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City of Evanston Design & Project Review Committee met February 12

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City of Evanston Design & Project Review Committee met Feb. 12.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

I. CALL TO ORDER/DECLARATION OF QUORUM, JOHANNA LEONARD, CHAIR

II. MINUTES: January 29, 2020, meeting minutes

III. OLD BUSINESS

1. 1555 Ridge Avenue

Planned Development

Thomas Meador, applicant, submits for Special Use for a Planned Development to construct a 5-story, 68 dwelling unit multi-family residence with 57 off-street parking spaces in the R6 General Residential District. The applicant seeks site development allowances for: 1) A 3’ setback along the north property line where 15’ is required for dwelling units, 2) No landscaping where a 10’ transition landscaped strip is required along the north property line, and 3) A 10’ X 25’ loading space with 1.5’ rear yard setback where a 10’ X 35’ loading space with a 3’ rear yard setback is required.

IV. NEW BUSINESS

1. 1825 Lemar Avenue

Recommendation to ZBA

Oniel Johnson, applicant, submits for Major Variation to construct an open front porch and fence in the R2 Single-Family Residential District. The applicant requests a 19’ front yard setback where 22.5’ is required (Zoning Code Section 6-4-1-9 (B) 1.) and a fence located in the front yard where the required front yard is not adjacent to a Type 1 Street (Zoning Code Section 6-4-6-7 (F) 2. (a)).

2. 2536 Ewing Avenue

Preliminary/Final Review

Sam Mack, applicant, submits for building permit for an exterior alteration of a commercial space, Mack’s Bike & Goods, in the B1a Business District and Central Street Overlay District.

V. ADJOURNMENT

https://www.cityofevanston.org/home/showdocument?id=54790

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