We the undersigned express our support of the proposed rezoning of properties located north of Emerson Street roughly between Asbury Avenue to the east, Gilbert Park and former Mayfair railroad property to the west, and the block north of Foster Street (1403-1601 Emerson St., 1910-1930 Asbury Ave., 2000-2024 Wesley Ave., 2007- 2021 Jackson Ave., 1900 Block of Jackson Ave., 1900 Block of Wesley Ave., 1400 Block of Foster St.) from the existing R5 General Residential District zoning district to a new R5a General Residential District zoning district with a height limit of 3.5 stories or 42 feet, whichever is less. Rezoning to R5a would be in keeping with the recommendations made by the Canal-Green Bay Road/Ridge Avenue-Church Street Study Area Report adopted by the City Council in September 2005. We are not sure why these recommendations weren’t implemented at the time, but hope the City of Evanston will now adopt this long overdue zoning adjustment.
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I echo the comments on supporting the R5 to R5a as Mr Gotshall suggests in that minimally it is in the right direction for this neighborhood. For example, I remember discussion about 35 ft in meetings I attended years ago (meaning 3 story vs 3.5). I also applaud his comments of looking at Evanston as a whole in finding solutions to affordable housing in this great city.
Please include 1323 Emerson in the proposed R5a zoning district
We support AT LEAST a rezoning from the existing R5 to a new R5a general residential zoning district. Ideally this area would be rezoned to limit density even further with R4 or R3 rezoning, considering the current character, capacity and needs of our neighborhood. Neighbors in this area of the 5th Ward are sensitive to Evanston's affordable housing needs and support the development of more multi-family units in our community. We also want to protect ourselves from density that is inconsistent with the character of our evolving neighborhood and that could negatively impact the quality of life we’ve invested in and value here. We’re aware that our current R5 zoning relieves more wealthy R1 zones from having to provide their share of multi-family housing, and would hope that going forward Evanston will work at finding equitable solutions that don’t overburden our area with density that could and ought to be shouldered by the whole of our great city.
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We the undersigned express our support of the proposed rezoning of properties located north of Emerson Street roughly between Asbury Avenue to the east, Gilbert Park and former Mayfair railroad property to the west, and the block north of Foster Street (1403-1601 Emerson St., 1910-1930 Asbury Ave., 2000-2024 Wesley Ave., 2007- 2021 Jackson Ave., 1900 Block of Jackson Ave., 1900 Block of Wesley Ave., 1400 Block of Foster St.) from the existing R5 General Residential District zoning district to a new R5a General Residential District zoning district with a height limit of 3.5 stories or 42 feet, whichever is less. Rezoning to R5a would be in keeping with the recommendations made by the Canal-Green Bay Road/Ridge Avenue-Church Street Study Area Report adopted by the City Council in September 2005. We are not sure why these recommendations weren’t implemented at the time, but hope the City of Evanston will now adopt this long overdue zoning adjustment.
4 Comments
Yes, We definitely support at least R5a rezoning but would prefer to see an R4 or R3 rezoning to maintain the continuity of this neighborhood. We view this area as a neighborhood versus a continuation of the density of downtown Evanston.
I echo the comments on supporting the R5 to R5a as Mr Gotshall suggests in that minimally it is in the right direction for this neighborhood. For example, I remember discussion about 35 ft in meetings I attended years ago (meaning 3 story vs 3.5). I also applaud his comments of looking at Evanston as a whole in finding solutions to affordable housing in this great city.
Please include 1323 Emerson in the proposed R5a zoning district
We support AT LEAST a rezoning from the existing R5 to a new R5a general residential zoning district. Ideally this area would be rezoned to limit density even further with R4 or R3 rezoning, considering the current character, capacity and needs of our neighborhood. Neighbors in this area of the 5th Ward are sensitive to Evanston's affordable housing needs and support the development of more multi-family units in our community. We also want to protect ourselves from density that is inconsistent with the character of our evolving neighborhood and that could negatively impact the quality of life we’ve invested in and value here. We’re aware that our current R5 zoning relieves more wealthy R1 zones from having to provide their share of multi-family housing, and would hope that going forward Evanston will work at finding equitable solutions that don’t overburden our area with density that could and ought to be shouldered by the whole of our great city.
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Yes, We definitely support at least R5a rezoning but would prefer to see an R4 or R3 rezoning to maintain the continuity of this neighborhood. We view this area as a neighborhood versus a continuation of the density of downtown Evanston.