apts has directed issuance of an injunction against Marshall Savings & Loan Association vequi~ing safeguarding of buildings at Tally Ho complex at Algonquin and Busse Roads by February 9Th; the attorney stated also that he had had %he complete co-operation of The Building Department, Five Department and the Village Prosecutor, Kendal Crooks. PA-. Allan Swanson from Lou-Elm Homeowners Asso- Bluet% Subd. cia%ion was pvesen:, in company with several other members (Lou-Elm Home- of this association, claiming that the Village had made owners Ass'n) certain promises To Thei~ subdivision when annexing it that had not been kept. Discussion with members of the Board followed, with The Board explaining that the Village had spent up %o $10,000 pursuing their Rate Case before the Illinois Commerce Commission on their behalf; that negotia- Tions had been pending for months for purchase of their water system and were on The verge of conclusion; that water was given to them as soon as possible after failure of Thei~ private water company's electric power during February 2, 1965 the recent stonas. Emergency connection had not been previously set up because it would be expensive and time consuming, especially in view of the fact that purchase was in~ninent, and therefoz~ almost immediately useless. Permanent connections would loop th~ system to allow good flow everywhere. T~ustee Bergen inquired about the Village's Fire Dept. fire rating, last given in 1956~ Chief Haberkamp replied that the rating had not been changed due to rapid ex- pansion of population, area size an~ equipment, that he was waiting until the new South Side fire station was ~eady and manned before asking for a new rating. Mr. Jack Keefer, pharma%ist, oomplained that Building his fire insurance premium had gone up because of vacant frame building next door to his business, and asked if anything could be done to force the owner to remove this building. Attorney Hofert replied that insofar as the Village is concerned, inspection can be made by the Build- ing Department at the permission of the owner~ if the owner refuses to allow the Building Deparl~nent entry, the Attorney can arrange for same. Adjournment by acclamation at 10502 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Ruth C. Wilson, Clerk February 2, 1965