Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2018-6918

• Record #: O2018-6918
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/20/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
• Final action: 10/31/2018
• Title: Historical landmark designation for St. Peter's Episcopal Church and Parish House at 615-623 W Belmont Ave
• Sponsors: Misc. Transmittal
• Topic: HISTORICAL LANDMARKS - Designation

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/31/2018	88475	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/22/2018		Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards	Recommended to Pass
9/20/2018	83336	City Council	Referred

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City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60602
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RE: Recommendation for the designation of the St. Peter's Church and Parish House be designated as a Chicago Landmark, 615-623 W. Belmont

Dear Clerk Valencia:

We are filing with your office for introduction at the September 20, 2018, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the St. Peter's Church and Parish House be designated as a Chicago Landmark.

The material being submitted to you for this proposal includes the:

1. Recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks; and

2. Proposed Ordinance.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely,

Eleanor Esser Gorski, AIA Bureau Chief
Bureau of Planning, Historic Preservation and Sustainability Department of Planning and Development

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cc: Alderman Thomas Tunney, 44th Ward (via email without enclosure)


121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1000. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
ORDINANCE

St. Peter's Church and Parish House 615-623 West Belmont

WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Municipal Code of Chicago (the "Municipal Code"), Sections 2-120-630 through -690, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks (the "Commission") has determined that the St. Peter's Church and Parish House (the "Building"), located at 615-623 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein, satisfies three (3) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Section 2-120-620 (1), (4) and (5) of the Municipal Code; and

WHEREAS, St. Peter's Episcopal Church (1895) and Parish House (1926) had a long history at 615 to 623 West Belmont Avenue. From its founding in 1887 by a small group of Lakeview parishioners to its growth and the constr...