The Village of Northbrook Zoning Board of Appeals held a meeting at 7:30 p.m. yesterday, June 27.
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) consists of seven (7) members. The ZBA process is in strict conformance with the Illinois State Statutes regarding notice and notification requirements of surrounding property owners. The ZBA hears requests for variations in accordance with Section 11-503E of the Northbrook Zoning Code.
The permitted variations are: to reduce the dimension of any required yard, to reduce the size of a lot due to insufficient area or width by not less than 90% of their required area or width, to increase the allowable height of a fence, reduce by not more than 25% the required off street parking spaces, to increase by not more than one sign the maximum number of signs otherwise allowed, to allow illumination of residential recreational facilities, to allow the moving of a pre-code structure, to allow restorations of partially damaged or destroyed non-conforming pre-code structures, and to allow for development of a legal non-conforming lot of record.
Here are the meeting minutes as provided by the Northbrook Zoning Board of Appeals:
1) Call To Order
2) Review of minutes – May 23, 2016 Meeting
3) General Public Comments - Items Not Otherwise on the Agenda
4) Public Hearing and Consideration of the Following Petition:
• DOCKET NO. ZBA 16-0006 (272 TRAILWOOD LANE - FENCE) – Petition by Julie and James Briskin for an exception to allow an increase in the fence height in the required corner side yard from 3’ to 6’ for a property in the R-4, Single Family Residential District. The Property is commonly known as 272 Trailwood Lane (PREI No 04-06-110-009) and is the site of a single-family home. The exception has been requested to install a new solid, almond-colored PVC fence.
5) Old Business
6) New Business
7) Adjourn
The decisions of the Northbrook Zoning Board of Appeals are final. Any appeal of this final administrative decision of the Village of Northbrook’s Zoning Board of Appeals must be in compliance with the Administrative Review Law, 735 ILCS 5/3-101 et seq and filed within 35 days from the date of the ZBA’s decision. The Village of Northbrook is subject to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Individuals with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who require certain accommodations in order to allow them to observe and/or participate in this meeting, or who have questions regarding the accessibility of this meeting or the facilities, are requested to contact Greg Van Dahm or Debra Ford (847-664-4010) promptly to allow the Village of Northbrook to make reasonable accommodations for those persons. Hearing impaired individuals may call the TDD number, 847-564-8645, for more information.
REGULAR MEETING
NORTHBROOK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Monday, June 27, 2016
NORTHBROOK VILLAGE HALL BOARD ROOM
1225 CEDAR LANE
7:30 PM
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