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FIND INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION TO THE ZONING BOARD HERE<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE AREA IN BRIEF \u2014 Low-rise Residential & Retail (Google Maps link<\/a>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

8th Street at Lombard and South is a residential zoned area lined with 2 and 3 story row homes and small apartments served by narrow but very busy roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th Street is a key north south byway to I-676. And Lombard and South are also busy, with Lombard carrying travelers west towards downtown, and South allowing customers and residents into this area along a busy retail corridor.

These roads are served by two busy bus lines, the 40 which runs east & west on Lombard and on South. And the 47 bus which runs south on 8th. These buses hit the intersection at 8th every 8 minutes, two times over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These same narrow roads are key access routes for the local fire station and medical facilities (hospital +), just a couple blocks away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE SITE IS 510 SOUTH 8TH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a former two story parking garage, quite old and vacant now for several years. The development is going to keep the 3 enclosed walls of the garage and build a new facade and building within the garage enclosure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZBA website about the case link here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RM1 ZONING<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The site and surrounding area (except along South Street retail frontage) is zoned RM-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EXPERT REVIEW<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We are seeking experts to look at the data provided and conclude in one form or another that the land use intensity of the proposed school and event space (plus residences, commercial kitchen, auditorium, rood deck) is a magnitude of intensity in daily use and impacts far greater and far more adverse to neighbors than that what would be allowed to be built by right in a residential zone district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIND INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION TO THE ZONING BOARD CLICK HERE<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SCHOOL \/EVENT SPACE PLANS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n