From the 49th Ward Website
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MOORE TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETING ON AFFORDABLE,
ACCESSIBLE HOUSING PROPOSAL
Monday, May 8, 2006, 7:00 P.M.
Chicago Public Library, Rogers Park Branch, 6907 North Clark Street
More Here.....
Site is Under Construction
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MOORE TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETING ON AFFORDABLE,
ACCESSIBLE HOUSING PROPOSAL
Monday, May 8, 2006, 7:00 P.M.
Chicago Public Library, Rogers Park Branch, 6907 North Clark Street
More Here.....
Site is Under Construction
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Once again Moore's announcement carefully avoids stating WHO the owners of these properties are, and WHO are the benficiaries of the changes to our laws that they propose.
Once again Moore sells the services of his elected office in return for campaign contributions.
Chicago Graystone is the real estate brokerage arm of Steve Golovan & partners. Castlebar Enterprises is the development and construction arm of the company. Golovan is one of Moore's tightest developer pals. They are one if not the leader in tear-downs of single-family homes for concrete block luxury condo projects in east Rogers Park, one of the leading Section 8 landlords in east Rogers Park, and generous donors to Moore.
For more information, including a tear-down gallery and details on their campaign contributions, please see:
Castlebar Tear-Down Gallery
No architect named Garry Shumaker or similar licensed to practice in Illinois.
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The zoning change proposed for one of the 4 properties (1900-08 W Farwell), from RS3 to RM5, is a 525% density increase.
The zoning change proposed for the other 3 properties, from RT4 to RM5, is a 150% density increase.
But this is not billed as an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, garden variety sale of the density of our neighborhood for campaign contributions, oh no, it's all about accessibility and affordability.
Lot Area per Unit (Density)
Here are density calculations for the 4 buildings in question. All four buildings are non-conforming, that is, they already have more units than the current zoning allows. One of the buildings is even non-conforming under the PROPOSED zoning, even before the developer adds units.
1900-08 W Farwell & 6900-14 N Wolcott
Red brick 3-story
Cook County Assessor: 50 unit
NW corner Farwell & Wolcott
PIN 11-31-219-032
Owner: 1900 WEST FARWELL LLC
21375 square feet of land
With 10% "administrative adjustment" 23512.5 sf
Current zoning: 2500 sf MLA in RS3 = Max 9 units, non-conforming
Proposed zoning: 400 sf MLA in RM5 = Max 58 units, conforming
6964-78 N Greenview
Red brick 3-story
Cook County Assessor: 32 units
SW corner Lunt & Greenview
PIN 11-32-112-012
Owner: GREENVIEW-LUNT, L.L.C.
10260 sf land
With 10% "administrative adjustment" 11286 sf
Current zoning: 1000 sf MLA in RT4 = Max 11 units, non-conforming
Proposed zoning: 400 sf MLA in RM5 = Max 28 units, non-conforming
7458-64 N Greenview
Red brick 3-story
Cook County Assessor: 13 units
SW corner of Birchwood & Greenview
PIN 11-29-306-012
Owner: 7458-7464 N GREENVIEW LLC
7500 sf land
With 10% "administrative adjustment" 8250
Current zoning: 1000 sf MLA in RT4 = Max 8 units, non-conforming
Proposed zoning: 400 sf MLA in RM5 = Max 20 units, conforming
1740-54 W North Shore & 6702-10 N Hermitage
Yellow brick 3-story courtyard building
Cook County Assessor: 38 units
NW corner of North Shore & Hermitage
PIN 11-31-406-012
Owner: 1740-54 WEST NORTH SHORE LLC
18250 sf land
With 10% "administrative adjustment" 20075 sf
Current zoning: 1000 sf MLA in RT4 = Max 20 units, non-conforming
Proposed zoning: 400 sf MLA in RM5 = Max 50 units, conforming
When you convert a rental building to condos, the zoning laws in our fair city allows you to sell ALL the apartments, regardless of what the zoning sez; the number of units is "grandfathered in."
If you want to ADD units during a condo conversion, then you have to work within the zoning laws.
So planning ahead what you want to do is add as many units as you can while the building is still rental, call it "affordable" or "accessible" housing or something.
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