November 18, 2019
Hon. Thomas Tunney Chairman, City of Chicago
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Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards 121 North LaSalle Street, Room 304 Chicago, IL 60602
App No. 19993
RE: Deferred Agenda #105 Ordinance 02019-2659 Zoning Reclassification Map No. 7-J at 2602-2638 N Emmett St
Dear Alderman Tunney and Committee Members:
I am writing to respectfully request that all Committee discussion, consideration and action on the above referenced matter (the "Proposed Development") continue to be deferred until such time that the Public Hearing required by Sections 17-13-0306 and 17-13-0606 of the Zoning Ordinance is held pursuant to due notice, as provided in Section 17-13-0107 of the Zoning Ordinance. A public hearing is required for both the proposed zoning reclassification and the proposed planned development.
I have standing to make this request and to participate in such hearing, as I am an owner and taxpayer of record of property located within 250 feet of the property that is the subject ofthe Propose Development (the "Subject Property"). This property is a single family home located at 2625 N. Emmett Street. My husband Jacob Huebert and myself are the owners and taxpayers of record of that property.
We received notice of the intent to file the application, as well as notice ofthe Plan Commission Hearing, which I attended. To date, we have not received mailed notice ofthe required hearing before your Committee, no notice has been posted on either the Kedzie Avenue or the Emmett Street frontage of the Subject Property, and I have not seen any notice published in a newspaper in general circulation in the City.
The Proposed Development is worthy of a careful, deliberative process. It proposes a significant, 7-story building that will permanently change the residential character of Emmett Street, dwarf the buildings in the immediate vicinity, and permanently alter the views of the historic Illinois Centennial Monument and Logan Square, which ar...
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