FINAL FOR PUBLICATION
Final
REPORT to the
CHICAGO PLAN COMMISSION from
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUREAU OF PLANNING AND ZONING
FOR APPROVAL: BUSINESS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
APPLICANT: MEDPROPERTIES, LLC
LOCATION: 1325-41 WEST BELMONT AVENUE
Pursuant to the provisions of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, Title 17 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, the Department of Housing and Economic Development hereby submit this report and recommendation on a proposed Business Planned Development application for your review and recommendation to the Chicago City Council. The application for the Chicago Zoning Ordinance was introduced into the City Council on January 13, 2011. Proper legal notice of the public hearing on the application was published in the Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2011. The Applicant was separately notified of this hearing.
The site is currently zoned M1 -1 Limited Manufacturing District/ Business Park District and B3-2 Community Shopping District. This development is being submitted by the Applicant, as an elective Planned Development pursuant to Section 17-8-0600-C, which states that Planned Development review and approval is allowed when a building is at least 50% of the height that triggers a mandatory Planned Development review is proposed.
SITE AND AREA DESCRIPTION
The site is a rectangular shaped parcel and is 25,042 square feet in area. The site is bounded by West Belmont Avenue on the north, a three story masonry building on the west; a three-story brick and residential building, and a sixteen foot public alley on the south. The site is improved with a two-story brick building, a one-story brick building formerly used as a dialysis center and a parking lot.
The site is immediately accessible via public transit from # 77 (Belmont), and #9 (Ashland) bus routes. The closest rapid transit station is the CTA Brown Line at the Southport station and the Belmont transfer station is approximately one half-mile from the site. The site is not within...
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