"Fresh Start", a halfway house for drug and alcohol addicts, has been operating a business illegally at 2128 N. Winchester Ave and has now applied for a special use permit to continue operating a halfway house at the single-family residence. Although we do not oppose the mission of "Fresh Start" nor the desire for drug addicts to straighten out their lives and get clean, we do oppose the operation of a business in a single-family residence that produces loitering, littering, noise, and threatens the safety and quality of life for the surrounding homeowners and residents. If this permit is granted, the owner of 2128 N. Winchester (Scott Lee Cohen) and "Fresh Start" will continue to operate the business for years to come at our expense and drive our asset values down. Please join us and oppose this "special use permit" by signing this petition. There is a hearing scheduled for Friday August 16 at 2pm at City Hall - 121 N. LaSalle, Room 200...please be there to express your concern and oppose this permit. Please go online to support our neighborhood and deny the zoning change for the halfway house  http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-the-halfway-house-on-winchester-avenue/ Thank you!

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