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File #: ORD 23-37    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 6/5/2023 Final action: 6/5/2023
Title: Concur with the Plan Commission's Recommendation and Adopt an Ordinance Denying Text Amendments to Article 6 ("Special Purpose Districts"), Section 6.3 ("H Hospital Zoning District") of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance Regarding the H- Hospital Zoning District Regulations (*)
Attachments: 1. Ordinance - Denial, 2. Ordinance - Approval, 3. Findings of Fact - Denial, 4. Application, 5. Summary of Proposal, 6. Petition in Support, 7. Presentation, 8. Presentation - Photographs, 9. Editorial, 10. Exhibits, 11. Letter In Support, 12. Letters in Opposition, 13. Cross-Examination form - Applicant, 14. Cross-Examination form - ROPH, 15. Objection by ROPH, 16. Continuance Letter - ROPH, 17. Continuance Letter 1 - Applicant, 18. Continuance letter 2 - Applicant, 19. Request for Recusal of PC Chair, 20. Response from PC Chair, 21. Staff Report
Submitted By
Plan Commission through Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director

Reviewed By
A.M. Zayyad, Deputy Village Manager

Agenda Item Title
Title
Concur with the Plan Commission's Recommendation and Adopt an Ordinance Denying Text Amendments to Article 6 ("Special Purpose Districts"), Section 6.3 ("H Hospital Zoning District") of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance Regarding the H- Hospital Zoning District Regulations (*)

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Overview
Overview
The Applicants; Mr. Bruno Graziano, Ms. Anne Frueh, Mr. David Osta, and Mr. Michael Weik, are seeking approval of multiple Zoning Ordinance text changes to the H - Hospital Zoning District which mainly impacts the Rush Oak Park Hospital campus located at 520 South Maple Avenue.

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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Plan Commission recommends denial of the application by a 7-2 vote.

Body
Staff Recommendation
Staff Supports the Plan Commission's Recommendation. This application is very unique in that it comes from a residential neighborhood group who are not the owners of the subject property. Staff strongly believes that if the application is approved, this would set the wrong precedent.

Fiscal Impact
N/A.

Background
During the drafting phase of the Zoning Ordinance revision project, prior to its adoption in 2017, staff reached out to both, Rush Oak Park Hospital and West Suburban Hospital representatives to inquire if they would have any objection to a stricter (lower) height regulation for a portion of their campus, specifically property adjacent single-family residential properties. In fact, residents near West Suburban Hospital presented a proposal for change during the Zoning Ordinance revision project time period. In both cases, when staff approached the two hospitals, they indicated they would not object. The initial request for a reduction in their allowed height of 125 feet was to a maximum height limit of 50 feet in the specific geographical areas now identified in the Zoning Ordi...

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