G-1623 Ordinance No. G-1623
AN ORDINANCE
GRANTING A SPECIAL USE FOR AN INSTITUTIONAL HOME AT
150-152 COLLEGE STREET, ELGIN, ILLINOIS.
WHEREAS a written application has been made for a special use to
permit an institutional home at 150-152 College Street, Elgin, Illinois;
and
WHEREAS the Plan Commission has reviewed said application and forwarded
its written report to the Zoning Board of Appeals and the City Council; and
WHEREAS the public hearing has been held by the Zoning Board of Appeals
after due notice as required by statutes of the State of Illinois and the
Elgin Zoning Ordinance and has reported its findings and recommended that the
special use be granted.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN,
ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby finds that a special use for
an institutional home on the subject property is necessary for the public
convenience to provide a half-way house for children under the care of
Larkin Home.
That the City Council further finds that said special use will be
limited in the number of occupants and will be under professional care
and supervision and is otherwise so designed, located and proposed to
be operated so that the public health, safety and public welfare will be
protected.
That the City Council further finds that the special use will not
cause substantial injury to the value of other property in the neighborhood
in which it is located as no structural changes will be made and the subject
property will continue to be occupied in a residential fashion.
Section 2. That there is hereby granted a special use for an institutional
home to serve as a half-way house for children under the care of Larkin Home
on the following described premises:
By Larkin Home for Children, 1212 Larkin Avenue, Elgin for
a Special Use for an Institution for Children in an existing R-4
General Residence District for the property legally described as
Lot 7, B.W. Raymond's Addition to the City of Elgin, Kane County,
Illinois. (Commonly known as 150-152 College Street.)
subject to the following conditions:
1. The number of residents shall be limited to eight
children of the same sex;
2. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and
reserved for staff personnel.
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage in the manner provided by law and shall be published
in pamphlet form by authority of the City Council.
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Presented: September 26, 1973
Passed:
Vote: Yeas $«days 6' 1973
Recorded: September 26, 1973
Published: September 26, 1973
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