Department of Planning and Development city of chicago
January 10,2014
The Honorable Susana Mendoza City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
RE: Denial of Sign Permit Applications No. 100425032 and No. 100425037 2616-18 North Milwaukee (Logan Square Boulevards District)
Dear Clerk Mendoza:
We request that you provide written notice to the City Council that the Commission on Chicago Landmarks (the "Commission") has issued the attached written decision disapproving the above permit applications. This request is made pursuant to Section 2-120-800 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, which states, in part: "The Commission shall send written notice of its decision [approving or disapproving a permit application] ... to the City Council."
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Eleanor Esser Gorski, A1A Director of Historic Preservation Bureau of Planning and Zoning
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cc: Alderman Rey Colon, 35th Ward (without enclosure)
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COMMISSION ON CHICAGO LANDMARKS
January 9,2014
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON CHICAGO LANDMARKS
REGARDING TWO SIGN APPLICATIONS FOR 2616-18 NORTH MILWAUKEE AVENUE IN THE LOGAN SQUARE BOULEVARDS DISTRICT
I. BACKGROUND
On January 18, 2012, Media Communications, Inc., d/b/a VisualCast Media (the "Applicant"), submitted two applications (each, an "Application" and together, the "Applications") to erect off-premise advertising signs on the south facade of the building at 2616-18 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60647 (the "Building"). The Building is located in the Logan Square Boulevards District (the "District"), which was designated a Chicago Landmark by ordinance adopted on November 1, 2005. The Building is a 5-story masonry structure built in 1914 as a storage warehouse. The proposed signs are 60 feet in length x 20 feet in height (1,200 square feet...
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