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STAFF REPORT 2013-7P: Subdivision Community Development Department Council Chambers, 7:30 PM, April 18, 2013

To: Paul Luke, Chairman, Skokie Plan Commission

From: Mike Voitik, Planning Technician

Re: Subdivision: 9599 Skokie Boulevard Related Cases – 2013-8P: Site Plan Approval 2013-9P: Special Use Permit

General Information

Location 9599 Skokie Boulevard

Purpose To subdivide 1 parcel into 2 lots.

Petitioner Oxford OBG-Waterton Skokie Hotel Property Company, LLC

Size of Site 278,976 square feet (6.404 acres) with 130.70 feet of frontage on Foster Street, 556.03 feet of frontage on Skokie Boulevard, and 592.05 feet of frontage on Golf Road.

Existing Zoning & Land Use

B4 Regional Shopping – hotel, full-service restaurant

Adjacent Zoning & Land Use

North B3 Business – limited-service restaurant, furniture store, shoe store

South B4 Regional Shopping – performing arts center

B3 Business – clothing store, department store, grocery store

East B4 Regional Shopping – multi-tenant office buildings

West B4 Regional Shopping – Westfield Old Orchard shopping center

B2 Commercial – bank with drive-through, vacant office

B3 Business – carpet store, mattress store, vacant storefront

B1 Service Commercial – full-service restaurant

Comprehensive Plan The site is designated as service employment.

SITE INFORMATION

Public sidewalks are located along Foster Street, Skokie Boulevard, and Golf Road.

Overhead utilities run along the south side of Golf Road.

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Two-way driveways are located at Foster Street and Golf Road. The driveway at Foster Street leads to a signalized intersection at Skokie Boulevard and Foster Street.

The site is served by the CTA 54A, 97, and 205 buses and the Pace 208 and 215 buses.

STAFF ANALYSIS

Petitioner’s Submittal

The petitioner is requesting to subdivide 1 parcel into 2 lots at the property currently addressed 9599 Skokie Boulevard in a B4 Regional Shopping district. Lot 1 will contain a proposed Citibank walk-in-only facility. Lot 2 will contain the existing DoubleTree Hotel and Jameson’s Charhouse restaurant as well as Citibank’s 2 drive-through lanes (case 2013-9P). Both lots will continue to be owned by the petitioner after the subdivision has occurred.

Comments

Staff Comment and Review sheets were sent to all pertinent departments. Other than the Planning Division, no other departments had comments.

Planning Division

The Planning Division supports the proposed subdivision. The subdivision will meet all requirements of the Village Code and Map Data Policy.

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS

Staff recommends that the petitioner’s request to subdivide the subject site be GRANTED subject to conditions listed below:

1. The property must be subdivided and land must be dedicated pursuant to the Citibank-DoubleTree Subdivision dated December 10, 2012 , revised April 9, 2013, and as may be further revised with the approval of the Village Manager, or designee, and Corporation Counsel.

2. Upon the passage of the ordinance by the Board of Trustees, the Mylar of the Citibank-DoubleTree Subdivision must be submitted to the Village with all signatures other than Village staff or elected officials.

3. The Citibank-DoubleTree Subdivision shall be effective upon its recording by the Village in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois.

4. All monuments must be set no later than 1 year after the date of the recording of the plat.

5. The petitioner must submit to the Planning Division electronic files of the plat of subdivision in approved and finalized form. The files must be scaled drawing files in AutoCAD format (version 2010 or older). The drawings must be formatted to SPCS,

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NAD83, HARN 2007, with SPCS north being straight up, and the primary units in U.S. Survey Feet. All elements must be contained within a single file, no XREF or PDF attachment files shall be used.

6. If work is to be performed on public property or if public property is utilized or impacted during construction and or development, the owner must provide, or must cause the developer and/or contractor to provide, the Village of Skokie with a certificate of insurance naming the Village of Skokie as additionally insured for any and all claims related to any and all work. The owner shall hold, and shall cause the developer and/or contractor to hold, the Village of Skokie harmless and indemnify the Village for any and all claims for property damage or personal injury related to work on or use of public property.

7. The petitioner must comply with all Federal and State statutes, laws, rules and regulations and all Village codes, ordinances, rules, and regulations.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Plat of Citibank-DoubleTree Subdivision, revised April 9, 2013 2. Land Use and Zoning Map

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CITIBANK-DOUBLETREE SUBDIVISION

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