ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, At the meeting of the City Council of the City of Chicago ("City Council") held on April 27, 2022, an ordinance was introduced at the request of the Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development that sought to amend Planned Development #1518 for the redevelopment of a vacant site at 835-61 E. 63rd St./ 6301-25 S. Maryland Avenue [02022-1111] (the "Ordinance"). The Ordinance was referred to the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards (the "Committee"); and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 17-13-0600 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, any amendments to planned developments must be reviewed by the Chicago Plan Commission before they are voted on by the Committee; and
WHEREAS, On June 16, 2022, the Chicago Plan Commission recommended approval of the proposed Ordinance to Planned Development No. 1518 submitted by the applicant 63rd Maryland, LLC for property located at 835-61 E. 63rd SL/6391-25 S. Maryland Ave.; and
WHEREAS, The documentation supporting the proposed Ordinance recommended for approval by the Chicago Planning Commission is attached and incorporated into this Ordinance as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, due to an administrative error, an older, incorrect version of the supporting documents was transmitted to the Committee, rather than the correct documents, which are contained in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, On June 20, 2022, the Committee held a hearing on the Ordinance, during which a Substitute Ordinance [SO2022-1111], which still contained several erroneous pages, was introduced to correct an error in the boundary description, and then voted in favor of passage of the Substitute Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, On June 22, 2022, The City Council voted on and passed the Substitute Ordinance containing the erroneously transmitted pages; and
WHEREAS, It is necessary to correct the above-described errors, to ensure that the Planned Development is correctly amended and the versions reviewed by the Chicago Plan Commission and the Co...
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