r?Ll>>V'
Sarah's Circle Kathy Ragnar
4838 North Sheridan Road Chicago, IL 60640 (via Certified Mail)
CC:
Applegate & Thorne-Thompson, P.C. Steven Friedland
440 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60605 (via Certified Mail)
CC:
City of Chicago - City Clerk Anna Valencia
121 North LaSalle, Room 107 Chicago, IL 60602 (Hand delivered)
March 23, 2017
Re: City of Chicago Zoning Ordinance 17-13-0307
Neighbor Protest Letter Against Zoning Change for Sarah's Circle Proposed Development at 4654 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60640
Dear Kathy & Steven:
The residents neighboring the Sarah's Circle proposed development at 4654 North Sheridan Road protest in writing your application to City Council for a zoning change. Please see attached signatures of property owners accounting for 28% of land immediately touching, or immediately across a street, alley or public way. Per Chicago Zoning Ordinance 17-13-0307-B our protest requires a favorable vote of two-thirds of all Aldermen.
We protest this Zoning Change Request for several reasons:
A dedicated-use SRO and homeless shelter is not appropriate for an area already saturated with similar services, while also evicting long-time retail tenants on a prime retail corridor.
Block Clubs neighboring this proposed development (Truman Square Neighbors and Lakeside Area Neighbors' Association) have provided Alderman Cappleman letters of opposition from the wider community. Several architectural preservation organizations have also independently voiced opposition.
We are against allowing a zoning change prior to a development taking ownership or without financing fully in place.
With Kind Regards,
Michael Garzel - Neighbor Representative mgarzel@amail.cipm
t
Attachments: Signature sheets (original copy attn: Anna Valencia, City Clerk) and Letters of Opposition from neighboring block clubs and preservation organizations to Alderman Cappleman.
January 4, 2017
sent via email to james@james46.org...
Click here for full text