Business, Inspections, Housing & Zoning Committee
Business, Inspections, Housing & Zoning (BIHZ) Committee
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023
1:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. CST
Remote
- Denied an appeal from developer Urban Homeworks requesting variances to increase the height & maximum floor area ratio for a three-unit apartment building at 1338 Logan Ave. N. The Zoning Board previously denied these variances.
- Appellants and supporters spoke to the benefits of the housing project as it relates to equity.
- Council members agreed with the benefits and expressed regret in needing to deny the appeal because Urban Homeworks could not demonstrate needed legal grounds.
- Approved a rezoning to allow a new, five-story, 91-unit apartment building at 2945 Garfield Avenue
- Approved a $230,000 forgivable loan from the city’s Commercial Property Development Fund to 805 E. 38th Street LLC
- Referred to staff the subject matter of an ordinance regarding transportation rideshare worker protections
- Set a public hearing for its Feb. 14 meeting regarding appointments to the Zoning Board of Adjustment
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Business, Inspections, Housing & Zoning (BIHZ) Committee
This committee oversees all matters related to economic development; land use, development, and zoning; housing policy; employment & training programs; and business licensing.
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