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DEC 15, 2020
The proposed Michigan Avenue SSA did not gain support from Ald. Brendan Reilly (42) or Ald. Brian Hopkins (2).
A proposal to create a Michigan Avenue Special Service Area (SSA) will have to wait until next year after aldermen whose wards it would fall in opposed the ordinance and urged colleagues to do the same. -
DEC 15, 2020
Aldermen on the City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday will consider approving a pared back version of a plan (O2020-2850) backed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration that would legalize the construction of auxiliary housing units on some properties.
The Westhaven Park apartments on the city’s Near West Side will see an expansion under a proposal up for zoning approval on Tuesday. [Chicago Housing Authority] -
DEC 14, 2020
Ald. David Moore (17) on Friday told alderman ‘the time is now’ to rename Lake Shore Drive.
A proposal to rename Lake Shore Drive after Chicago’s first permanent resident would not apply to the road’s inner drive and its residential properties, and the measure’s sponsor alderman said conversations suggesting otherwise are “fear mongering.” -
DEC 14, 2020
A controversial proposal to create an “emergency” special taxing body along North Michigan Avenue and an ordinance aimed at connecting arrestees with lawyers are scheduled to headline a flurry of City Council committee activity on Monday, which could also include approving more than $750,000 in legal settlements.
Some property owners along North Michigan Avenue are proposing a special taxing district to help the area recover from summertime looting. [Photo by Stephen Hanafin on Flickr] -
DEC 12, 2020
The Plan Commission will hear a proposal for the Wilson Avenue Theater and an adjacent residential building.
Proposals for the site identified to be the new home of the Double Door theater in Uptown, a $250 million multi-building development on the Near North Side and an expansion of Misericordia’s West Ridge development are scheduled to go before the city’s Plan Commission on Thursday. -
DEC 11, 2020
Months after their first proposal hit a wall in the City Council, proponents of an effort to legalize so-called accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are making another push, this time with a similar proposal that only targets a handful of neighborhoods.
A coach house on Chicago’s Northwest Side. [Lichter Realty]
Officials in Lightfoot’s administration told aldermen in a letter dated Thursday that they plan to introduce the substitute ordinance to a joint meeting of the council’s Committee on Housing and Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Tuesday, setting it up for potential approval by the full council on Wednesday. The new draft would create at least five “pilot zones” where the added units would be allowed. -
DEC 11, 2020
Ald. Howard Brookins (21) is chair of the City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Aldermen on Thursday delayed a subject matter hearing on the proposal to rename Lake Shore Drive to Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Drive until Friday.
Ald. Howard Brookins (21), chair of the City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way, told The Daily Line on Thursday the proposal’s addition to the agenda late on Wednesday did not allow enough time for the subject matter hearing to be held on Thursday. -
DEC 10, 2020
Members of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $1.19 billion budget for 2021.
The government body responsible for managing more than 1 billion gallons of Cook County’s wastewater and storm runoff each day will see its annual budget grow next year, even as the COVID-19 pandemic forced other government bodies to tighten their belts. -
DEC 10, 2020
Restaurant patrons will take over city streets and parking lots for at least one more year, following a measure approved by aldermen Wednesday in an attempt to keep struggling businesses afloat.
Diners eating on Balmoral Avenue in Andersonville through the city’s Expanded Outdoor Dining Program in July [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago] -
DEC 10, 2020
Some aldermen on Wednesday questioned how projects to update firehouses are chosen.
Aldermen in the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations on Wednesday questioned the equity of some firehouse renovations and approved extending a flood reduction pilot program. -
DEC 10, 2020
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Influenza vaccination. | DANIEL PAQUET
The vaccine will first go to health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities. But, over the months, the campaign will grow.
LOGAN SQUARE — Chicagoans could be getting vaccinated as early as next week.
Officials outlined the city’s vaccination plan during a Thursday news conference: It will start with a first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine, which could arrive next week and will be distributed among the city’s hospitals. The vaccine will first go to health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities. -
DEC 10, 2020
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News in brief: Aldermen to consider renaming Lake Shore Drive; Cook County launches opioid outreach program; Lightfoot ‘deeply disappointed’ in Tunney allowing indoor dining at Ann Sather -
A series of measures aimed at helping struggling restaurants survive the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended through most or all of next year under a proposal set for approval by aldermen on Wednesday.
The city’s Expanded Outdoor Dining program will be extended through the end of 2021 under a proposal set for consideration Wednesday. [photo via Brian Galati/Machine Engineered Dining and Drinks]
