Zoning and development items referred
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The committee considered building-code text amendments, a proposal to allow static roof signs facing Wrigley Field, numerous aldermanic and map rezoning requests, and recorded permits for large rooftop signs.
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Committee members reviewed proposed changes to the municipal building code and a proposal to let the zoning administrator place static roof signs facing Wrigley Field. The committee also handled many rezoning requests and map amendments that would allow new housing, mixed-use buildings, or different retail uses at specific addresses. Several large-sign permits (over 100 feet in area, 24 feet above grade) were recorded for named businesses. Most items in this summary were listed as "ordinance referred" or "referred" for further consideration, or noted as "pass as revised," so final approvals remain pending.
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- Document # O2026-0024930 (substituted) — Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 2, 14A, 14B, 14G, 14F, 14M, 14N, 14R, 14X, 17 and 18 regarding various Building Code related provisions — ORDINANCE REFERRED.
- Document # O2026-0025414 — Amendment of Municipal Code Section 17-12-1105-B authorizing zoning administrator to install static roof signs on W Waveland Ave and on N Sheffield Ave facing into Wrigley Field — ORDINANCE REFERRED.
- Permits recorded for large signs over 100 feet in area and 24 feet above grade at multiple locations, including 1709 W Chicago Ave (Fun Haus LLC d/b/a Brasero), 838 W Kinzie St (Chicago Fire Football Club, LLC), and several permits for 1101 W Jackson Blvd (Target Corporation).
- Multiple aldermanic map amendments were referred (examples include A-9101 for 5001 S. Michigan Ave and several 7th Ward packages A-9121 through A-9124 proposing conversions to B2-3 Neighborhood Mixed-Use District).
- Numerous map amendment applications were referred or noted as passed as revised to permit residential or mixed-use redevelopment (examples: NO. 23046 — PASS AS REVISED; NO. 23045 — PASS AS REVISED; NO. 22986 — PASS AS REVISED).
- Several specific rezoning requests seek to convert industrial or commercial zones to residential or mixed-use districts to allow new housing or mixed-use projects (examples: 2029 W 17th St to RM4.5; 1522 N Keystone RS3 to RT4; 2553-2565 W Madison to B3-3 for a proposed 5-story mixed-use building).
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