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A
Good
evening
and
welcome
this
is
the
may
25th
2022
public
hearing
of
the
land
use
commission.
The
city
code
directs
this
body
to
hear
applications
for
map
and
text
amendments
special
uses,
including
plan
developments,
zoning
relief
and
appeals
from
decisions
of
the
zoning
administrator,
as
well
as
to
make
recommendations
regarding
the
city's
long-term
planning
goals
and
objectives
depending
on
the
type
of
matter.
This
commission
will
either
make
a
final
determination
or
send
its
recommendation
to
city
council.
Ms
jones,
would
you
please
call
the
role.
C
A
With
eight
members
present,
we
do
have
a
quorum
also
present
tonight
from
city
staff,
our
neighborhood
and
land
use,
planner,
megan
jones,
planner,
katie,
ashbaugh
assistant
city
attorney,
alex
ruggie,
zoning
administrator,
melissa,
klotz
and
community
development
director
johanna
naden.
This
is
a
formal
hearing
and
there
are
rules
that
govern
our
proceedings.
Most
importantly,
only
one
person
speaks
at
a
time,
so
all
testimony
may
be
accurately
recorded.
A
Anyone
who
wishes
to
address
the
commission
regarding
any
matter
on
tonight's
agenda
will
have
the
opportunity
to
do
so
at
the
appropriate
time.
If
there
are
a
large
number
of
persons
signed
up
to
comment,
our
rules
grant
the
chair
the
right
to
limit
the
amount
of
time
for
each
person
to
speak.
Commissioners
may
ask
questions
at
any
time.
A
Our
procedure
is
to
hear
from
staff
on
the
documents
on
file
and
then
receive
testimony
and
other
evidence
from
the
applicant
or
appellant.
After
that,
persons
wishing
to
make
a
statement
regarding
the
matter
will
have
a
chance
to
do
so.
Any
person
with
a
legal
interest
in
property
located
within
the
defined
notification
requirements
of
the
subject.
Property
may
present
evidence
reasonably
question
witnesses
or
seek
a
continuance
of
the
hearing
when
all
supporting
and
opposing
testimony
and
statements
have
been
heard,
the
applicant
or
repellent
will
be
given
the
opportunity
for
rebuttal
or
a
closing
statement.
A
Then
the
commissioners
will
close
the
public
record
and
begin
deliberations
to
consider
the
standards.
The
commission
will
make
a
formal
finding
of
facts
based
on
the
testimony
and
evidence
presented,
guided
by
the
standards,
the
commissioner's
knowledge
of
our
community
and
the
recommendations
of
staff.
A
A
A
Our
meetings
are
audio
and
video
recorded.
Please
make
sure
that
you're
at
a
microphone
when
asking
questions
or
making
statements
so
that
you
can
be
properly
recorded,
all
proceedings
are
subject
to
broadcast
at
a
later
date.
Any
matter
not
concluded
at
tonight's
hearing
will
be
continued
to
our
next
regularly
scheduled
meeting.
A
We
do
have
four
items
on
the
agenda
this
evening
is
the
first.
The
first
case
will
be
a
continuation
of
a
vote
that
was
begun
at
the
last
meeting
and
there's
an
open
vote
four
to
three.
According
to
our
rules,
we
need
a
concurring
vote
of
six
members
for
any
matter
that
we
are
determining
body
on
for
it
to
either
pass
or
fail.
A
A
Sorry,
I
don't
know
who
to
look
at
okay
and
then
the
so.
We
will
not
be
hearing
that
when
that,
when
we
get
to
that
item
on
the
agenda,
we
will
be
granting
the
continuance
on
that.
The
next
item
is
1026
davis
street
special
use,
for
that
is
the
applicant
present.
For
that
case,
I
see
some
hands
going
up
in
the
back,
and
the
final
case
is
1566
oak
avenue,
which
is
case
22
zmjv0035
we
have
two
with
that
address
is
the
attorney
present.
I
see
him
over
there
so
with
that.
A
E
Just
a
couple
of
changes
where
I
think
a
few
lines
got
left
off
and
on
page
two
megan,
the
under
questions,
the
beginning
of
the
third
paragraph,
it
says:
westerberg,
doesn't
a
rooming
house
push
the
limit
on
rooming
house?
I
think
there
the
intent
is
to
say
I
asked
if
this
type
of
use
pushes
the
limit
on
rooming
house.
E
G
And
I
also
have
several
minor
of
in
on
page
two
under
questions
in
the
second
paragraph
I
think
it's
the
sixth
line
down
should
be
designates
that
use
for
drug.
It
should
be
rehabilitation
rather
than
just
rehabilitation
and
again
on
page
six
of
the
minutes.
In
the
second
paragraph
I
think
just
we
have
the
dollar
sign
in
the
wrong
place,
so
that's
75
dollars
and
then,
in
the
last
paragraph
right
before
deliberations,
I
think
we
just
have
an
extra
return,
so
it
should
be.
G
A
Thank
you,
mr
linwall.
Anybody
else
have
any
edits
changes
to
the
minutes.
If
not,
is
there
a
motion
to
approve
with
those
changes
moved
by
protel?
Is
there
a
second
hold?
Second,
second,
by
westerberg,
would
you
please
call
the
roll
call
vote
for
approval
of
the
may
11th
minutes.
C
E
E
A
Yes,
so
I
have
a
record
of
it
being
seven
votes
in
favor
and
unopposed,
and
one
abstention
is
that
correct
all
right
so
with
that
the
minutes
pass,
I'm
going
to
take
a
brief
moment
here
outside
of
their
regular
agenda
and
ask
the
city
attorney
to
address
an
issue.
That's
come
to
our
attention.
Miss
rugby.
If
you'd
like
to
please
address
that.
I
So
if
you
have
any
comments
for
the
commissioners,
any
information
you
would
like
to
relay
to
them,
we
ask
that
it
go
to
staff
to
the
planners
and
then
it
will
be
given
to
the
commissioners.
This
is
done
for
several
reasons.
One
as
I
mentioned,
they
are
private
citizens
when
they
are
not
sitting
up
on
this
diocese
and
two
the
city
is
subject
to
foia.
I
So
all
communication
with
the
public
body
is
subject
to
disclosure
under
the
law.
So
if
the
city
doesn't
have
records
of
it,
if
it
doesn't
go
through
the
city,
then
we
you
know,
wouldn't
we're
not
able
to
keep
an
accurate
public
record.
So
in
the
future,
please
communicate
all
communications
with
the
commissioners
through
staff
and
not
at
their
homes.
A
A
We
have
two
members
present
tonight
who
were
not
at
the
last
meeting
the
procedure
on
this
is.
I
will
ask
them
if
they
have
read
the
minutes
and
or
watch
the
video
and
then
to
cast
their
vote.
So
I
will
go
first
with
mr
halek
who's
in
the
room.
Have
you
had
the
opportunity
to
read
the
minutes
and
or
watch
the
video,
and
are
you
prepared
to
cast
your
vote
and
how
do
you
vote.
A
A
A
L
A
D
There
is
some
additional
information
that
both
staff
and
staff
requested
of
the
applicant,
so
we
felt
it
best
to
continue
it
to
a
future
meeting.
Okay,.
H
I
read
the
letter
I
was
just
asking
if
there
was
any
more
detail
to
that.
C
A
Seconded
by
k,
lindwald
is
there
any
further
discussion?
I
will
just
note
for
the
record
that
there
was
a
comment
that
we
received
on
this,
even
though
it's
being
continued,
so
I
would
just
make
sure
to
ask
staff
that
that
be
forwarded
on
when
we
actually
do
hear
the
case.
Any
other
topics
of
discussion.
Hearing
none.
M
N
A
Yes,
so
with
a
vote
of
eight
to
zero,
the
continuance
is
granted
and
that
case
will
be
heard
on
june
8th
if
anybody
showed
up
tonight
to
speak
on
that.
Please
return
on
june
8.
moving
along
to
the
next
item.
We
have
on
the
agenda,
which
is
a
special
use:
application
for
1026
davis,
street
22
zmjv0034
for
beacon
academy.
O
Renee
ruffing
applicant,
on
behalf
of
beacon
academy
requests
a
special
use
permit
for
a
private
educational
institution
at
1026
davis
street
in
the
d2
downtown
retail
core
district
zoning
code.
Section
6-11-3-4,
the
land
use
commission
makes
a
recommendation
to
the
city
council,
the
determining
body
for
this
case
in
accordance
with
section
6-3-5-8
of
the
evanston
zoning
code
and
ordinance
92-0-21.
A
P
A
A
C
I
just
wanted
to
indicate
that
rotary
international
that
I
I'm
the
ceo
of
does
have
beacon
academy
as
one
of
our
tenants
a
great
tenant,
and
I
did
check
with
corporate
council
or
city
council
as
to
whether
I
would
have
a
conflict
of
interest
of
participating
in
this
matter.
Given
the
fact
that
rotary
is
a
a
lessor
to
beacon
academy,
and
I
was
told
that
I
would
be
able
to
participate,
there
is
no
conflict,
so
I
just
want
to
make
that
public
for
the
record.
Thank.
P
So
we
we
are
before
you
requesting
a
special
use
for
a
basically
satellite
location
for
beacon
academy,
for
those
of
you
who
are
probably
aware,
beacon,
academy
currently
resides,
as
the
commissioner
stated,
at
1574
sherman
avenue
in
the
rotary
building
the
beacons
been
in
that
location
for
about
six
years.
Prior
to
that
beacon
academy,
their
first
location
in
evanston
was
at
622
davis.
P
It
would
be
basically
an
art
annex.
It
would
be
used
for
visual
arts
and
gallery
space
theater
music
practice
space.
Some
faculty
workspace
and
flexible
classroom
space.
The
1026
davis
location,
has
about
4
200
square
feet
of
space.
It's
all
on
one
floor.
It's
on
the
street
access
right
at
davis
street.
P
The
breakdown
of
what
they
intend
to
do
with
the
space
is
along
the
lines
of
around
thousand
square
feet
of
storage.
Two
classrooms
of
about
fourteen
hundred
square
foot
feet
each
a
lobby
area
of
about
a
thousand
square
feet
which
includes
office,
space
and
bathrooms,
reception.
The
community
space,
there's
really
minimal
work,
that's
going
to
be
done
to
the
interior
of
this
location,
and
there
will
be
no
changes
on
the
exterior
school
currently
operates
from,
like
7
30
in
the
morning
to
4
30
in
the
afternoon,
with
classes
scheduled
from
8
45
to
3
30.
P
The
new
art
annex
will
use
these
classrooms
as
they're
sort
of
assuming
it's
going
to
be
around
50
faculty
and
students
in
the
space
on
a
regular
basis.
That's
sort
of
the
expectation-
and
it's
likely
they're
going
to
build
out
those
classrooms
with
some
flexible
partitions
so
that
the
space
can
be
modified
and
used
as
a
combined
space
when
needed.
P
There
might
be
some
other
additional
uses
at
the
davis
street
location,
including
faculty
meetings
in
the
afternoons
after
student
class
time.
There
probably
would
be
use
since
it
is
going
to
be
an
art
facility,
for
you
know,
art
nights
for
parents
and
students
to
come
in
and
see
and
see
the
facility,
maybe
some
small
theater
performances
for
the
school
as
well.
P
Basically,
on
foot,
as
I
stated
it's,
it's
just
a
couple
of
blocks
away,
so
there
would
be
a
transfer
of
students
throughout
the
day
walking
back
and
forth
between
the
facilities,
and
you
know
at
the.
I
did
want
to
speak
to
what
we
discussed
with
dapper
last
week
when
we
appeared
before
them,
and
I
know
in
your
notes,
they
provided
some
suggested
conditions
on
on
our
space.
P
One
condition
related
to
not
screening
the
windows
on
davis
that
front
space,
which
will
be
sort
of
you
know,
on
an
entry
and
lobby
area
we'll
have
some
tables
and
people
will
likely
be
sitting
there
and
talking
and
will
be
an
open
area
and
their
feeling
was
not
to
shut
that
off
and
have
it
screened
off.
We
absolutely
agree
with
that.
We
we
want
to
be
seen
from
you
know,
but
we
want
that
that
connection
to
the
street.
P
This
other
condition
that
was
discussed
was
to
have
no
morning
or
afternoon
pickups
or
drop-offs
at
the
space,
and
we
also
don't
disagree
with
that.
We
were
just
hoping
to
the
extent
that
it's
going
to
be
a
condition
in
in
anything
you
might
provide
that
it
be
drafted
in
a
way
to
basically
say
it
won't
be
a
primary
pick
up
and
drop
off
location.
P
They
will
be
starting
the
school
day
and
ending
the
school
day
at
the
rotary
building.
Students
will
not
be
ending
the
school
day
or
beginning
the
school
day
at
the
art
annex
you
know,
they're
not
going
to
have
a
class
start
there.
However,
you
know
kid
comes
late
and
a
parent
drops
it
off.
I
just
worry
about
conditions
and
special
use
ordinances
because
we
don't
want
to
violate
any
conditions
on
the
special
use
ordinance.
So
something
like
you
know
that
it
won't
primarily
be
used
for
pick
up
and
drop
off.
P
P
I
think
I
did
those
hearings
before
your
predecessor,
board
and
and
the
city
council.
You
know,
I
think,
beacon
has
shown
in
their
eight
years
of
being
in
downtown
evanston.
They
absolutely
satisfy
all
of
the
conditions
of
a
special
use.
I'd
be
happy
to
go
through
those.
If
that's
something
you
you,
you
are
typically
doing
as
a
body.
P
A
There's
no
need
for
you
to
go
through
the
conditions,
because
we
will
do
that,
and
so
we've
we've
seen
your
application.
That
has
your
thoughts
on
that
already
included.
So
thank
you
in
in
relation
to
the
drop
off
and
pick
up
that
you
mentioned.
Are
all
students
starting
at
the
main
camp
I'll
call
it
a
campus,
the
main
building
over
in
the
rotary
correct,
so
that's
where
they
would
begin
the
day
and
end
the
day.
So
what
you
are
anticipating
is
someone's
someone
has
a
doctor's
appointment
comes
an
hour
late.
A
A
That
are
there
questions
from
commissioners,
commissioner
lindwall.
E
Question
on:
how
do
you
think
your
staff
will
be
able
to
just
keep
an
eye
on
this
policy
of
not
allowing
too
many
drop-offs
and
pickups
that
that
it
is
on
kind
of
an
emergency
basis?
Do.
J
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question.
So
in
the
morning
students
will
begin
their
day
at
the
1574
sherman
location.
We
either
begin
the
day
with
community
meeting
or
advisory,
so
all
students
are
expected
to
be
there.
As
mr
friedlander
said,
if
somebody
ends
up
showing
up
late,
they
might
be
dropped
off
there.
J
J
Yes,
I
I
think
we
can.
You
know
we
will
know
what
the
the
policy
is.
So
how
can
we
make
sure
we
will
have
an
administrator
on
duty
at
the
space
every
day,
and
so
we
can
make
sure
that
that
that
you
know
policy
is
upheld.
Great.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
N
Chef,
my
question
is
mostly
about
the
front
facade,
and
this
is
part
of
a
street
that
should
be
really
lively,
and
I
saw
the
dapper
and
the
note
that
you
will
put
something
like
permanent
exhibition
or
something
like
that.
Are
there
any
initiatives
that
you
can
undertake
so
that
this
becomes
a
more
attractive?
N
Let's
call
it
place,
for,
let's
say
pedestrians,
just
crossing
the
street,
something
like
a
permanent
exhibition
of
art,
something
like
it's
noted
over
there
that
this
is
something
like
reception
and
com
community
space.
But
obviously
this
is
just
a
small
space
for
somebody
just
dropping
by
and
asking
something
is
there
something
that
will
make
this
place
really
attractive
for
the
common
people.
J
Sure,
well,
I
I
think
that's
our
goal
as
well.
This
is
an
annex
space
for
us
to
be
honest.
This
is
you
know,
not
only
is
it
a
beautiful
addition
to
the
school,
but
it
is
also
probably
going
to
serve
as
promotion
for
the
school
as
well
that
put
traffic
in
that
area.
You
know,
as
we
know,
is
extensive,
and
so
I
think
more
and
more
people
will
be
there.
They'll
be
able
to
restaurant
they'll
be
across
the
street.
J
We
don't
exactly
know
what
the
front
will
look
like
at
the
moment,
but
we
also
want
it
to
be
as
appealing
to
the
road
and
is
welcoming
to
folks
to
you
know:
folks
cannot
just
walk
in
off
the
street
because
it
is
a
school
and
a
student
space
for
security
purposes,
but
I
think,
on
a
regular
basis.
What
you
will
see
is
an
amazing
rotation
of
art
on
a
on
a
very
large
screen.
J
That's
a
great
question:
well,
the
rotating
artwork
will
definitely
stay
there.
I
don't
think
that
we've
that
we've
thought
about
what
the
lighting
will
look
like
after
hours
on
the
the
seating
area
side
right
now,.
A
Other
questions
from
commissioners
at
this
point
I
just
have
one
quick
question:
is
there
plans
to
to
identify
this
building
from
the
outside
and
sort
of
what
are
those
plans
and
will
there
be
direction
to
the
main
campus
or
the
main
building?
I
keep
calling
the
campus
really
building.
J
Yeah,
I
think
the
exact
the
exact
name
hasn't
been
decided
yet,
but
but
something
to
the
effect
of
you
know,
beacon,
academy,
arts,
annex
main
location
at
1574,
sherman
avenue
there
will
be
definitely
some
sort
of
signage
on
the
outside,
and
probably
some
signage
on
the
inside
that
you
might
view
from
the
outside.
As
you
look
in.
A
P
Again,
just
that,
I
think,
beacon
academy
has
been
a
very
good
partner
in
downtown
evanston
for
a
number
of
years
now,
so
I
know
they're
excited
about
the
expansion
of
this
space,
but
I
I
I
do
think
it's
hopefully
easy
for
you
to
see
them
as
a
good
neighbor
and
somebody
that
again
sort
of
meets
the
requirements
of
a
special
use,
not
being
a
detriment
in
any
way
to
the
downtown.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
at
this
point
with
no
more
testimony,
we
will
close
the
record
and
begin
our
deliberations
as
a
commission.
I
will
ask
for
just
general
thoughts
from
commissioners.
If
there's
anything
that
concerns
you
anything
you'd
like
to
point
out.
H
I
guess
I
I
just
the
two
things
that
were
mentioned
that
as
far
as
the
drop
off,
adding
the
words
primary
or
a
word
like
that
to
our
decision,
I
think,
is
a
good
one
and
also
I
I
would
add
this
nighttime
lighting.
I
I
think
that's
a
really
really
good
point,
and
that
should
be
that
should
be
part
of
what
what
they
consider
or
what
they
do.
Rather.
A
Good
suggestion,
thank
you
with
that.
If
there's
nothing
else,
anybody
would
like
to
comment
on.
There
are
nine
standards
that
we
must
find
apply
for
a
special
use
to
be
recommended
to
city
council
on
the,
since
this
is
a
special
use,
we
are
not
the
determining
body,
but
we
are
recommending
body
to
counsel.
A
The
first
standard
is
that
the
the
special
use
request
is
one
of
the
special
uses
that
is
permitted
in
the
zoning
district
in
which
the
property
lies,
and
this
being
a
private
educational
institution
is,
is
eligible
in
the
d2
downtown
retail
core
district,
so
that
standard
has
been
met,
number
two:
it
complies
with
the
purposes
and
policies
of
the
comprehensive
general
plan
and
the
zoning
ordinance.
A
I
believe
this
standard
is
also
met.
This
will
add
to
again
a
hopefully
with
the
conditions
that
we
place
on
it
in
terms
of
lighting.
A
It'll
also
add
art
into
the
street,
so
it'll
bring
life
to
the
street
and
part
of
our
plan
addresses
bringing
life
to
our
retail
areas,
and
this
is
this
is
primarily
a
retail
area.
So
I
believe
that
standard
has
been
met
as
well
as
the
fact
that,
hopefully,
in
the
evenings
there
will
be
occasional.
Art
shows
things
like
that,
which
will
draw
people
to
the
downtown
area
number
three.
It
does
not
cause
a
negative
cumulative
effect
in
combination
with
existing
special
uses
or
as
a
category
of
land
use.
A
A
So
the
fact
that
we
are
putting
an
annex
to
a
school
that
already
exists
kind
of
around
the
block
that
will
accommodate,
I
believe
it
was
said,
50,
students
and
faculty-
roughly,
I
don't
believe-
is
going
to
have
a
major
impact
in
a
negative
way
and
hopefully
will
will
be
noticed
as
a
positive
for
people
in
the
area.
So
I
believe
that
standard
is
met
number
four.
It
does
not
interfere
with
or
diminish
the
value
of
property
in
the
neighborhood.
A
A
There
are
sidewalks,
obviously
cta
metro
stations
in
the
area
as
well
as
it
being
located
near
the
main
school,
as
well
as
the
parking
garages
that
they
are
currently
using
for
the
school
for
any
of
their
students
who
do
drive.
So
I
believe
that
this
standard
is
also
met.
Number
six
does
not
cause
undue
traffic
congest
congestion,
again
with
cta
public
transportation
being
nearby
the
parking
garages
being
nearby.
A
The
one
thing
that
has
been
addressed
before
the
board
is
the
morning
drop-offs
and
afternoon
pickups
and
putting
some
language
in
as
a
condition
that
it
not
be
a
primary
drop-off,
pickup
location
and
that
administration
oversee
that
that
does
not
become
a
problem.
Congesting
traffic
along
davis
street,
which
is
one
of
our
our
busy
corridors
number
seven.
It
preserves
significant
historical
and
architectural
resources.
A
A
A
Obviously,
this
being
an
educational
institution,
there
are
certain
licensures
that
they
need
from
the
state
to
operate
as
well
as
being
adherent
to
whatever
whatever
standards
are
placed
through
health
department.
Things
like
that
beacon
academy
has
been
a
a
an
occupant
of
this
block
around
the
corner
for
a
number
of
years.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I
think
that
they
got
it
one.
I
remember
hearing
this
case
when
I
was
on
zba
a
number
of
years
ago,
when
they
were
moving
to
this
location
at
the
rotary
building,
they've
been
a
good
neighbor.
A
I
don't
believe
that
there's
any
reason
to
believe
that
they
will
not
meet
any
regulations
that
they
are
required
to
adhere
to
is
everyone
in
agreeance,
in
agreement
with
my
findings
of
fact,
on
this
case.
A
That
being
said,
I
I
will
ask
if
there
is
a
motion
to
be
made
reminding
people
that
the
two
conditions
are
actually
three
conditions
now
that
have
come
forward
with
the
no
primary
morning,
drop-offs
and
afternoon
pickups
and
the
supervision
of
the
administration
to
make
sure
that
it
does
not
become
a
problem.
A
No
window
screening
to
block
the
view
of
the
space,
and
commissioner
halek
has
mentioned,
placing
a
condition
that
there
would
be
some
form
of
nighttime
lighting
to
make
sure
the
space
feels
welcoming.
Even
when
it's
not
in
use.
H
A
All
right
with
those
four
conditions
now
three
of
whom
sort
of
interlock
one
to
each
other
I'll
ask
if
there's
a
motion
for
a
recommendation
of
approval.
A
I'm
sorry,
commissioner
halek
moves.
Is
there
a
second
a
second
second
commissioner,
westerberg
beat
you.
Thank
you,
commissioner,
colin,
though,
for
trying
to
get
in,
but
you're
on,
zoom
you're
a
little
slow.
A
E
C
A
Yes,
so
I
count
nine
votes,
seven.
A
Total
okay,
nine
votes
in
favor,
zero
against
so
it'll
move
forward
to
city
council
with
a
recommendation
for
approval
and
good
luck
with
your
project.
A
This
one
is
being
brought
by
mr
scott
on
behalf
of
1566
oak
avenue,
llc.
So
I'll
ask
if
I
believe,
ms
klotz,
you
are
doing
this
one.
So
I'd
ask
if
you'd,
please
read
that
into
the
record
for
us.
Q
Andrew
scott
attorney
on
behalf
of
1566
oak
avenue,
llc
appeals
the
decision
of
the
determination
of
use
issued
by
the
zoning
administrator
on
march
17
2022
regarding
operations
of
connections
for
the
homeless
at
the
margarita
inn
at
1566
oak
avenue,
which
found
the
operations
to
be
consistent
with
the
zoning
ordinance
definition
for
rooming
house
section,
618
three
and
also
found
existing
special
use.
Ordinance
51074,
adopted
in
1974,
is
no
longer
valid.
The
land
use
commission
is
the
determining
body
for
this
case
in
accordance
with
sections
6398
of
the
evanston
zoning
code
and
ordinance
92021..
Q
Additionally,
additional
letters
both
of
support
and
opposition
were
emailed
to
commissioners
earlier
before
the
meeting,
and
there
is
one
comment
I
believe
in
the
packet
that
was
a
request
for
continuance.
A
H
Me,
could
you
please
clarify
something:
are
we
voting
on
the
interpretation
of
of
the
zoning
administrator
on
both
issues
so.
A
We
again,
we've
had
two
appeals
and
they
kind
of
contradict
each
other,
so
the
first
appeal
was
whether
the
zoning
administrator
aired
by
making
the
declaration
that
the
use
of
this
was
a
rooming
house.
This
appeal
is,
there
is
a
special
use
for
a
rooming
house
that
was
issued
by
the
city
in
1974.
A
A
I've
got
a
couple
names
that
are
on
both
places.
So
forgive
me
while
I
look
through,
I
already
called
diana
dierkus
and
don
dierkes
eric
parrott
I'll
pass
it
I'm
sorry
mike
joyce
and
christina,
and
I
can't
make
out
the
last
name.
But
I
see
you
both
here:
raising
hands
ellen
d
clark.
A
Okay,
I'm
william
mckenna
and
betty
boggs,
our
blog.
I'm
sorry
is
there
anybody
whose
name
I
did
not
call
who
was
planning
on
speaking
on
this
matter.
A
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
will
ask
mr
scott,
who
is
the
appellant
in
this
particular
matter,
to
come
up
and
explain
where
he
thinks
the
zoning
administrator
made
an
error
and
yes,
we'll
move
on
from
there.
R
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman.
Members
of
the
land
use
commission
for
the
record.
My
name
is
andrew
scott,
with
the
law
offices
of
daika,
mcgossett
10,
south
wacker
drive
suite
2300
chicago
illinois.
Just
to
reiterate,
commissioner
halek
had
it
exactly
right.
The
question
before
you
that
my
client
is
appealing
and
just
for
clarity.
My
client
is
50
1566
oak
llc,
which
is
the
owner
of
the
subject
property.
R
So
I
am
representing
ownership
in
the
appeal
of
the
zoning
administrator's
decision,
specifically
as
to
the
question
as
to
whether
or
not
the
rooming
house
special
use,
which
was
granted
back
in
1974
is
invalid.
So
that's
the
question.
That's
before
you
this
evening
in
your
packet
you'll,
see
that
the
zoning
administrator
predicated
her
decision
on
three
specific
points.
R
First,
that
the
special
use
is
invalid
because
it
ceased
to
operate
for
more
than
two
consecutive
years
when
it
operated
as
a
hotel.
The
second
point
were
that
structural
changes
were
made
to
the
building
in
either
1993
or
1994,
and
also
in
2013,
without
the
approval
of
the
planning
development
committee.
R
Obviously,
if
we're
up
here
appealing
it's
our
position
that
the
zoning
administrator
was
erroneous
in
reaching
her
decision,
you
have
a
voluminous
packet
before
you
that
has
a
lot
of
documentation,
a
lot
of
paper,
but
simply
the
documentation.
The
evidence
do
not
support
the
decision
and
that's
the
reason
that
we
are
that
I'm
before
you
this
evening
is
to
talk
through
each
of
those
items.
R
So
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
I'm
going
to
go
a
little
bit
out
of
order
from
the
the
reasons
that
she
reached
her
conclusion,
I'm
going
to
first
talk
about
the
structural
changes
that
she
references,
then
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
off
street
parking
and
then
finally
I'll
turn
to
the
consistency
in
terms
of
the
use
as
a
hotel.
R
So
some
of
those
examples
might
be,
and
I'm
kind
of
prayer
I'm
going
to
paraphrase
a
lot
of
your
a
lot
of
your
definitions,
but
what
we're
looking
for?
Were
there
any
alterations
in
terms
of
load-bearing
walls,
any
of
the
columns
in
the
building
beams
that
are
holding
the
building
up,
girders
or
substantial
changes
to
the
roof
or
the
exterior
walls?
R
That's
what
we're
looking
for
when
we're
trying
to
make
a
determination
whether
or
not
there
have
been
any
structural
alterations,
so
your
packet
that
supports
this
appeal
and
materials
that
were
provided
to
me
in
response
to
a
foia
request.
I
contend,
don't
include
any
evidence
of
any
structural
alterations.
Here's
what's
in
your
packet!
R
There's
a
may
fourth
1981
field
inspection
report
regarding
a
new
license
to
operate
at
the
facility.
There's
no
reference
to
any
structural
changes
whatsoever.
There's
a
january
18,
1984
inspection
report.
It
talks
about
repairs
that
need
to
be
made
to
the
building
fix
the
ceiling
between
the
fifth
and
sixth
floor
replaster.
R
Some
walls
remove
electrical
appliances,
it's
a
long
report,
but
the
bulk
of
it
is
people
who
are
maintaining
small
appliances,
toasters,
things
of
that
nature,
so
nothing
in
there
provides
any
indication
as
to
whether
or
not
there
were
any
structural
alterations
to
the
building
at
that
time.
R
So
then,
the
other
longer
piece
of
material
that
you
have
in
your
packet
is
an
august
31st
2012
bid
package
and
it's
entitled
guest
room
and
bath
renovations,
and
it
goes
into
a
lot
of
detail
as
to
the
scope
of
work,
and
I
I
think
folks
may
be
familiar
that
in
2013,
ownership
did
undertake
a
substantial
renovation
of
this
particular
building.
But
again,
the
nature
of
the
improvements
that
were
done
do
not
rise
to
the
level
of
structural
alterations.
R
It
was
the
the
documents
that
are
in
your
packet.
It's
just
a
bid
package:
it's
not
a
permit,
there's
no
reference
to
any
structural
alterations
and
we'll
concede
that
there
may
have
been
some
moving
of
demising
walls
there
may,
but
principally
it
was
updating
bathrooms.
It
was
updating
rooms,
things
of
that
nature,
no
structural
alterations
to
the
building,
no
moving
up,
girders,
no
additional
supports,
no,
laying
a
foundation
whatsoever.
R
Simply
it
was
an
updating
of
the
building
to
update
the
rooms
to
add
bathrooms
to
allow
the
continued
operation
as
a
rooming
house.
So
again
I
just
I
have
to
reiterate
nothing
in
the
packet
that
you
have
before
you
contains
any
permits,
and
I
have
to.
I
also
should
mention
that
the
zoning
administrator
does
note
that
the
work
that
was
done
back
in
2012
and
2013
was
done
in
accordance
with
approved
permits
by
the
city
of
evanston,
but
there's
nothing
in
this
in
all
the
documentation.
R
That
indicates
that
there
was
any
structural
alterations,
any
kind
of
changes
to
the
bearing
walls,
columns,
girders
beams
or
any
structural
change
of
any
time,
and
so
for
that
reason
I
think
you
have
to
find
that
there's
a
complete
absence
of
evidence
that
there
was
any
structural
alterations
to
the
building
done
in
1994,
2013
or
any
time
since
then,
and
in
the
absence
of
that
documentation
or
any
kind
of
evidence.
Her
decision
is
clearly
erroneous.
R
R
The
problem
came
about
is
when
the
city
approved
a
multi-family
development
for
1555
ridge
avenues
about.
I
think
it
was
about
a
63
unit,
multi-family
building,
and
there
were
discussions
between
my
client
and
the
developer
that
saying
yeah
I
can
put
aside.
You
know
16
spaces
for
you
once
we
get
up
and
running,
but
unfortunately
it
was
a
verbal
commitment.
R
It
was
never
realized
and
so
the
16
parking
spaces
that
were
at
1555
ultimately
went
away,
and
so,
in
fact,
what
we
posit
is
that
it
was
the
city
that
brought
about
the
condition
that
caused
the
owner
of
this
building
to
fall
out
of
compliance,
bless
you
to
fall
out
of
compliance
with
its
special
use.
Permit
it
wasn't
anything
that
my
client
did
affirmatively.
R
Okay,
we
don't
have
a
restaurant
here
anymore;
we
don't
need
26
parking
spaces
and,
given
the
nature
of
the
use,
we
might
not
even
need
16,
but
sick,
but
basic
due
process
would
be
a
notice
of
violation
and
an
opportunity
to
cure
that
violation,
and
it's
also
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
even
if
the
parking
went
away,
even
if
the
even
if
you
didn't
have
the
16
parking
spaces,
that's
not
a
violation
of
the
special
use.
It's
not
a
violation
of
the
special
use
permit
that
would
cause
it
to
become
invalid.
R
The
last
issue
we're
going
to
talk
about.
I
will
concede
that
that
the
issue
of
what
was
the
use
was
it
not
put
to
use
as
a
rooming
house
for
a
period
of
time.
Your
language
of
your
code
specifically
provides
for
that,
but
here
there's
nothing
in
the
1974
special
use,
permit
authorizing
ordinance
or
the
covenant
that
was
recorded
on
the
property
that
memorialized
that
special
use
permit.
R
That
provides
that
it
is
an
automatic
sunset
automatic
invalidation
of
the
special
use
permit,
and
I
think
it's
also
worth
noting.
I
had
alluded
to
before
that.
You
know
there
were
a
number
of
other
buildings
and
other
property
owners
in
the
area
that
used
this
surface
parking
lot
on
at
1555
ridge
avenue
and
one
of
those
owners
was
1570
oak.
R
They
used
57
parking
spaces
at
1555
ridge,
and
what
did
they
do?
They
came
in
and
they
got
a
variation
for
a
to
be
able
to
use
the
city's
parking
structure.
That
was
more
than
a
thousand
feet
away.
They
got
a
variation
for
that
back
in
2019
and
so
again,
I'll
go
back
to
the
notion
of
fundamental
fairness
and
fundamental
due
process.
R
My
client
should
have
had
the
opportunity
to
cure
the
violation,
just
like
1570
oak
did,
but
in
fact
that
wasn't
there
and
so
again.
For
that
reason,
because
of
the
fundamental
absence
of
fairness
and
due
process
and
allowing
my
client
to
cure,
I
also
believe
that
the
special
use
is
not
invalid
due
to
the
absence
of
parking,
because
if
1570
could
cure,
then
certainly
my
client
would
be
able
to
cure
at
this
as
well.
R
So,
let's
talk
about
the
hotel,
the
zoning
administrator
decided
that
the
special
use
is
no
longer
valid,
because
the
owner
did
not
consistently
operate
it.
As
a
rooming
house,
she
determined
that
it
operated
as
a
hotel
since
at
least
2013,
and
going
back
to
what
I
had
mentioned
before
your
code
does
say
that
a
special
use
terminates
if,
for
two
consecutive
years
the
building
becomes
vacant
and
unoccupied
or
is
occupied
for
a
use
other
than
the
special
use.
R
So
I
think
there's
no
question
about
vacancy
lack
of
occupancy.
That's
that's
not!
Where
we're
going
with
this.
It's,
whether
or
not
it
was
occupied
for
a
use
other
than
the
approved
special
use,
and
that's
really
the
question
here
is
whether
or
not
the
property
continued
to
operate
as
a
rooming
house
or
as
the
zoning
administrator
has
determined
it
operated
as
a
hotel.
R
R
R
R
So
you
have
to
dig
a
little
bit
deeper
into
a
rooming
house
to
say:
okay,
it's
a
building,
that's
one
of
the
components,
and
you
also
say
you
have
to
look
at.
You
know
a
lodging
room,
and
so
let's
talk
about
what
a
lodging
room
is
and,
interestingly
enough,
in
your
zoning
code,
you've
got
a
definition
of
lodging
and
you
also
have
the
definition
of
lodging
room
parenthetical
rooming
unit.
R
R
So
then,
another
definition,
embedded
within
a
rooming
house
is
what's
lodging
and
your
zoning
code
defines
lodging
as
a
place
of
business
that
includes
hotels,
motels,
inns
and
uses
of
similar
nature
and
of
similar
nature
and
impact.
R
R
So
I
think
because
of
this
ambiguity,
because
of
the
this,
the
similarity
between
these
two
definitions-
I
don't
think
you
can
say
the
payment
of
the
hotel
tax
in
and
of
itself
is
supportive
of
or
not
proof
of
operating
a
use,
the
use
of
the
property
for
a
rooming
house
or
for
a
hotel.
It's
not
definitive!
R
R
Now.
Interestingly
enough,
when
you
look
at
your
packet
and
you
look
at
the
two
reviews
that
were
provided,
people
refer
to
the
margarita
in
as
an
n,
they
call
it
a
b
and
b.
They
call
it
a
bed
and
breakfast,
so
it
doesn't
seem
like
anybody
who's
on
the
web.
Writing
reviews
really
has
any
idea.
What
this
thing
is
either
because
you've
got
definitions
for
bed
and
breakfasts
and
other
similar
types
of
hospitality
uses.
R
Now,
as
an
initial
matter,
the
the
website
and
the
materials
in
your
packet
don't
reference
the
margarita
in
at
all,
but
assuming
for
a
moment
and
I'll
concede
that
there
was
a
contract
with
ascend
for
a
period
of
time
that
it
was.
We've
got
ascend,
as
you
know
that
ascend
actually
had
a
relationship
with
the
margarita
inn.
But
again,
going
back
to
my
earlier
point.
Ascend
is
a
hospitality,
company
and
they're
going
to
try
to
make
their
products
look
as
good
as
possible
and
so
no
offense
to
the
ownership
of
the
property.
R
R
If
they
did
they
could
they
could
be
convoluted
in
any
number
of
ways
and
the
uses
really
they
depend
on
what
the
definitions
are
in
your
zoning
code.
Not
what
descend
calls
it,
but
what
the
language
is
of
your
zoning
code,
we're
also
going
to
here,
or
you
may
hear
that
the
owner
referred
to
the
building
as
a
hotel
for
many
years,
so
he
must
have
been
operating
a
hotel,
but
again
I'll
go
back
to
the
ascend
example.
R
Just
because
the
owner
says
it's
a
hotel
doesn't
make
it
true
does
not
make
it
a
hotel.
You
have
to
look
at
the
definitions
within
your
zoning
code
to
find
out
what
this
use
is,
and
that's
really
at
the
heart
of
the
issue
here,
and
the
problem
with
the
zoning
administrator's
decision
is
that
your
zoning
code
has
a
number
of
definitions
as
to
residential
uses.
R
Hospitality
uses
things
of
that
nature
that
are
very,
very
similar,
and
I
saw
two
weeks
ago.
This
commission
have
a
very
challenging
time
trying
to
decide
what
connections
was
and
similarly
here
I
think
you
have
an
equal
challenge
to
make
the
determination
of
what
is
the
use
here.
Given
the
similarities
between
the
definitions
that
you
have
in
your
code
today.
R
I
think
it's
also
important
to
point
out
that
in
2013
the
time
when
the
zoning
administrator
says
that
the
property
began
operating
a
hotel
or
speculates
that
it
operated
as
a
hotel
that
there
was
actually
a
certificate
of
zoning
compliance
issued
by
the
city
of
evanston
and
that
city
of
evanston,
I'm
sorry
that
certificate
of
zoning
compliance
stated
that
the
building
is
operated
as
a
rooming
house,
which
is,
in
fact
in
direct
contradiction
to
the
zoning
administrator
supposition
that
the
hotel
use
might
have
started
sometime
in
the
1990s
or
that
it.
R
R
R
R
My
client
has
paid
over
the
years
and
he's
got
and
has
secured
his
rooming
house
license
and
again
I
go
back
to
you
know
what
the
extensive
discussion
that
was
had
a
couple
weeks
back
about
what
is
the
operations
of
connections
at
this
location?
You
know:
what's
a
transitional
shelter,
what's
a
rooming
house
and
we've
got
a
similar
level
of
you
know,
confusion.
I
think
here
when
we're
talking
about
what
is
the
use
and
so
at
the
bottom
of
all
this.
A
Thank
you,
mr
scott.
I
have
a
couple
quick
questions
for
you
and
I'll
kind
of
go
in
the
order
that
you
did
returning
with
the
hotel
aspect
last,
starting
with
the
structural
changes
sure
so
for
the
for
that
particular
one.
I
I'm
not
seeing
anything
that
sort
of
leads
me
to
believe
structural
changes
have
been
made
on
this
property,
so
I
think
you
have
some
points
there
in
that
particular
one.
A
The
second
area
that
we
talked
about
was
the
parking,
and
you
mentioned
that
you
kind
of
wanted
to
push
this
off
on
the
city.
They
took
away
the
parking
space
and
and
didn't
provide
anything
new.
Did
the
city
require
that
parking
be
at
that
location?
Or
did
they
just
tell
you
tell
the
owner
to
find
additional
off
street
parking
in
the
area.
A
Right
right,
so
they
weren't
required
to
use
that
particular
lot.
That
is
correct.
You
also
cited
1570
oak
street
did
re
relocate
their
parking
using
the
amendment
to
their
special
use
process.
I
believe
they
were
granted
a
variation.
A
So,
typically,
what
we
would
do
is
an
amended
or
grant
a
new
variation
or
something
along
those
lines.
Do
you
know
if
that
was
brought,
because
did
they
move
that
because
the
city
cited
them
and
asked
them
to
cure
the
situation,
or
did
they
do
that
on
their
own?
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
that
all
right.
Thank
you
and
then
kind
of
going
into
the
hotel
aspect
of
things.
A
Has
the
owner
of
1566
oak
street
ever
represented
themselves
as
a
hotel
to
the
city
in
any
documentation
which
they
have
sought
funding
from
the
city?
Yes,
and
could
you
speak
a
little
bit
about
that
so.
R
I
believe
there
was
a
period
of
time
back
in
the
2013
renovations,
where
there
was
going
to
be
a
hotel
tax,
sharing
agreement
to
help
ownership,
close
a
funding
gap
to
be
able
to
make
the
necessary
renovations.
And
so
I
believe
that
there
were
materials
submitted
to
the
city
in
support
of
the
assistance,
and
there
were
materials
that
talked
about
the
margarita
inn
and
in
those
materials
there's
reference
to
a
hotel,
and
so
I
go
back
to
that.
A
And
I
think
that's
where
it
gets
a
little
tricky,
because
what
people
use
in
the
vernacular
and
what
the
zoning
ordinance
says
in
particular
are
two
different
things
correct.
I
mean
you
mentioned
the
fact
that
people
refer
to
it
as
a
b
and
b
people
refer
to
it
as
an
in
people
refer
to
it
as
a
hotel.
A
These
are
terms
that
people
just
use
kind
of
loosely
so
that
that's
why
I
wanted
to
to
to
raise
that
point.
Secondly,
you
you
talked
about
tax
definitions.
Is
it
your
contention
that
this
board
should
be
looking
into
tax
definitions,
or
should
we
be
looking
at
the
zoning
definitions?
I
think.
R
That
I
think
that
you
should
look
at
the
hotel
tax
definitions
solely
because
part
of
the
basis
for
the
zoning
administrator's
decision.
Her
evidence
put
forward
is
that
the
owner
paid
the
hotel
tax,
so
that
is
prima
facie
evidence
that
it's
a
hotel.
So
I
think
you
need
to
look
at
the
hotel
tax.
My
my
contention
is
that
the
hotel
tax
could
equally
ensnare
rooming
house
operators
because
of
the
nature
of
the
different
the
nature
of
the
definition
in
your
tax
code.
A
And
it
isn't
your
contention-
and
I
I
don't
want
to
put
words
in
your
mouth
here-
that
this
was
this
was
a
rooming
house,
it
that's
how
it
was
established
in
1974.
at
some
point.
In
that
time
definitions
became
convoluted
and
hotel
became
the
word
that
was
used
for
it,
but
now
we're
referring
to
it
again.
As
a
rooming
house.
A
At
some
point,
during
the
time
from
1974
to
present,
it
had
been
viewed
as
a
hotel.
It
had
been
referred
to
as
a
hotel
in
the
vernacular
on
city
documents
from
the
from
the
owner
himself,
but
now
it
is
being
used
exclusively
as
a
rooming
house
by
connections
for
the
homeless,
or
is
your
contention
that
it
has
been
a
rooming
house
from
day
one
all
the
way
through.
R
A
Are
there
other
questions
from
commissioners?
For
mr
scott,
commissioner,
westerberg.
R
R
Not
to
my
knowledge,
I
I
in
discussions
with
my
client-
I,
as
I
alluded
to
before,
that
a
restaurant,
which
is
you
know,
typically
a
large
driver
of
parking
and
traffic,
and
that
type
of
thing
it
may
have
been
the
situation
where
you
know
the
thinking
was.
We
don't
have
a
primary
driver
of
of
the
traffic
that
we
that
we
did
before
so
the
parking
isn't
needed
so
that
understands.
A
But
I
guess
my
question
is
that,
commissioner,
if
I
could
just
interject
for
a
second,
so
the
restaurant,
though,
is
an
accessory
use
to
the
rooming
house
and
or
hotel.
A
It
is
not
a
self-sustaining
restaurant
correct,
well
the
restaurant's
out
of
business
now,
but
at
the
time
that
you're
talking
about
the
restaurant
requiring
a
certain
amount
of
parking,
it's
still
an
accessory
used
to
that
structure.
It's
not
a
freestanding
restaurant
that
would
not
have
to
take
into
account
any
other
parking.
R
That's
correct:
according
to
your
code,
it's
one
one
space
for
four
per
per
four
rooms.
E
No
problem,
my
point
is
simply
that
if,
if
the
parking
was
tied
into
the
special
use
designation
that
that
might
have
been
something
your
client
really
needed
to
stay
on
top
of
and
be
proactive
with,
I
understand
your
concern
about
due
process
and
being
fair.
I
get
that
point,
but
I
think
there's
also
a
responsibility
for
anyone
who
owns
a
property
that
does
have
a
special
use
designation
to
maintain
some
knowledge
and
proactive
approach
to
keeping
their
requirements
pulled
together.
So
to
speak.
A
Questions
from
other
commissioners
for
mr
scott,
not
seeing
any
before
I
go
to
citizen
comment,
mr
scott.
Thank
you
very
much
I'll
bring
you
back
up
at
the
end
to
make
any
closing
statement.
You'd
like
I'm
going
to
ask
before
we
go
into
citizen
comment,
miss
klotz,
who
is
the
zoning
administrator
who
made
this
determination?
A
Q
Thank
you,
chair
rogers,
a
few
points
of
clarification
based
on
things
that
were
mentioned
related
to
the
2013
interior
renovation,
permit
that
was
issued
by
the
city.
The
estimated
work
value
on
that
permit
was
1.14
million
dollars
and
it
was
a
permit
to
renovate
existing
rooms
and
add
five
new
guest
rooms
and
add
accessibility
to
the
building
so
structural.
Q
H
Q
The
zoning
ordinance
defines
structural
modifications
and
I
can
pull
that
up
right
now.
Q
Actually,
it's
up
here,
it's
up
here,
any
change
other
than
incidental
repairs
in
the
supporting
members
of
a
building
or
structure
such
as
bearing
walls
or
partitions
columns,
beams
or
girders,
or
any
substantial
change
in
the
roof
or
exterior
walls.
So,
since
a
variety
of
walls
were
taken
down
and
or
moved
to
accommodate
the
new
guest
rooms
and
new
bathrooms,
I
deemed
that
to
be
considered
zoning
structural
alterations.
H
H
Q
Additionally,
oh
the
intent
of
the
the
yelp
reviews
that
were
included
was
not
intended
to
show
that
people
are
calling
it
perhaps
an
in
or
a
bnb.
It
was
more
of
the
wording
within
there
describing
what
the
guests
did
and
the
fact
that
they
were
transient
guests
who
said
they
were
in
town
to
visit
for
two
days
and
then
left
more
of
the
hotel
use
rather
than
the
rooming
house
use.
Q
Also
to
note
that,
yes,
this
was
licensed
as
a
rooming
house
by
the
city,
that
is
through
the
health
department
which
licenses
many
uses
as
rooming
houses.
And
yes,
that
does
create
a
conflict
with
how
zoning
views
things.
But
a
rooming
house
license
from
the
health
department
has
nothing
to
do
with
whether
zoning
calls
something
a
rooming
house
or
not,
and
then
just.
Lastly,
the
parking
lot
where
parking
was
leased
at
when
that
project
was
going
through
city
review,
public
notice
was
sent
to
all
property
owners
within
1
000
feet
of
that
site.
A
I
do
have
12
people
signed
up.
I
will
ask
people
to
please
keep
their
comments
related
to
this
particular
matter.
On
the
on
these
specific
subjects
that
we're
discussing-
and
I
will
not
put
time
limits
on
everybody,
but
ask
everybody
to
sort
of
be
cognizant
of
not
getting
up
and
speaking
for
10
minutes,
because
with
12
people
that
would
take
us
two
hours
to
get
through.
A
If
somebody
says
something
that
you
agree
with
and
speaks
earlier,
it's
perfectly
fine
to
get
up
and
say
I
agree
with
what
that
person
said.
So
with
that
I
will
call
the
first
person
up,
which
is
suzanne
calder.
A
I
think
I
don't
think
she
was
here
actually
has
she
shown
up
all
right,
mr
dillo
then
you're
the
first
speaker.
S
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
hear
everyone
speak,
try
to
take
this
off
here,
so
this
is
odd.
I'm
just
going
to
say
that
up
front,
but
there's
a
part
of
this
appeal.
There
was
a
file
tonight
that
wasn't
addressed
all
right
so
and
I
believe
that
this
commission
also
needs
to
act
on
that.
S
So
attorney
google,
which
is
certainly
not
me,
says
that
a
beneficial
interest
is
a
financial
interest
or
an
interest
in
trust,
both
of
which
would
be
contractual
now.
It
also
says
in
the
appeal
that
was
filed,
that,
in
that
application
connections
for
the
homeless
stated
that
its
relationship
to
the
landowner
was
con
was
as
a
contract
purchaser,
so
that
gives
them
would
give
them
the
right
to
put
the
application
in.
But
it
says
right
here
that
that
statement
was
and
continues
to
be
inaccurate.
S
So
it
would
look
on
its
face
that
melissa,
klotz
did
not
have
the
standing
or
connections
for
the
homeless
did
not
have
the
right
to
apply
in
the
first
place.
So
I
believe,
through
this
appeal
process
and
the
facts
that
are
on
the
ground
right
now,
that
this
commission
would
first
need
to
rule
on
whether
or
not
connections
for
the
homeless
ever
had
standing
to
apply
for
a
zoning
when
they
had
no
contractual
or
beneficial
interest
in
the
property.
S
To
begin
with,
so
they
go
on
to
say
that
that
statement
was
and
continues
to
be,
inaccurate
connections
for
the
homeless
has
never
had
a
contract
to
purchase
the
subject
property
because
connections
for
the
homeless
lacked
the
requisite
standing
to
make
the
requisite
the
request.
For
the
zoning
analysis,
it
follows
that
the
zoning
administration
should
not
have
issued
the
use
determination
and
therefore
her
actions
and
there's
a
legal
term
that
I
do
not
I'm
not
going
to
attempt
to
pronounce.
For
that
reason,
the
zoning
administration
decision
should
be
void
and
of
no
effect.
S
That
seems
really
true.
So,
in
effect,
the
idea
that
the
zoning
administration
in
the
first
place
could
come
in
and
say
it's
a
rooming
house
or
ever
given
the
opportunity
to
say
it
was
a
rooming
house
or
ever
given
the
opportunity
to
say
there
was
a
destination
dis.
Continuation
should
have
never
been
allowed
in
the
first
place,
so
I'm
not
at
all
sure
why
that
wasn't
brought
up
tonight.
I'm
not
sure
why
their
attorneys
didn't
brought
it
up.
I'm
not
sure
why
this
commission
or
matt
rogers
didn't
say
hey.
S
A
Thank
you,
mr
dillo,
and
I
I
I
I
I'll
say
I'm
sorry
if
I
mispronounced
someone's
name
diana
durkas.
H
H
Well,
I
think
he
raises
a
great
point,
but
I,
but
I
I'd
like
some
clarification
on
that,
but
I.
Q
I
apologize
I'm
looking
for
that
exact
wording,
that's
in
there
and
have
not
found
it
yet,
but
typically
speaking,
applicants
who
apply
for
a
determination
of
use
are
not
owners,
they're,
almost
always
lessees,
and
that's
why
they're
trying
to
find
out
if
their
use
would
be
a
compliant
zoning
use
to
begin
with,
so
that
that
is
a
typical.
So.
A
And
I'll
note
that,
on
the
application
itself,
the
relationship
to
the
property
owner
from
connections
for
the
homeless
is
as
contract
purchaser.
So
that's
why
what
I
would
interpret
them
to
be?
And
again
that's
that's
fairly
regular
for
someone
to
seek
a
determination
as
a
contract
purchaser,
because
then
they
know
whether
they
can
do
what
they
want
to
do
with
the
property
or
not.
E
Just
a
question
as
to
whether
city
attorneys
would
have
some
input
on
this
before
we
get
down
the
path
of
dueling
legal
opinions,.
I
Thank
you,
alex
ruggie
assistant
city
attorney.
I
would
agree
with
staff's
determination
as
well.
It
is
a
typical
situation
where,
in
which
a
buyer
or
a
lessee
would
apply
for
this,
and
it
is
allowed
under
the
code,
connections
did
clarify
that
they
were
a
potential
buyer
and
there
is
no
appeal
before
this
commission
at
this
time
that
they
did
not
have
standing.
A
Miss
rookie,
I'm
sorry,
ms
durkas,
to
to
interrupt
you
there.
While
we
cleared
that
up.
If
you
would
please
come
up
and
state
your
name
and
give
us
your
testimony.
T
We
won't
be
involved
because,
as
we
found
out
in
these
hearings,
it's
a
complex
issue.
Zoning
for
this
doesn't
fit
into
an
existing
code.
The
designation
as
a
roommate
house
does
not
fit
the
operations
of
the
shelter
we
who
live
in
the
neighborhood
are
expert
voices.
T
T
Residents
from
dempster
to
davis
have
experienced
the
sights
and
sounds
of
human
howling,
drunk
people
in
the
park
and
mentally
unstable
speechifying
at
the
school
bus.
Stop
as
the
there's
unsanitary
conditions
occurring,
also
public
urination
and
defecation
a
used
tampon
that
sat
for
days
on
the
parkway
in
front
of
the
margarita
inn
human
excrement.
On
my
front
lawn.
T
This
indicates
we
need
tighter
zoning
to
frame
the
responsibility
for
public
safety
and
sanitary
conditions
resulting
from
the
margarita
inn.
There's
also
a
general
mistrust
in
the
neighborhood
for
of
what
connections.
Because
of
its
communication
tactics
for
every
issue,
we
bring
up,
they
deflect
and
whip
up
whipping
up
sentiment
that
we
are
racist
and
anti-homeless.
T
T
T
I've
guessed
that
that
means
they
want
to
house
the
homeless
from
skokie,
while
matt
waukegan
and
other
municipalities
at
the
margarita
inn.
But
we
don't
know
for
sure,
because
connections
has
deflected
that
question
too
they're,
also
not
being
honest
about
housing
residents
who
have
drug
and
alcohol
addiction
problems
and
acute
mental
health
issues.
We've
seen
them
in
the
neighborhood,
often,
and
that's
why
I'm
here
tonight.
T
That's
where
my
colleagues
are
here
tonight
to
demonstrate
the
need
for
a
zoning
code
that
sets
rules
and
restrictions,
a
code
to
protect
the
residents
of
the
margarita
inn,
as
well
as
the
neighborhood,
a
code
that
can
help
connections
set
and
enforce
shelter,
rules
and
turn
away
those
who
violated.
Thank
you.
A
I
I
noticed
that
with
a
couple
groups
tonight.
U
Okay,
thank
you
again
for
listening
to
us.
This
is
a
tough
issue.
It's
once
very
important
to
all
the
stakeholders,
neighbors
chief
among
them-
and
I
am
a
neighbor
of
the
marguerite
inn.
We
live
approximate
to
the
to
the
building,
we're
not
complaining
about
trivial
matter
here
we
want
our
encounters
from
the
from
those
living
at
the
margheritan,
or
those
attracted
to
the
margarita.
Inn
is
very
clear:
we've
had
an
astounding
increase
in
emergency
calls
over
the
past
two
years
from
the
prior
two
years.
U
U
We're
not
asking
for
the
margaritan
and
the
connections
for
the
homeless
center
to
go
away.
That's
not
our
objective.
We're
looking
for
controls
already
established
by
ordinance
to
be
applied
here.
The
the
ordinance
may
not
may
not
fit
exactly
the
use,
but
that's
why
there's
a
process
for
modifying
that
by
variance
or
special
or
unique
uses.
U
This
process
has
been
well
established.
People
use
it
all
the
time,
as
you
know
better
than
the
better
than
me,
but
to
ignore
that
is
to
put
one
class
of
people
the
homeless,
from
northern
illinois,
above
all
others,
including
the
citizens
that
have
been
in
the
neighborhood
for
years,
so
we're
not
asking
for
the
removal
or
the
discontinuation
of
the
center
just
that
it
be
licensed
or
controlled
or
regulated
in
some
way
based
on
city
code.
U
It's
clearly
not
a
rooming
house.
There's
treatments
are
provided
there.
For
example,
it
doesn't
fit
the
exact
definition
of
a
rooming
house,
as
has
been
pointed
out
in
the
past,
by
the
zoning
administrator,
and
so
it's
it's
it's
special
or
unique,
and
so
we're
just
asking
for
that
clarity
and
that
oversight
by
the
city
to
be
applied.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
mr
durkees.
Monica
forte.
K
Good
evening,
thank.
C
K
I
am
an
attorney
monica
forte.
I
am
with
the
firm
forte
and
associates
in
chicago
I
represent
john
cleeve
and
chris
dillo,
mr
cleave
does
live
within
the
boundary
notification
area.
Surrounding
the
margarita
end.
I
did
submit
a
request
for
continuance.
I
am
I'm
the
individual
who
sought
a
continuance
of
tonight's
hearing,
primarily
because
I
have
literally
been
retained
about
two
days
ago,
so
my
ability
to
review
everything,
including
things
that
were
addressed
this
evening,
has
been
very
limited.
K
K
A
What
I'm
going
to
do
is
I'll
move
you
to
the
end
perfect,
and
I
want
to
talk
to
the
attorney
for
a
second
but
I'll.
Do
that
I'll?
Let
everyone
else
get
their
their
public
comment
in
we'll
have
our
sidebar
discussion
and
then
I'll.
Ask
you
to
come
up
and
address.
Thank.
A
You,
the
next
speaker
I
have
have
on
the
list,
is
eric
bessette.
L
You
know
on
a
I'm,
a
rental
agent
and
involved
we've
had
so
I
get
to
see
when
people
try
to
renew
their
leases.
Why
they're
leaving
what's
happened?
What's
going
on,
we've
had
several
tenants
say:
they're
are
not
renewing
their
lease
because
of
problems
with
marguerite
in
it's
a
fact:
I'm
not
making
it
up.
It's.
We
have
other
people
who've
seen
our
building
come
and
view
the
apartment
with
us
later
on.
They
say
you
know.
L
L
You
know
last
last
council
me,
I
mean,
excuse
me
last
meeting
we
had
here
for
the
zoning
we
had
one
of
your
the
associates
of
homework
shelters
say
we
don't
have
a
problem.
That
was
her
exact
word.
We
just
kind
of
blend
in
like
I'm
here
to
tell
you
they
don't
blend
in
we've,
had
several
problems
with
people
coming
right,
next
door
to
our
building
and
and
harassing
our
attendants.
L
L
L
The
issue
is
not
even
being
addressed:
they're,
not
saying
that
they're,
a
problem
160
instances
right
on
their
front
doorstep
and
they're,
not
even
saying
that
they
have
a
problem
if
they
said.
Okay,
we
have
a
lot
of
issues
here.
We're
willing
to
address
them,
that'd
be
one
thing
but
they're,
not
even
addressing
that.
L
That's
a
real,
that's
that's
appalling,
to
say
the
least.
You
know
you
have
the
the
you
know
you
have
the
I
want
to
see
a
chief
police
officer.
You
know
say
how
many
calls
they've
had
from
their
other.
I
don't
want
to
keep
on
repeating
myself.
All
I'm
saying
is
the
problem.
Is
they
don't
even
identify,
there's
a
problem?
A
Mr
passa,
for
your
comments,
next
speaker
is
mike
joyce.
V
Mike
joyce,
I
loved
1101
grove
street
two
doors
down
from
margarita
end.
I
spoke
last
time
primarily
about
nuisances
that
happened
last
year.
Since
our
meeting
the
meeting
last
meeting
things
escalated,
it's
become
a
threat
to
our
life,
our
health,
my
wife's
health
she's,
going
to
come
up
here
and
talk
about
what
happened
to
her.
V
English
is
not
her
primary
language.
So
I'm
going
to
describe
what
happened
on
may
15th
a
sunday
evening.
I
got
a
text
message
from
her
saying
that
a
crazy
man
was
was
following
her
and
stalking
her
and
that
she
was
afraid
to
come
and
she
finally
got
home.
That's
when
she
texted
me,
because
she
didn't
have
her
phone
with
her
the
way
she
described
it.
A
man
pulled
up
in
a
car
next
to
her
and
told
her
that
somebody
was
following
her
and
she
was
in
danger.
V
She
turned
around
and
she
saw
a
person
who
regularly
comes
and
goes
from
the
margarita.
He
continued
to
follow
her
afterwards,
so
she
tried
to
elude
him.
Eventually,
she
managed
to
cross
the
street
timing
the
light
correctly,
so
he
couldn't
follow
her
and
she
escaped
when
she
finally
got
back
home.
He
was
sitting
outside
the
house
waiting
for
her
and
he
gave
her
a
look.
She
told
me
he
looked
at
her
like
I
know
where
you
live.
V
V
V
I
would
love
to
hear
what
they,
what
they're
doing
to
correct
that
and
not
let
that
happen
again,
but
it's
a
public
safety
hazard
and
really
it's
it's
that
that's
my
biggest
concern
now
is
the
safety
of
my
family.
So
I'm
gonna,
let
my
wife
christina
talk
about
that.
Her
incident.
W
Record
my
last
name
is
j-I-a-n-g,
as
my
chinese
name
translates
young,
but
easy
for
everybody
is
christina
my
husband
joyce,
so
I
I
just
tell
the
truth.
I
never
saw
this
can
happen
in
this
neighborhood.
That's
that's
the
only
truth.
I
moved
here
10
years
ago
and
2013
and
I
live
in
this
building
the
current
building
one
group
of
101
and
I
never
had
a
problem
I
feel
so
safe
day
and
night.
Sometimes
my
dog
have
a
problem
need
to
go
out
at
2
o'clock
at
night.
W
When
I
woke
up
my
dog,
because
I
I
walk
everywhere,
I
don't
drive,
I
walk
everywhere
in
the
city,
that's
why
I
we
choose
to
live
in
that
location
because
so
convenient
so
close
to
the
campus
and
students
around
and
safe,
but
the
day
my
husband
mentioned
last
week,
and
I
actually
during
that
time
I
woke
my
dog
the
first
time
I
saw
him
very
angry
talking
and
walked
toward
me
twice.
W
I
tried
to
avoid
to
the
other
street
and
I
think
I
can
manage
it,
but
at
night
6
30,
I
woke
my
dog
and
all
the
sudden,
a
car
pulling
by
my
side,
a
very
respectful
black
man
get
out
of
the
car.
He
said
he
told
me
he
said:
do
you
know
that
man
I
turned
around?
As
I
said,
I
know
that
man,
the
margarita
in
and
I
said
he
asked
me,
do
you
know
he
followed.
You
two
blocks
and
I
don't
know
he
said
I
thought
he
know
you,
that's
why
I
follow
you.
W
No
no.
I
said
that
I
don't
know
him,
but
he
said
you
need
to
be
cautious.
He
followed,
I
I
that's
why
I
follow
you
to
park
and
let
you
know
he
follow.
You
two
blocks,
so
he
said
you
need
to
try
get
away
from
him,
but
I
don't
have
phone
with
me
at
that
time.
So
I
pulled
my
dog
and
tried
to
go
to
the
alley
and
cross
the
fence
and
go
the
other
way.
W
Try
to
get
him
away
from
my
tail
and
I
worked
several
blocks
half
an
hour
and
I
thought
then
I
lost
him
on
my
back.
So
I
got
back
home
and
he
he
was
sitting
there
and
he
didn't
talk
getting
quiet
and
smirk
on
the
face
and
look
at
me.
It
means
that
I
know
where
you
are.
You
cannot
get
away
from
me
and
I
was
so
panicked.
W
I
should
not
because
I'm
already
this
age,
but
I
still
can't
help
but
shaving
and
drag
my
dog
into
the
into
the
building,
and
I
couldn't
even
put
my
kids
into
the
keyhole
and
I
was
thinking
if
if
he
broke
the
door,
what
I'm
going
to
do-
and
I
I
put
my
husband
put
these
things
online
and
some
somebody
I
heard
that
replied.
I
said
I
didn't
deal
with
it
properly
because
I
should
be
calm.
I
should
talk
to
him
calm
him
down.
I
should
go
to
the
neighborhood.
W
Some
other
place,
some
other
homes
to
get
the
support.
Whatever
should
not
be
panic,
but
I
don't
think
it's
fair
for
me,
who
would
not
be
bothered
by
this
kind
of
situation
never
happened
before
and
from
now.
After
these
events,
I
feel
so
disturbed
working
on
that
sidewalk
I've
been
working
seven
years
nine
years
10
years.
W
I
always
turn
my
head
down
and
to
see
if
there
anybody
there
or
I
totally
myself
I'll
totally
go
reach
or
go
maple
or
go
any
other
street.
I
couldn't
go
that
straight
and
whenever
anything,
I
need
a
look
back.
Look
around
it's
it's
insane.
I
think
in
this
downtown
area,
so
close
to
the
campus
so
close
to
the
downtown
restaurant,
all
the
business
and
this
young
young
people
live
around,
so
many
students
in
my
building.
They
have
young
students,
girls
and
in
the
neighborhood
nest
building.
W
So
many
girls,
young
girls,
young
professionals,
young
families,
live
around.
How
can
this
happen
and
cannot
be
addressed
cannot
be
managed.
I
just
couldn't
believe
it
that's
my
true
feeling.
I
don't
think
if
somebody
get
killed,
you
cannot
blame
that
the
people
who
get
killed
didn't
wear
the
the
protection
to
to
prove
the
bullet.
X
X
In
the
beginning,
I
think
what
I
I
want
to
say
is
I
kind
of
agree
with
the
gentleman
over
here.
I
kind
of
feel
for
him,
because
we
we
don't
rent,
so
we
we
would
have
a
difficult,
more
difficulty
moving
than
a
year
by
year,
rental
tenant,
but
if,
if
landlords
and
most
of
the
buildings
in
that
area,
that
the
landlords
have
are
very
well
kept
up
if
they're
moving
out
because
of
this
situation,
I
don't
think
it's
a
good
thing
for
the
neighborhood.
X
X
X
The
basic
fact
here
is
that
this
is
a
homeless
shelter.
I
haven't
heard
anything
from
the
people
that
are
operating
this
or
proposed
to
operate
this,
that
there
any
protections
built
in
for
either
the
residents
in
the
area
or
the
people
that
reside
there
in
the
first
place.
Is
there
going
to
be
staffing
there?
Is
it
going
to
be
staffing
24
hours
a
day?
X
X
X
X
What
is
going
to
be
done
to
provide
the
homeless
tenants,
a
medical
facilities,
medical
attention?
X
And
I
have
had
experience
with
being
assistant
corporation
council
for
the
district
columbia,
among
other
things,
with
the
homeless
problem,
and
you
can't
just
take
somebody
in
and
house
them
and
say:
okay,
fine!
You
know
you
got
to
eat.
Okay
with,
I
heard
something
about
well,
there's
going
to
be
microwave
or
a
hot
plate
or
something
no.
X
X
Do
they
have
somebody
a
medical
facility
that
they
can
contact
that
they
can
get
these
people
to
if
they
need
medical
attention?
All
of
these
questions
come
to
my
mind
and
yeah.
You
could
go
ahead
and
recommend
a
zoning
classification
that
would
permit
what
these
people
want
to
do
with
the
property,
but
I
think
you
can
also
put
in
conditions
that
address
these
problems,
because
this
is
a
a
situation
where
a
number
of
conditions
need
to
be
attached.
A
Thank
you,
mr
clark.
Mrs
clark,
if
you
can
state
your
name,
please
for
the
record.
F
My
name
is
deborah
walner
clark.
I
am
along
with
my
husband,
a
resident
at
1585
ridge
in
that
co-op
building
that
he
just
explained,
I'm
going
to
take
it
from
a
different
angle
than
what
my
husband
was
saying.
So
that's
why
I
asked
if
I
could
speak
a
little
just
briefly,
and
I
also
agree
with
chairman
rogers
that
I
could.
What
I'd
like
to
do
is
just
speak
to
some
of
the
things
that
have
been
addressed
this
evening
by
other
people
before
me,
and
I
I
don't
have
the
legal
background.
F
So
please
forgive
me
if
I'm
not
exactly
accurate
in
in
my
expression,
however,
I
do
have
a
background
in
special
needs.
Be
that
as
it
may,
when
attorney
scott
was
speaking,
there
were
several
things
that
I
found
very
interesting
because
when
we
moved
into
the
building
now
our
building
is
we
have
an
alley.
That
lovely
is
we.
We
now
have
a
lovely
new
asphalted
alley
thanks
to
the
city
and
our
building
backs
up
to
the
margarita
inn.
Now
I
believe
I
would
say
it's
kind
of
caddy
corner.
F
If
you
know
what
I
mean,
so
I'm
not
sure
about
the
thousand
feet
closeness,
but
I
have
to
say
I'm
very
much
aware
of
the
back
the
building
not
so
much
the
front
of
the
building.
When
we
first
moved
in
eight
years
ago.
My
unit
was
totally
uninhabitable
and
it
was
a
scorching
hot
summer.
This
would
have
been
the
summer
of
2014,
and
I
decided
that
I
was
going
to
go
across
the
alley
and
find
a
room
because
it
looks
so
neat
and
it
was
sort
of.
It
was
one
of
the
reasons
we
moved.
F
There
was
because
this
hotel
could
use.
We
could
use
this
hotel
for
our
guests,
so
I
I
contacted
ascend
and
I
made
a
reservation
through
ascend
and
I
was
familiar
with
choice.
Hotels,
surprisingly,
and
we
had
had
dinner
at
penn
sierra
several
times
in
preceding
years,
so
I
knew
there
was
a
restaurant
in
the
base
of
the
building.
F
F
F
F
So
I
say
that
because
another
issue
that
he
so
I
kind
of
question
with
with
the
way
he's
he's
phrased
a
few
things
here.
Another
part
of
it
was
the
off
street
parking.
I'm
not
sure
how
that's
going
to
work
out
and
I'm
not
saying
that
you
don't
want
to
have
this
establishment
now
with
connection,
but
those
parking
places
at
the
time
were
assigned
where
we
now
have
this
huge
building.
F
That's
just
been
constructed
over
the
last
year,
so,
where
they're
going
to
find
parking
in
a
convenient
location,
I'm
not
sure,
but
it's
it's
an
issue
because,
as
I
drive
through
that
alley,
I
see
these
cars
wedged
into
the
back
of
the
parking
I
mean,
there's
like
maybe
five
slots,
I'm
sure
they'll
be
able
to
tell
you
how
many
they're
using
every
bit
of
their
allocated
area,
but
obviously
when
it
was
about
panciera
and
the
margarita
inn,
they
had
quite
a
few
other
spaces
in
that
lot.
That
now
is
not
available.
F
So
it's,
I
guess
my
my
exception.
With
attorney
scott's
information.
Is
there
it's
not
quite
clear,
and
so
it
makes
me
question
what
else
might
they
be
avoiding
or
what
are
they
not
addressing
now
I
know
that
a
zoning
committee
doesn't
deal
with
health
and
all
the
other
regulations
that
my
husband
was
speaking
about,
but
it
does
make
me
question
how
they're
addressing
these
things.
I
do
agree
with
the
fact
that
that
renovation
bid
packet
probably
covered
some
of
that
million
dollars
probably
did
cover
some
of
the
things
I
saw
in
the
hotel.
F
I
do
agree
with
I'm
going
to
say
mrs
dirks
dirkus
and
specifically
in
the
idea
of
screaming
and
being
an
in
hearing
things
that
I
was
yes,
I
live
in
this
city
now
I
realize
that,
but
in
our
building,
I'd
have
to
take
a
look
at
the
percentage
of
the
number
of
people
over
65.
F
inadvertently.
People
are
yelling
and
screaming
and
asking
for
admittance
into
our
building.
Well,
it
makes
me
think
where
are
they
coming
from?
We
never
had
this
before,
and
maybe
it's
not
there,
but
there
there
have
been
issues
with
that
and
inadvertently
they
actually
let
someone
into
our
building.
Who
then,
was
walking
around
and
had
that
had
to
be
addressed?
F
M
Good
evening,
william
mckenna,
I'm
with
the
law
firm
of
foley
and
lardner
representing
connections,
I'm
also
an
evanston
restaurant
evanson
resident.
I
have
three
things
to
say
tonight.
First,
I
want
to
respond
to
mr
dillo's
comments
and
in
that
regard,
the
zoning
code
section
5-3-9-3.
M
Which
is
the
code
provision
entitled
parties
entitled
to
seek
an
interpretation
from
the
zoning
administrator?
It
says
applications
for
interpretations
may
be
filed
by
any
person
having
a
legal
or
equitable
interest
in
property.
That
gives
rise
to
the
need
for
an
interpretation,
so
connections
since
2020
has
been
a
party
to
a
written
agreement
with
ownership
that
written
agreement
has
been
amended
two
times
and
that
agreement
entitles
connections
in
return
for
specified
payments
to
utilize
rooms.
M
M
M
The
only
thing
that's
holding
us
up
is
ownership
has
asked
us
to
hold
off
they
their
it's.
A
signature
from
ownership
is
required,
or
the
permission
of
ownership
is
required
for
the
special
use
while
they
pursue
this
appeal
and
while
they
negotiate
with
connections
for
an
actual
contract
for
the
sale
of
the
property.
So
those
are
my
three
comments.
Thank
you.
A
My
final
speaker
before
I
get
back
to
miss
forte
is
betty
bogg
you're
not
going
to
speak
all
right.
Thank
you.
So,
at
this
point
miss
forte.
If
you
would
like
to
come
up
and
state
the
the
reason
for
the
request
for
a
continuance
well,.
K
K
This
bid
package
for
the
2013
major
renovation
at
the
property.
I
have
not
seen
that.
I
do
think
that
there
may
be
other
documentation
that
would
support
the
administrator's
determination
with
respect
to
the
structural
changes
at
the
property,
but
I
have
not
had
an
opportunity
to
pursue
those
in
support
of
that
determination.
K
So
the
other
issue
that
I
brought
up
was
the
boundary
notification
that
we
have
been
made
aware
that
at
least
at
least
one
individual
within
that
area
did
not
receive
mailing
notice
of
this
appeal
and
tonight's
hearing.
So
if
there
is
any
concerns
about
notice,
I
think
those
we
should
be
given
an
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
notice
has
been
properly
given
so
that
there
isn't
any
issue
with
that
going
forward.
The
other.
K
K
A
Right,
thank
you.
I
believe
I'm
just
going
to
take
them
a
slightly
out
of
order.
I
believe
that
the
notification,
if
someone
does
not
receive
notification,
we
if
the
city
has
sent
them
in
good
faith
that
that's
not
really
a
reason
to
grant
a
continuance
or
to
hold
things
up.
If
I'm
not
mistaken,
that's
been
our
practice.
Correct.
I
A
All
right,
thank
you,
mr
cleave.
I
fully
understand
wanting
to
testify.
I
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
that.
I
think
your
strongest
argument
is
wanting
to
review
the
documents
that
that
have
been
presented.
Obviously,
it's
not
up
to
me
to
grant
a
continuance
it's
up
to
this
board.
A
K
Well,
I
I
do
think
that
there
were
actually
four
bases
for
the
administrator's
determination.
K
She
said
that
it
became
it
expired
because
the
property
ceased
to
be
used
as
a
rooming
house,
that
there
were
structural
changes
that
were
not
approved
by
the
planning
commission
and
that
the
parking
requirement
had
not
been
maintained,
but
she
did
also
mention
that
there
was
that
the
current
request
or
proposed
use
is
for
63
units,
and
it
was,
it
had
been
reduced
to
42
units,
so
that
request
would
exceed
significantly
what
the
property
was
currently
being
used
for,
or
the
intended
use
of
it.
At
this
moment
in
time.
A
All
right,
and
I'm
not
saying
a
continuance
is
granted,
but
would
would
our
next
scheduled
meeting
is
for
june
8th?
What
does
our
agenda
look
like
for
that
night?.
A
So
it's
not
we're
not
at
our
four
that
we
try
to
stay
within.
Would
june
8th,
provide
you
with
enough
time,
because
we
do
have
to
continue
to
a
date
specific
right.
K
It
it
may
not,
and,
and
the
reason
for
that
is
because
my
expectation
is
that
this
will
be
the
subject
of
foia
requests,
which
may
not
be
responded
to
within
a
two-week
period.
That's
my
big
concern.
A
So
if
we
granted
a
continuance
to
the
22nd,
which
is
a
busy
night,
I
understand
we
could
grant
the
continuance
how?
How
could
we
normally
we
grant
the
continuance
for
a
special
rebuttal
of
a
certain
type
of
information,
or
something
like
that?
This
seems
to
be
a
little
more
open-ended
than
that,
because
it's
not
one
specific
thing
that
you're
seeking
at
this
time.
It's
not
like
you're,
saying
well,
their
parking
arrangement
doesn't
work
or
something
like
that.
I
mean
this
could
be
a
very
open-ended
discovery
for
you
possibly
right.
A
I
hate
to
keep
kicking
this
down
the
road
further,
because
then
we
get
into
our
next
meeting
would
be
july.
13Th.
A
Okay,
I'm
I'm
fine
doing
it
that
way,
if
you're
comfortable
doing.
A
That's
who
I
was
trying
to
get
to
who
did?
I
need
to
ask
to
move
quickly
on
this,
so
with
all
of
that
discussion,
realizing
that
commissioner
lindewell
will
not
be
here
on
the
8th,
but
not
necessarily
wanting
to
have
to
continue
this
on
into
july.
If
possible,
is
there
a
motion
to
grant
a
continuance.
A
R
So
the
record
andrew
scott,
with
the
law
offices
of
dike
mcgossett
here
on
behalf
of
the
owner
of
the
property
of
1566
oak,
mr
chairman,
the
appellants
mr
cleave
and
mr
dillo
filed
their
appeal
almost
30
days
ago.
They
had
plenty
of
time
to
retain
counsel
and
it's
not
until
two
days
ago
that
they
decided
that
it
was
time
to
retain
council
now.
My
client
has
you're
talking
about
dates
out
in
june
and
july.
R
They
had
plenty
of
time
to
get
legal
counsel
and
I
honestly
don't
think
that
the
foia
is
going
to
reveal
any
more
information
that
was
provided
to
me,
or
that
was
in
your
packet
today,
because
I
did
the
exact
same
for
you
for
all
the
documentation
and
support
of
the
zoning
administrator's
decision
two
weeks
ago.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
again.
A
continuance
has
been
requested
and
it
is
our
policy
to
if
someone
requests
a
continuance,
because
they
want
to
rebut
certain
information
or
seek
a
certain
piece
of
information
to
contradict
or
buttress
their
argument
against
something
that
was
presented
to
us
tonight.
E
I'll
make
disney
I'll
make
the
motion,
at
least
to
continue
into
june,
8th
understanding
that
the
neighbors
are
not
exactly
like
an
organization
that
can
always
pull
in
legal
help
when
needed.
But
I
would
definitely
not
want
to
continue
beyond
junaid.
A
Second,
it's
been
moved
by
westerberg
and
seconded
by
aravelo
arvalo.
Is
there
any
discussion
hearing
none.
Y
As
a
structural
engineer,
I've
reviewed
all
the
documents
and,
if
I
think
and
if
the
main
argument
for
the
continuance
is
looking
for
more
structural
members,
it's
in
my
opinion
that
that's
not
going
to
be
found.
So
I
don't
think
that's
a
very
strong
argument
and
I
wouldn't
support
the
continuance
based
on
that.
H
I
agree,
I
think,
the
the
of
the
three
arguments.
The
structural
is
the
clearest
to
me
and
I
I
I
I
think.
If
there
were
structural
modifications
it
would
be
in
the
document
somewhere,
because
that's
very,
very
significant.
H
A
You
any
other
comments:
if
not,
there
is
a
motion
to
grant
a
continuance
until
june
8
2022
on
the
agenda.
I'm
sorry
on
the
floor
for
1566
oak
avenue,
22
zmjv0035,
ms
jones,
would
you
please
call
the
roll.
C
E
G
C
C
A
Yes,
I
think
if
I
count
correctly,
that
is
five
nays
and
four
years
correct.
So
with
that
the
continuance
is
not
granted,
so
we
will
be.
We
will
continue
on
with
this
hearing
tonight,
as
is
so,
I
will
give
you
an
opportunity
now,
if
you'd
like
to
speak
to
any
of
those
particular
issues,
you'd
like
to
address
that
were
raised.
K
Sure
I
guess,
with
respect
to
this
standing
argument,
that
it
was
made
in
the
owner's
appeal,
so
I'm
assuming
that's
being
abandoned
by
the
owner.
It
was.
It
was
the
owner's
appeal
that
raised
the
standing
issue.
I
don't
think
that
anyone
else
raised
it
other
than
to
demonstrate
that
that
was
presented
as
a
basis
for
nullifying,
I
would
say,
the
determination
of
the
administrator.
K
K
As
I
said,
I
do
have
some
supplemental
information
that
I
would
like
to
provide
to
the
commission
happy
for
council
as
well.
If
I
may.
A
A
K
These
definitions
are
not
the
same.
They
are
not
so
similar
as
to
conclude
that
they
are
one
and
the
same.
If,
if
we
were
to
accept
the
argument
raised
by
owner's
counsel
that
we
should
instead
look
at
the
taxing
deficit
definition
of
what
is
a
hotel
or
what
is
a
rooming
house,
then?
Presumably
the
city
has
been
improperly
taxing
hotels,
which
are
really
rooming.
K
Houses
for
a
number
of
years,
which
I
don't
think
is
where
we
are
headed
with
this
determination,
exhibit
a
to
the
submission
that
I
provided
is
a
trip
advisor
page,
that
is,
for
the
margarita
european
inn.
It
states
that
it
is
part
of
the
ascend
hotel
collection.
K
There
are
numerous
reviews
on
the
trip
advisor
page
as
recently
as
june
2020
relating
to
hotel
stays
at
the
margarita.
There
are
responses
from
the
margarita
hotel
staff
referring
to
the
margarita
as
a
hotel.
I
don't
think
there's
any
confusion
between
the
guests
of
the
hotel
as
to
whether
it
is
a
rooming
house
nor
the
staff
exhibit
b
is
michael
pure's,
linkedin
page,
who
is
the
owner
of
the
entity
that
owns
the
margarita.
K
He
refers
to
himself
as
innkeeper
margarita
european
inn,
and
the
margarita
is
referred
to
on
his
own
linkedin
pages.
Chicago's
boutique
hotel.
Again,
not
a
rooming
house.
That's
a
hotel
and
in
this
zoning
definition
they
are
distinctly
different.
Exhibit
c.
Is
the
records
from
the
illinois
secretary
of
state
again
demonstrating
that
mr
pure
is
the
manager
of
the
petitioning
entity?
K
1566
oak
avenue,
llc
exhibit
d?
Is
the
margarita
in
facebook
page
which
it
maintains,
which
again
has
references
to
the
entity
as
a
hotel
people's
stays
there
and
including
a
photo
of
mr
pure
commenting
about
one
of
the
joys
of
being
an
innkeeper,
is
being
able
to
offer
hospitality
to
some
milk
carton,
kids,
who
were
performing
in
the
neighborhood
again
not
referenced
as
a
rooming
house?
It's
a
hotel.
K
Exhibit
f
is
the
july
2nd
2020
memorandum
from
the
city
of
evanston,
where
the
margarita
was
found
by
the
city
to
be
delinquent
in
paying
its
hotel
taxes
again,
the
city
decided
that
this
is
a
hotel.
Not
a
rooming
house
exhibit
g
is
the
may
11
2020
memorandum
of
understanding
between
the
city
of
evanston
and
connections
for
the
homeless,
and
yet
again
the
margarita
inn
is
deemed
a
hotel
as
other
entities
such
as
the
hilton
orrington
and
the
hilton
hilton
garden
inn.
K
Exhibit
h
is
a
february
27
2013
economic
development
committee
meeting
notes
where
financing
or
funding
was
sought
for
the
improvements
to
be
made
at
the
margarita
inn,
which
again
was
deemed
to
be
a
hotel
and
exhibit.
I
is
an
article
from
evanston
now
from
may
8
2014,
where
the
headline
is
margarita
and
holds
a
grand
reopening
again.
K
K
Now
I
understand
the
owner
is
arguing
that
it's
as
a
result
of
the
city,
removing
the
parking
that
it
had
been
leasing,
but
there
does
not
appear
to
be
any
explanation
as
to
what
efforts
were
undertaken
to
replace
those
parking
spaces
or
any
efforts
to
dispute
with
the
city.
Whether
or
not
those
parking
spaces
should
be
taken
from
their
use
and
again
that
is
up
to
the
property
owner
to
maintain
you
know
what
it
is
required
to
maintain
to
meet
within
the
special
use.
K
It
was
not
required
to
use
those
specific
parking
spaces
it
needed
to
find
alternative
parking
spaces
which
it
did
not
do,
and
for
that
reason
again,
we
agree
with
administrator
class's
determination
that
the
failure
to
maintain
those
parking
spaces
again
is
violation
of
the
special
use
and
invalidates
it
with
respect
to
these
structural
changes.
As
I
stated,
I
have
not
had
the
opportunity
to
review
everything
that
was
discussed
this
evening.
K
However,
we
do
note
that,
in
among
the
items
that
the
administrator
reviewed
and
relied
upon,
there
is
in
1984,
the
building
owner
was
instructed
to
repair
or
replace
the
entire
roof.
Now
repair
and
replacement
of
a
roof
is,
I
think,
indisputably
a
structural
issue.
I
again
do
not
have
you
know
the
records
of
what
was
saw
or
transpired
in
1984
other
than
this
directive
from
the
inspector
to
replace
that
roof.
K
We
agree
that
this
is
a
and
it's
a
case
where
the
current
situation
doesn't
comply
with
that
prior
special
use,
if
if
they
want
to
maintain
operations
there
that
they
do
need
to
apply
for
special
use
and
the
requested
special
use
needs
to
be
vetted
and
addressed
just
as
any
other
special
use
would
be.
So
at
this
point,
we
would
ask
that
the
commission
uphold
the
administrator's
determination
that
the
1974
special
use
has
expired
and
is
invalid.
A
Seeing
none
I
will
allow
mr
scott
to
come
up
and
address
us,
make
any
rebuttal
final
statements
before
we
close
the
record
and
begin
deliberation.
R
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman.
I
know
it's
getting
late
and
we've
spent
a
lot
of
time
on
this
topic.
I
think
I
appreciate
all
of
the
residents
that
came
out
and
provide
comments,
but
I'm
hoping
that
the
commission
will
separate
the
questions
that
are
that
that
they're
commenting
on
which
is
connections
and
how
they
operate,
as
opposed
to
the
question.
That's
before
you
on
this
appeal,
and
that
is
whether
or
not
the
special
use
is
invalid.
R
I
want
to
speak
to
a
couple
of
the
items
that
the
zoning
administrator
commented
on.
She
did
reference
the
interior
renovations
at
1.14
million
dollars
and
that
there
were
some
changes
to
the
demising
walls,
but
I
think
commissioner
halek
hit
it
on
the
head
that
you
know
the
proper
reading
is
that
if
it
is,
you
know
if
it's
a
load-bearing
wall,
something
of
that
nature.
R
That's
what
really
what
we're
talking
about
when
it
comes
to
structural
alterations,
it's
not
moving
walls
around.
I
think,
if
it,
if
that,
if
moving
walls
around
were
the
standard,
I
would
say:
did
the
building
fall
down
and
apparently
it
didn't.
So
I
don't
think
that
moving
demising
walls
around
necessitates
a
finding
of
structural
alterations.
R
She
also
referenced
how
in
your
packet
that
she
had
inserted
the
reviews
that
were
there
for
the
purposes
of
demonstrating.
That
was
a
hotel,
that
it
housed
transient
guests,
and
I
think,
if
you
look
at
the
two
reviews
that
were
provided,
there's
no
reference
to
how
long
people
stayed
there,
whether
or
not
they
were
transient,
whether
or
not
they
stayed
for
a
month.
So
I
really
don't
think
that's
definitive
in
and
of
itself
and
then.
R
Finally,
with
respect
to
notice
about
the
parking,
it
is
entirely
possible
that
my
client
did
receive
notice
of
the
parking,
but
it
doesn't.
I
don't
think
that
changes
the
fact
that
if
there
is-
and
I
agree,
commissioner
westerberg-
that
it
is
in
part
incumbent
upon
my
client
to
comply
with
all
laws
just
like
it
is
with
any
citizen,
but
at
the
same
time
nobody
complained.
R
If
there
was
a
problem,
the
city
could
come
out
and
sight
them,
because
people
were
parking
all
over
the
place.
People
are
parking
on
lawns,
but
that
didn't
happen
so
clearly
it
wasn't
a
problem
and
that
doesn't
necessarily
give
anybody
a
right
to
violate
the
law.
But
at
the
same
time
I
go
back
to
the
point
of
you
should
have
a
notice
that
there's
a
violation
and
a
notice
of
this
condition
of
this
part
of
the
special
use
it
doesn't
give
rise
to
invalidation
of
the
special
use.
Permit.
R
That's
not
what
it
says
so,
don't
get
confused,
please
about
you,
know
what,
where
there's
invalidity
and
where
there
may
be
non-compliance
where
an
owner
of
property
might
have
an
opportunity
to
cure
that
non-compliance
in
terms
of
council's
materials,
having
had
the
opportunity
to
review
them
for
all
of
about
a
minute,
or
so
I
don't
think
that
there's
anything
in
here
that
definitively
speaks
to
whether
or
not
this
is
a
hotel.
It
goes.
R
You
know
you
can
provide
all
the
rooms,
the
reviews
that
you
want-
and
I
think
you
know
chairman-
you
correctly
noted
that
there
is
the
vernacular
term
that
that
people
use
that
people
throw
around
in
terms
of
what
this
is.
So
if
we're
going
to
rely
on
the
materials
that
she
provided
weren't
in,
because
that's
what
michael
said
he
was-
or
we
might
be
a
bed
and
breakfast
because
that's
what
some
reviewer
from
walla
walla
washington
said.
But
at
the
end
of
the
day
you
have
to
look
at
your
code.
A
E
E
Again,
I
want
to
reassure
the
neighbors
that
their
concerns
are
are
understood
and
have
been
heard,
but
they
aren't
actually
relevant
to
this
particular
decision
tonight.
Certainly
there
are
lots
of
things
swirling
around
about
the
property
that
need
to
be
addressed,
but
I
want
to
simply
restrict
my
comments
to
the
status
of
the
special
use.
I
agree
with
mr
scott
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
ambiguity
in
the
zoning
code
between
the
use
of
hotel
and
inn
and
rooming
house.
It's
it's
somewhat
difficult
to
know.
E
E
A
N
N
G
Yes,
I
also
am
in
support
of
the
zoning
administrator's
decision,
I'm
probably
one
of
the
few
people
who
actually
went
to
the
restaurant
that
was
operating
for
the
public
before
bob
penciero.
Oh,
you
went
to
the
tea
house
too.
It
was
lovely,
it
was
just
down
the
street
from
what
was
then
city
hall
at
the
corner
of
oakland
lake,
but
you
know
clearly
it
is
operated
as
a
hotel.
There
there's
the
hotel
tax
has
been
collected.
G
We
had
testimony
from
a
resident
who
spent
you
know,
spent
a
night
or
two
there
as
a
as
a
hotel,
the
structural
changes.
I
agree
with
commissioner
midwich
that
you
know
the
changing
the
partitions,
adding
bathrooms,
creating
any
of
those
things.
If
you
know
you
wanted
to
do
that
in
your
own
home,
you'd
be
getting
building
permits
to
to
do
that.
G
So
I
believe
that's
valid
and-
and
you
know
again
with
the
parking
the
requirement
in
1974
was
that
you
know
the
16
spaces
be
leased
and
the
fact
that
you
know
the
location,
the
lot
where
they
were
being
leased
has
been
since
redeveloped.
G
The
obligation
is
on
the
owner
to
to
have
replaced
those
or
come
to
the
city
and
and
requested
a
variation
which
did
not
happen.
So
I
don't
believe
that
that
necessarily
relieves
the
the
property
owner
from
that
obligation.
G
A
Thank
you
any
other.
H
I'll,
just
I
I
agree
with
everything
that's
been
said,
so
I
won't
repeat.
The
only
thing
I
wanted
to
add
is
I
I
do
think
the
the
room
occupancy
increase
should
have
triggered
of
the
invalidation
of
the
special
use.
Also,
so
that's
just
another
reason
so
and
I
did
want
to
comment
on
the
roof
issue.
I
I
don't
think
the
roof
replacing
the
roof
is
a
structural
issue,
but
but
the
others
are
are
definitely
valid.
So
I
agree
with
the
administrator.
Y
I
also
agree
with
the
zoning
administrator,
but
not
for
the
structural
reason.
I
I
I
think
when
the
sentence
there
says
any
change
other
than
incidental
repairs
in
the
supporting
members
of
a
building
or
structure
such
as
you
can
kind
of
stop
reading
right
there,
because
supporting
members
in
my
world
in
structural
engineering
means
loads,
transferring
loads
and
members
in
various
parts
of
the
building
down
to
the
foundation
and
something
that's
non-load-bearing
just
doesn't
meet
that
definition.
Y
However,
I
do
think
the
other
two
points
do
have
merit,
and
I
also
think
that
the
reasonable
interpretation
of
the
zoning
administrator's
action.
Clearly
it's
pretty
clear
to
me
that
you
know
this
special
use
that
was
that
was
granted
or
almost
50
years
ago
for
multiple
reasons,
including
the
ones
she
articulated
just
don't
really
apply
anymore.
So
I
support
the
decision
that
this
that
the
current
special
use
is
invalid.
Y
I'm
very
eager
to
talk
get
to
get
to
the
next
meeting
and
to
talk-
and
hopefully
you
know,
the
the
new
special
use
will
be
submitted.
I
think
that's
really
where
the
meat
of
the
discussion
for
this
body
needs
to
happen
to
fairly
talk
about
all
the
considerations
for
the
operation
of
the
by
connections,
and
I
am,
and
I'm
just
eager
to
get
to
that
discussion.
A
Anybody
else
want
to
speak
before
I
go.
If
not,
I
will
say
that
I'm
split
on
on
these.
I
think
the
structural
one,
because
of
the
way
it's
worded
to
me.
It
seems
that
that
bearing
walls
or
petitions
partitions
it
may
be
a
bad
definition,
but
it's
the
way
it's
written.
There
should
be
a
comma,
I'm
an
english
major.
I
was
an
english
major.
There
should
be
a
comma
there
because
it
should
be
bearing
walls,
comma,
partitions,
comma
columns,
beams
or
girders,
and
there
isn't
a
comma
there.
A
So
I
have
to
believe
that
bearing
walls
and
bearing
petitions
is
the
way
that
that
is
read
there.
So
I
I
don't
think
that
that
that
one
is
met.
However,
you
know
part
of
what
I
went
to
in
some
of
my
questioning
of
mr
scott.
Was
you
know
that
the
loss
of
parking
really
is
incumbent
upon
the
owner
to
to
seek
new
parking
when
it's
lost?
The
city
did
not
require
them
to
lease
parking
in
this
particular
location.
A
In
regard
to
whether
this
is
a
hotel
or
rooming
house,
as
we've
discovered
during
the
last
hearing
in
this
one,
our
definitions
are
not
perfect,
which
creates
ambiguity
and
problems.
But
what
it
does
say
is
that
when
the
zoning
administrator
is
asked
to
make
a
determination
of
use,
if
something
doesn't
fit,
you
have
to
apply
the
next
closest
thing,
something
can't
just
not
be
defined
by
the
zoning
code.
It
has
to
fit
somewhere.
A
I
know
there
is
a
referral
being
made,
I'm
speaking
a
little
early
on
this,
perhaps
but
there's
been
a
referral
made
at
by
a
member
of
council
to
look
into
creating
a
new
definition,
so
whether
that
applies
for
this
one
or
one
in
the
future,
at
least
it's
being
heard
and
addressed.
A
But
those
are
kind
of
my
my
thoughts
and
then
again
when
we
got
into
discussions
of
tax
definitions,
you
know
we
don't
we
don't
define,
we
don't
work
with
tax
definitions.
In
my
opinion,
that's
that's
for
tax
lawyers
and
tax
boards,
but
we
do
have
a
set
of
standards
that
we
must
go
through.
These
are
the
same
standards
that
we
went
through
at
the
last
meeting,
in
which
we
talked
about
how
the
zoning
administrator
reaches
her
determination
based
on
this
set
of
standards
found
in
chapter
section,
6395.
A
Are
you
bringing
it
up?
Okay,
so
number
one
is
that
any
use
defined
in
chapter
18
of
this
title
shall
be
interpreted
as
there
and
defined.
A
We
made
the
determination
earlier
this
evening
that
this
is
a
rooming
house,
so
I
believe
that
that
standard
has
been
met
because
the
rooming
house
is
what
she
defined
it
as
in
her
interpretation
number,
two
no
use
interpretation
shall
permit
any
use
in
any
district
unless
evidence
shall
be
presented.
That
demonstrates
that
it
will
comply
with
the
general
district
regulations
established
for
that
particular
district.
A
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
in
1974
we
did
not
have
the
zoning
ordinance
that
we
currently
have,
but
this
being
one
of
our
our
more
dense
residential
districts,
we
expect
to
see
multi-family
buildings
and
and
areas
in
areas
around
the
downtown
that
this
would
be
a
place
where
this
type
of
a
structure
would
exist
and
when
it
was
granted
in
1974,
it
seemed
to
comply
with
all
of
the
all
of
the
regulations.
At
that
time.
For
a
rooming
house
number,
three
no
use
interpretation
shall
permit
any
use
in
a
particular
district.
A
I'm
going
back
to
what
I
just
spoke
about
this
being
a
a
heavy
density
area
for
residential
buildings,
as
well
as
being
close
to
the
downtown
area.
This
is
the
type
of
structure.
A
rooming
house
would
be
something
that
would
be
found
in
this
particular
area,
especially
a
rooming
house
of
this
scale.
We
have
rooming
houses
throughout
the
city,
but
lots
of
them
are
much
much
smaller
number
four.
A
But
where
I
find
that
that
the
zoning
administrator
did
make
an
error
was
in
the
structural
change
aspect
of
the
of
the
her
interpretation,
but
I
do
believe
that
the
the
the
with
the
in
intent
of
the
original
ordinance
in
1974
for
the
special
use
that
required
the
parking
it
was
incumbent
upon
the
owner
to
seek
out
parking
when
parking
moved,
whether
it
was
by
the
city
or
some
private
entity
that
doesn't
matter
and
also
that
this
this
particular
property,
if
it
walks
like
a
hotel
talks
like
a
hotel,
it's
a
hotel
paying
of
hotel
taxes
operating
as
a
hotel
and
the
way
that
it
is
treated,
I
think,
makes
sense.
A
So
I
think
that
this
standard
again
is
partially
met
but
partially
not
met,
and
I
know
that
there
are
those
of
you
who
agree
that
this
are.
Those
of
you
who
feel
the
structural
issue
is
is
is
part
of
the
is
met
according
to
the
the
zoning
administrator's
interpretation
and
number
five.
No
use
interpretation
shall
permit
the
establishment
of
any
use.
That
would
be
inconsistent
with
the
statement
of
purpose
of
the
district
in
question.
A
A
A
So
at
this
point
I
will
ask
if
there
is
a
motion
from
a
member
of
the
commission
to
uphold
the
decision
of
the
zoning
administrator,
that
the
special
use
that
was
issued
in
1974
has
been
invalidated
because
of
actions
and
conditions
that
have
occurred
on
the
property.
I
move
it's
been
moved
by
commissioner
halleck.
Is
there
a
second.
A
Gene
commissioner
linwall
makes
the
second.
Is
there
any
further
discussion
hearing?
None.
Would
you
please
call
the
role,
I'm
sorry
miss
colin.
Did
you
have
a
question
or
comment?
No,
I'm
just
waiting
for
the
wrong.
Okay,
I
heard
I
heard
your
microphone
come
on
and
I
wasn't
sure
if
you
were
trying
to
interject
something.
Would
you
please
call
the
role
and
again
this
is
to
uphold
the
zoning
administrator's
decision.
E
U
B
A
Yes,
so
with
a
motion,
I'm
sorry
with
a
vote
of
nine
to
zero,
the
decision
of
the
zoning
administrator
is
upheld,
and
so
the
fact
that
this
is
now
an
invalidated
special
use.
Mr
mckenna
kind
of
brings
us
back
to
you
that
we
now
have
direction
as
to
how
to
move
forward
for
the
next
phase
of
this.
We're.
M
As
I
indicated
earlier
for
the
record,
william
mckenna
again
we're
ready,
we,
our
application,
is
ready
to
go
we're
just
waiting
for
the
owner's
signature.
Thank
you.
G
Chair
rogers,
I
the
last
meeting.
You
know
we
there
was
you
know,
and
we've
already
determined,
that
for
the
upholding
the
zoning
administrator's
decision,
that
this
is
a
can
be
considered
a
rooming
house.
G
I
went
through
you
know
and
looked
at
the
other
zoning
definitions
that
we
have
in
the
ordinance
and
frankly,
I
think
that
there's
one
for
congregate,
housing,
which
is
also
a
special
use
in
the
r6
district.
That
I
believe,
would
be
a
much
better
fit,
and
let
me
just
for
the
record:
read
the
the
definition
rental
housing,
which
provides
a
living
arrangement
of
self-contained
units
that
integrate
shelter,
food
service
and
other
cert
and
other
services
for
independent
adults
who
do
not
require
24-hour
oversight.
G
Services
may
include
meals,
laundry
transportation,
housekeeping
and
organized
activities
which
create
opportunities
for
socialization,
which
you
know,
while
obviously
the
applicant
can
choose,
which
you
know
how
they
want
to
apply
for
this.
I
think
that
that
is
a
definition
that
might
be
a
better
fit,
and
might
you
know
kind
of
mean
that
we
don't
necessarily
need
to
come
up
with
an
entirely
new
definition.
A
So
so
let
me
just
speak
to
a
couple
things
there
number
one
city
council
is
moving
ahead
with
a
definition
anyway,
regardless
this
particular
applicant
would
not
be
asked
to
apply
under
that
new
definition,
because
that
may
take
a
couple
months
to
get
through
the
process.
A
Secondly,
by
our
determination
that
this
is
a
rooming
house,
that's
in
my
opinion,
what
they
have
to
apply
under
to
ask
them
to
apply
in
some
other
means
kind
of
muddies,
the
water
about
what
it
is
and,
for
my
view,
the
definition
in
and
of
itself
is
not
as
important,
and
this
is
where
I
hope
all
the
neighbors
who
have
come
and
spoken
will
return.
A
The
conditions
that
will
be
placed
on
the
property
are
the
most
important
thing
and
that's
where
we
have
an
opportunity
to
address
the
issues
of
life
safety
of
of
general
upkeep
those
sorts
of
things
that
we
can't
address
in
this
particular
hearing,
because
we're
limited
as
to
what
we
can
address
based
on
what
the
appeals
are
requesting.
A
A
Our
new
special
use
application
that
will
be
conducted
in
the
way
that
all
of
our
special
uses
are.
You
all
will
receive
notices,
you'll,
be
able
to
review
the
material
that
that
connections
for
the
homeless
does
submit,
assuming
they
do
submit
as
they
intend
to
and
that's
the
opportunity
at
which
you
will
be
able
to
come
before
this
board
and
ask
us
to
address
the
particular
concerns
that
you
have
by
the
placement
of
conditions.
A
I
think
mr
clark
you're
the
one
who
mentioned
you
know
being
able
to
condition
things
and
that's
where
we're
able
to
do
it
is
in
that
special
use
process.
We
make
a
recommendation
to
city
council
city
council
is
the
ultimate
determining
body.
A
I
know
that
alderman
nussma,
whose
ward
this
is
in,
has
taken
a
very
active
interest
in
this
and
has
communicated
probably
with
most
of
you
at
a
public
meeting
or
potentially
through
emails
things
like
that,
but
that's
the
meaning
at
which
your
voice
is
the
most
important
in
hearing
how
we
want
to
move
forward.
So
I
would
encourage
all
of
you
to
come
back.
A
Have
discussions
with
your
neighbors
find
out
what
what
what
what
could
happen
to
make
this
property
the
best
neighbor
for
you,
as
well
as
for
the
people
who
are
living
in
it?
So
that's
that's
what
I
would
ask
you
to
do
as
we
move
forward.
A
Z
Good
evening
johanna,
knight
and
community
development
director,
the
comprehensive
plan
continues
to
move
forward.
We
have
had
interviews
we
have.
We
are
now
looking
at
some
modifications
to
the
scope
based
on
some
things.
We've
learned
and
some
internal
discussions
we've
had
as
a
staff,
so
we're
going
to
have
a
second
round
of
interviews
to
review
those
modified
scope
that
modified
scope
and
hope
to
be
making
a
recommendation
to
city
council
either
in
the
second
meeting
of
june
or
the
first
meeting
in
july.
A
Any
other
comments
from
staff
from
commissioners
communications.
The
final
item
that
we
have
is
public
comment,
and
this
is
a
an
opportunity
for
members
of
the
public
to
address
this
body,
not
necessarily
about
a
specific
thing.
That's
before
us,
but
maybe,
if
there's
general
concerns
about
land
use
in
the
city
or
things
like
that.
So
if
there's
any
member
of
the
general
public
who
would
like
to
address
this,
I
don't
see
anybody
raising
their
hand
or
moving
toward
the
microphone.
So
I
will
assume
that
as
a
no.
A
The
next
item
is
adjournment.
Is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn.
E
A
A
All
those
in
favor
of
a
journey
all
right
any
opposed
with
that
we
stand
adjourned.
Our
next
meeting
will
be
wednesday
june,
8th
at
7
pm
here
in
city
council
chambers.
Thank
you.