ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION I. Title 17 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, is hereby amended by changing all the RS-3 Residential Single-Unit (Detached House) District symbols and indications as shown on Map No. 1-H in the area bounded by
West Huron Street; North Wood Street; the alley next south of and parallel to West Huron Street; and a line 46.20 feet west of and parallel to North Wood Street
to those of an RM-5.5 Residential Multi-Unit District.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and due publication.
Common Address of Property:
17-13-0303-C (1) Narrative Zoning Analysis
650 North Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Proposed Zoning: RM-5.5 Residential Multi-Unit District Lot Area: 5,710.275 squaro foot (recorded)
Proposed Land Use: The subject property is currently improved with a three-story (with
basement) mixed-use building, which contains a single commercial unit and two (2) dwelling units - on and between the Basement and 1st Floor and an additional six (6) dwelling units - on and between the 2nd and 3rtl Floors, for a total of one (1) commercial unit and eight (8) dwelling units. The existing building is non-conforming, under the current Zoning Ordinance. The Applicant is seeking a Zoning Map Amendment in order to permit the conversion of the existing commercial unit into a dwelling unit, resulting in an all residential building, with a total of nine (9) dwelling units, at the subject site. The proposed Zoning Change, therefore, is required in order to bring the existing building into compliance and to permit the establishment of one (1) additional dwelling unit therein. Aside for certain interior renovations necessaiy to convert the commercial unit to a dwelling unit, the proposal does not call for the physical expansion of the exterior footprint or envelope of the existing building. There is, and will remain, off-...
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