ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. That the Chicago Zoning Ordinance be amended by changing all of the MI-3 Limited Manufacturing/Business Park District symbols and indications as shown on Map. No. 6-E in the area bounded by:
East 26th Street; the alley next east of and parallel to South Wabash Avenue; a line 253.16 feet south of and parallel to East 26th Street; South Wabash Avenue.
to those of a B1-1 Neighborhood Shopping District.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and due publication.
Address of Property: 2601-25 South Wabash Avenue/43-63 East 26th Street
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Type 1 Zoning Amendment Smash INTERACTIVE LLC 2601-25 South Wabash Avemic/43-63 East 26l" Street Substitute Narrative
The Applicant, Smash INTERACTIVE LLC, is seeking to rezone the property located at 2601-25 South Wabash Avenue/43-63 East 26,h Street ("Subject Property") in order to establish retail uses and off-site accessory parking at the Subject Property which will serve Applicant's proposed Esports stadium at 2500-48 South Wabash Avenue.
The Subject Property consists of 48,135 sq. ft., and is improved with an existing 1-story brick building ('Existing Building') and a surface parking lot in which Chicago Carriage Cab Company, a taxi repair company, currently operates.
The Applicant seeks to renovate the Existing Building with a) retail space, consisting of 1,700 square feel and thirty (30) interior parking spaces and b) sixty (60) exterior parking spaces for a total of ninety (90) parking spaces, which Applicant plans to utilize as off-site, accessory parking spaces for Applicant's proposed Esports stadium located at 2500-48 South Wabash Avenue ("Proposed Off-Site Parking"). In order to move forward with establishing retail use within the Existing Building and the Proposed Off-Site Parking, the Applicant is seeking a Type 1 zoning amendment from the Subject Propert...
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