[remote or in-person] Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards

Chicago City Council

Development

Politics

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024
10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. CDT

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121 N LaSalle St Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)

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Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Note-taking by Angela Ybarra

Committee approved amendment allowing indoor urban farm operations in former office spaces to increase use of building spaces left vacant in the downtown shopping district after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Live reporting by Cary Robbins

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins

Hi, I’ll be live-tweeting today's Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards meeting for #CHIdocumenters @CHIdocumenters. The meeting is set to start at 10 a.m.

08:41 AM Oct 29, 2024 CDT

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 2/17

The meeting will begin shortly. There an overload of participants who want to testify today. An announcement was made that no more people will be able to testify at today’s meeting.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 3/17

The @UrbanEnviroIL, a grassroots organization that advocates for housing and land use policy reform, have posted what they are most interested in hearing about during this meeting. Read more below. https://x.com/UrbanEnviroIL/status/1850682090213220353

https://x.com/UrbanEnviroIL/status/1850682090213220353

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 4/17

@UrbanEnviroIL The meeting is in recess for 20 minutes as one attendee is being escorted out of the meeting due to his disturbance, according to Ald. Walter Burnett of the 27th Ward. He has asked officers to escort him out.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 5/17

@UrbanEnviroIL The meeting is now beginning. The attendee was able to stay during the meeting. Here is the agenda for today's meeting: … …storagev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachm…

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Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 6/17

@UrbanEnviroIL Public comment begins now. Jessica Jackson asks why private citizens' property is not being restored, saying people want to restore their own houses and pass down their property to future generations.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 7/17

@UrbanEnviroIL Chris White, who works with the alliance in the Southeast, and started by saying 'if the neighbors don't eat, nobody eats." He says that people who are being directly affected by the North Lakeshore Drive construction do not know what will go into the air.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 8/17

@UrbanEnviroIL "We cannot risk the drinking water for 6 states," White said. He explained how construction like this in other states has affected drinking water.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 9/17

@UrbanEnviroIL One woman, who lives in the 36th ward, said the lot next to her house is being transformed from a residential to commercial parking lot. She said that this comes after the city made many perviously residential parking into commercial parking in her neighborhood.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 10/17

@UrbanEnviroIL The agenda begins now. @ChicagoDPD talks about Michigan Avenue Special Sign District Proposed Zoning Code Revisions, explaining what building signs on buildings located on Michigan Avenue will be accepted.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 11/17

@UrbanEnviroIL @ChicagoDPD Dan Clybourn with @ChicagoDPD asks for funds deposited in the Citywide Adopt-a-Landmark fund be used to support restoration of buildings, structures, works of art, or other "Chicago Landmarks."

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 12/17

@UrbanEnviroIL @ChicagoDPD 35th Ward Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa passes all the ordinances for his ward, saying his community has called for support of public housing.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 13/17

@UrbanEnviroIL @ChicagoDPD Other City Council members are hesitant to approve these ordinances without more communication with community members and owners.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 14/17

@UrbanEnviroIL @ChicagoDPD .@35th_Ward said he will talk with his colleges more before the ordinances are officially passed.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 15/17

@UrbanEnviroIL @ChicagoDPD @35th_Ward Update about the meeting: Ordinance NO. 22542-T1 is now being discussed. We are about halfway through the agenda. All but the above 35th ward ordinances have been passed so far.

Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 16/17

@UrbanEnviroIL @ChicagoDPD @35th_Ward Meeting adjourned at 1:20 p.m. This concludes the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for December 17, 2024. For more meeting coverage, check out . documenters.org

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Cary Robbins (she/her) @By_CaryRobbins 17/17

@UrbanEnviroIL @ChicagoDPD @35th_Ward These items on todays agenda were deferred from this meeting.

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Agency Information

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The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago and consists of the Mayor and Aldermen elected from each of the City’s fifty wards. Source

If you attend a meeting in person, be prepared to go through a security checkpoint and show photo ID.

Meetings are also livestreamed at https://www.chicityclerk.com/.

At this link, scroll down to “Meeting Notices.” Look for “Watch now” and click on the link with the meeting title to go to a livestream page. If you don’t see a link for the meeting, you may be early or the meeting may be starting late. Wait a few moments and try refreshing your Internet tab.

Recordings of past City Council meetings may be found here: https://vimeo.com/user100351763/videos/sort:date.

See also: “What to Expect at a Meeting of Chicago’s City Council” via the Better Government Association.