tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508797.post797932998973918136..comments2023-07-10T05:01:42.178-05:00Comments on The Living Room in Rogers Park: 7315 N. Sheridan MeetingKherishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972018983882360966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508797.post-69409661930424395492008-05-28T12:08:00.000-05:002008-05-28T12:08:00.000-05:00BEFORE the recent aldermanic elections, Moore brag...BEFORE the recent aldermanic elections, Moore bragged on his down-zonings, going so far as to post a long list on his campaign website<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.ward49.com/site/epage/33893_322.htm" REL="nofollow">Community-Wide Process Comes to a Successful Close</A><BR/><BR/>AFTER the election we learn that low-density zoning is just a placeholder Moore uses to extort cash from developersHughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15522429207805068382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508797.post-75941255310684333662008-05-26T21:25:00.000-05:002008-05-26T21:25:00.000-05:00Thanks Hugh for clarifying the statements I shared...Thanks Hugh for clarifying the statements I shared. Regarding the easement: you had to be there. The court case came up, the emotions were high and I was dumbfounded at the thought that he might not be aware of it. I have been in numerous presentations on sensitive, emotion-ladened issues and I haven't seen anyone take on the audience the way he did. Dale Carnegie would not have been proud.Kherishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972018983882360966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508797.post-17499983692425938112008-05-24T18:47:00.000-05:002008-05-24T18:47:00.000-05:00"Aronson believes he has a right to access the eas..."Aronson believes he has a right to access the easement and beach once the building is completed."<BR/><BR/>did he say that?<BR/><BR/>I might even agree, but it is a very, very STOOPID thing to say in meeting nominally to foster community support<BR/><BR/>It's needlessly confrontational - why go there? <BR/><BR/>the condo owners went to court to stake their claim and they will go to court to Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15522429207805068382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508797.post-77910707275899994202008-05-23T15:03:00.000-05:002008-05-23T15:03:00.000-05:00Moore let Aronson talk for himMoore let Aronson ex...Moore let Aronson talk for him<BR/><BR/>Moore let Aronson explain what Moore was thinking when Moore zoned this property RT4 - Moore didn't really mean RT4, according to Aronson<BR/><BR/>Moore let Aronson explain that in this case RT4 does not mean RT4, it means what Aronson says Moore thinks it means<BR/><BR/>kind of makes you wonder how much of our zoning map does not mean what the map says it Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15522429207805068382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508797.post-2167951210201765442008-05-23T15:00:00.000-05:002008-05-23T15:00:00.000-05:00" ... restore the site to its historical zoning cl..." ... restore the site to its historical zoning classification."<BR/><BR/>this is particularly outrageous rhetoric even for Aronson<BR/><BR/>with this turn of phrase Aronson attempts to assert his god-given right to the most lucrative, most generous, most dense zoning that any piece of property in our neighborhood has ever had at any time in its history<BR/><BR/>the lot is currently zoned RT4, Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15522429207805068382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508797.post-66918026667155249082008-05-23T14:53:00.000-05:002008-05-23T14:53:00.000-05:00"The proposal - upzone from R-T-4 to B-3-5 and res..."The proposal - upzone from R-T-4 to B-3-5 <BR/><BR/>and restore the site to its historical zoning classification. <BR/><BR/>Build a 7 story, 44 unit rental building, including a 3080 sq ft retail space and incorporate 50-52 parking spaces ..."<BR/><BR/>the 1st part is an accurate & concise stmt of the propsed zoning change<BR/><BR/>the 3rd part is merely what one particular developer who may or Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15522429207805068382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508797.post-83773575347898986232008-05-23T14:41:00.000-05:002008-05-23T14:41:00.000-05:00thanks for posting your notes"The building must in...thanks for posting your notes<BR/><BR/>"The building must include a retail component under the zoning being requested, he would not be able to build an all residential building."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Illinois/chicagozoning/title17chicagozoningordinance/chapter17-3businessandcommercialdistrict?f=templates$fn=document-frame.htm$3.0#JD_17-3-0200" REL="nofollow">inHughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15522429207805068382noreply@blogger.com