A reader alerted us to the fact that there are even more zoning changes proposed in the 46th ward. This time, in the 5000 block of north Sheridan. The zoning notice is apparently placed rather suspiciously on a light pole at 1006 Ainslie. The proposal is a change from B1-5 to B3-2 for this block. This reader also contacted the alderman's office and was told this change is being proposed to bring this area in line with the existing businesses. Hmmmmm.
So 1006 Ainslie is the closest place they could find to post a notice? A block away? Nice.
ReplyDeleteIs this for that empty lot next to Sheridan/Ainslie apts?
ReplyDeleteZoning Change Sign Details:
ReplyDeleteAddress: 5000 N Sheridan
File No. A-7346
Type: Amendment
On 02-06 2008, an application was
Name and Address:
Alderbeast Helen Shiller
4544 N. Broadway
Change B1-5 Neighborhood District
to B3-2 Shopping District
For additional info Contact
Alderbeast @ HelenHole 773-471-1414
Today I found a sign at the NE corner of the Argyle and Sheridan intersection (in front of the highrise nursing home across from Rique's mexican restaurant). Did not see the sign on Ainsile when I looked for it there.
ReplyDeleteHelen staff said "this change is being proposed to bring this area in line with the existing businesses" That's a laugh. Since when has Helen Shiller been opposed to spot zoning? The woman is the queen of spot zoning. Half the institutions operating in Uptown got there by her using spot zoning, even though it happens to be illegal.
ReplyDeleteNow she says she must change the 5000 N Sheridan block to make it consistent with the surrounding neighborhood! That's a laugh.
Alderbeast Helen Shiller
ReplyDelete4544 N. Broadway
Change B1-5 Neighborhood District
to B3-2 Shopping District
For additional info Contact
Alderbeast @ HelenHole 773-471-1414
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These kind of posts make your sight lose all creditability.
R. Ryan
Zoning should be at the top of your radar when it comes to development in your community.
ReplyDeleteThink Wilson Yard: rezoned from
65 feet structures to unlimited.
Think Labor Ready: requires a zoning change to bring a business that doesn't fit what goes on a retail street.
Think SRO on Carmen: Shiller pushed rezoning there.
Think about what voice you have in your ward. If you live in the 48 ward, Smith has a zoning committee with all the block clubs represented so the residents have a big say in new projects.
Shiller does not include or recognize the Uptown block clubs in any zoning changes. IF there is a required public meeting, you can come and listen to what she has decided will be built.
Shiller does listen to the block clubs at the south end of the ward. That's the part that's in Lakeview. We call it the two-faces of Shiller.
From the FOIA Queen,
ReplyDeleteNo Anonymous 6:14 p.m. , not having any notification from the Alderbeast into zoning happenings in our neighborhood so that we have to run around the neighborhood searching for signs being moved from lamppole to lamppole before they are quickly torn down make these jabs at the Alderbeast perfectly acceptable.
If she doesn't wants respect from the community she can start showing respect to her community. Until then, she gets what she gives from me.
Um, did you really mean to post Ald. Ed Burke's phone number? 773-471-1414
ReplyDeleteNot me. I'm the sign scribe (with a little tweaking for Alderbeast and Alderhole office desriptions)
ReplyDeleteCall the Depart of Zoning and ask why they can't get the sign on the right block to begin with and why they can't get the right alderman's phone number on the sign the second time around.
They say 3rd times the charm.
The Alderbeast's phone number at her Helenhole office, should you wish to call her, is 773-878-4646.
How much re-zoning do we need around here, anyway?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's for the best, of course, but it seems like every few days, something is getting shifting this direction or that direction.
Makes a person wonder.
File No. A-7346
ReplyDeletethe A prefix designates this as an aldermanic initiative, as oppose to a developer initiative, or perhaps the alderman covering for a developer or a developer to be named later
Shiller needs consistency in her zoning and ward businesses? Not so fast. Don't let that statement pass us by.
ReplyDeleteThe worst case of political spot zoning for a special interest in the 46th Ward already lies right in this 5000 N Sheridan road block. Can anyone guess where it is?
B1 to B3
ReplyDeletethis is a significant RELAXATION of permitted uses
B1 is our most RESTRICTIVE B zoning
B3 is our most PERMISSIVE B zoning
anything you can legally do in a B district you can to in B3
when a landlord leases to a business, we will be told there's nothing we can do, they are within their rights
this is Shiller saying, on behalf of the community, come one, come all businesses, we don't care what happens here
Business And Commercial Districts
Bx-5 to Bx-2
ReplyDeletethis is a significant DENSITY REDUCTION
Bx-5 is our MOST DENSE B zoning
Bx-5 requires just 200 sqaure feet of land for each residential unit
Bx-2 requires 1000
so this is a 80% DECREASE in the maximum number of units that can be built in this area
in practice, this will discourage development, at a minimum forces developers to seek an audience with Herself hat in hand
as I have posted before, I feel this down-zoning is prep work for affordable set-asides
an unintended consequence of our affordable set-asides law is that it leads to down-zonings which discourage development
Hugh, can all of this be undone by the next alderman if there is enough interest in the community to say that these are not the right moves?
ReplyDeletezoning in Chicago is nothing if not fluid
ReplyDeletethis zoning change can be undone by THIS alderman once the developer makes the appropriate "charitable" contributions and agrees to set-asides, which is the whole point I think
Ok. I will pay between $5,000-$10,000 to keep Labor Ready out. (But only if she agrees to give the money to a charity that actually helps workers...maybe Enterprising Kitchen?) I am serious.
ReplyDeleteWell she used to vote against the city budget and tell the media that her alderman raise, which she didn't want to happen, would go to charity. We never saw that happen.
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