By Dee Longfellow
[Editor’s note: Due to press deadlines, this article was written to provide background prior to the Oct. 4 public hearing. Another story following the public hearing will be made available on the web site at theindependentnewspapers.com.]
At its meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Elmhurst Zoning and Planning Commission (ZPC) was scheduled to hold a public hearing to discuss conditions regarding a property proposed at 196-200 N. York and 202 N. York. The property owners, RSCK Holding, an Illinois LLC, are planning a 28-unit condominium building with ground floor retail and/or commercial space and two levels of parking at the site. The company is seeking a conditional use permit for a preliminary planned unit development (PUD) with site development allowance, to provide a setback of 2.17 feet from the front property line.
The company is further requesting a conditional use permit for building height at the properties, where the developer hopes to build “greater than six stories or 77 feet.”
Attorney Scott Day has held neighborhood meetings to discuss building height, traffic and use of the alley, and the overhead power lines located there. Shadow studies have been done to demonstrate where the building will cast shadows and what time of day, while considering the other nearby structures such as the One95 building and the Fynn.
The proposal does not include any signage, but the applicant is proposing a marquee at the front entrance of the building. City code allows a marquee as a permitted encroachment.
The applicant has also sought for a Plat of Subdivision (Consolidation); that is, a consolidation of the properties at 196-200 N. York and 202 N. York.
According to the City staff report, the combined lot area for both parcels is 14,656 (minus 10‐foot alley) square feet and the lot width is 82.17 feet. The consolidation of both parcels can be reviewed administratively and will be processed, if the PUD request is approved.
Updates to this story following the ZPC public hearing will be posted at theindependentnewspapers.com.
