Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
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(*) Concur with the Plan Commission's Recommendation and Adopt an Ordinance Authorizing the Vacation of the Remaining Thirty-Seven (37) Feet of a Public Alley Abuting 535 Wenonah Avenue to the West in the Village of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
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Overview
Overview
Rush Oak Park Hospital is requesting that the remaining portion of the north-south alley that ran/runs along the west side of the 500 block of Wenonah Avenue between Monroe Avenue to the south and the alley behind Belmont Village to the north abutting 535 Wenonah Avenue be vacated. (Companion Agenda Items are ORD 17-264; An amemdment to Special Use Ordinance 1999-O-52 & ORD 17-265; Rezoning of 535 Wenonah Avenue).
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Plan Commission unanimously recommended approval of this application.
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Staff Recommendation
Staff supports the Plan Commission's recommendation.
Fiscal Impact
No fiscal Imact to the Village; however if approved and prior to recording of the Plat of Vacation, the applicant shall compensate the Village of Oak Park for the remaining portion of a previously vacated public alley (37.02 X 16 feet) in the amount of $9,477.12. The compensation is based on a per square footage amount of $16.00/sq-ft, which is the same used for the appraisal of the now vacated portion of this alley.
Background
In 1999 the Village Board approved a Special Use permit to allow the construction of a medical office building at 620 South Maple Avenue and ancillary surface parking lots. As part of that approval, the applicant requested the construction of surface parking lots on the 600 block of South Maple Avenue, 600 block of Wisconsin Avenue and the 500 block of Wenonah Avenue with the exception of those parcels owned by the Hospital and located at 622 South Maple Avenue, 621 Wisconsin Avenue and 533 Wenonah Avenue. The hospital also asked for...
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