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Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals will meet April 19.

Here is the agenda as provided by the Board:

Variations:

V-17-09

The applicant/owner, Maribeth Marinich, request a variance to the zoning requirements of the R-4 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to (1) reduce the front yard setback from the minimum required 40 feet to a proposed 30 feet and (2) reduce the left interior side yard setback from the minimum required 15 feet to 6 feet. The variance is sought in order to construct an attached garage. The subject property is approximately 0.47 acre located on the east side of Franklin Avenue and approximately 300 feet north of 58th Place in Section 17 of Lyons Township, (Cook County District #17). The common address is 5745 South Franklin Avenue, LaGrange Highlands, Illinois 60525.

V-17-10

The applicant/owners, James & Gail Jefchak, request a variance to the zoning requirements of the R-6 General Residence District. The request seeks to increase the height of a fence located in the corner and rear yards of a through-lot, from the maximum allowed 3 feet to an existing 6 feet. The subject property is approximately 0.30 acre located on northwest corner of Glenview Drive and Creek Crossing Drive in Section 07 of Orland Township, (Cook County District #17). The common address is 11592 Glenview Drive, Orland Park, Illinois 60467.

V-17-11

The applicant/owners, Brandon & Traci Garcia, request a variance to the zoning requirements of the R-4 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to (1) increase the F.A.R. from the maximum allowed 0.25 to a proposed 0.33, (2) reduce the lot width from the minimum required 150 feet to an existing 100 feet and (3) reduce the lot area from the minimum required 40,000 square feet to an existing 13,231 square feet. The variance is sought in order to bring existing conditions into compliance and to allow for the construction of a single family residential dwelling on well and septic. The subject property is approximately 0.30 acre located on the west side of Illinois Street and approximately 101.37 feet south of Morse Avenue in Section 34 of Schaumburg Township, (Cook County District #15). The common address is 1416 Illinois Street, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173.

V-17-12

The applicant/owner, Domenico Fragale, request a variance to the zoning requirements of the C-4 General Commercial 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 6 feet. The subject property is approximately 1.27 acre located on the west side of River Road and approximately 250 feet north of Gregory Street 58th in Section 36 of Wheeling Township, (Cook County District #9). The common address is 408 & 410 North River Road, Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056.

V-17-13

The applicant/owner, Linda Fiermuga, request a variance to the zoning requirements of the R-5 Single Family Residence District. The request seeks to (1) increase the height of a fence in the corner yard from the maximum allowed 3 feet to a proposed 6 feet and (2) reduce the corner side yard setback from the minimum required 10 feet to an existing 6.5 feet. The subject property is approximately 0.25 acre located on the southeast corner of Wald Street and Harrison Street in Section 11 of Maine Township, (Cook County District #9). The common address is 3203 Wald Street, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

Decision Making/Misc.

SU-17-02

The applicant Kolpak, Lerner & Grcic c/o Paul Kolpak, applicant M.S. Cullotta Landscape, Inc. and owner Salvatore & Rosa Cullotta- as Co-Trustees, request a special use/ unique use in the R-4 Single Family Residence District in order to operate a landscaping business. The subject property is approximately .76 acre located on the south side of Techny Road and approximately 827 feet west of C & NW Railway in Section 15 of Northfield Township (Cook County District #14). The common address is 1613 Techny Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062.

Comments: 

Department of Planning & Development  

Department of Environmental Control  

Department of Transportation and Highways  

Department of Public Health  

Department of Building & Zoning

SU-15-04 & V-15-01

The owner John Coghlan (Robert O’Neill) as approved Special Use for a Planned Unit Development in the R-4 Single Family Residence District to build a single family home with attached garage on a parcel designated as an environmentally sensitive area and a companion Variation to reduce the front yard setback from the minimum required 40 feet to 25 feet. The subject property is approximately 1.09 acre located on the southwest corner of west 127th Street and south 87th Avenue in Palos Township (Cook County District #17). The common known address is 12700 S. 87th Avenue, Palos Park, Illinois. 

Comments: Applicant is requesting a one year extension of time.