The circuit court's decision in Hanna v. City of Chicago is a good illustration of how zoning works, or doesn't work, in Chicago. Hanna v. City of Chicago, No.98 CH 1219, slip op. (Cook County Cir. Ct., April 4, 2001), 53 ZD 147. On its face, it appears to be a fairly...
s first charter in 1837 have grown to the 50 now in effect. The City of Chicago is a home rule unit of government under the Illinois Constitution and thereby authorized to perform certain functions pertaining to its government and affairs. The powers and duties of the City of Chicago are ...
zoning reforms, easing floor area ratios (FARs),selling air rights, and facilitatingpublic-private partnershipsto secure capital for public infrastructure. While TODs have gained global traction, East Asia boasts some of the most successful examples. Conversely, efforts to replicate these models in ...
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A post on his blog Humanitarian Space by Mitchell Sipus, an urban designer who has worked in Kabul and Mogadishu, reveals an early attempt at creating possible zoning for the airspace in which drones fly. [4] Sipus developed representations of color coded areas of Chicago, with green being ...
zoning laws.” However, it does not seem equitable for a prohibition to be put in place prior to (a) the non-profit organization receiving a violation notice from a governmental or municipal authority regarding any defective conditions, and (b) the passage of a reasonable cure period for the...
About 40 miles west of Chicago, the City of Elgin has 115,000 residents, making it the eighth largest city in the state. Its civic government spans 19 departments, many of them focused on public safety concerns such as police, fire, and neighborhood services. This focus on citizens is what...
Chicago has a park boulevard system that theoretically form a ring penetrating well into the heart of the city, but many parts of that system are little more than green, irregularly-maintained medians of high-speed arterials. Toronto’s lucky to possess an already intact system of trails and ...
Over 90% of affordable housing has been lost since 2000. Whether through zoning ordinances and awarding density bonuses or through proposed dedicated funding such as the 1% meals tax and restoring the full penny set aside, we must take action now. ...
Gaastra is located in Iron County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We are 10 minutes away from Ski Brule and multiple recreational lakes including Chicagon Lake and Stanley Lake. Learn More NEWS There will be aRecreation Committee meetingheld on Tuesday,May 13, 2025, at 5:30 PM at the...