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City Council voted Monday to approve a special use permit for Connections for the Homeless to operate a rooming house at the Margarita Inn. Connections, an Evanston-based nonprofit, has been offering housing services to individuals experiencing houselessness at the five-story residential building on Oak Avenue since March 2020. Following the city’s decision in March 2022...
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The new tax will go into effect on August 1 with 10 cents added per disposable bag used. The bag fee will not apply to restaurants, non-chain store organizations, retailers with less than 10,000 square feet and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants.
The Housing and Community Development Committee discussed several proposed updates to Evanston’s Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance on Tuesday. The proposed updates include requirements to clarify up-front costs for rentals — such as application fees, move-in fees and security deposits — disclose utility costs and provide tenants with the first right of refusal, which means the...
City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve special use permits for Evanston’s second cannabis dispensary and a bakery on Chicago Avenue in South Evanston. The two independent businesses, OKAY Cannabis and West Town Bakery, will form a joint dispensary and bakery on the ground floor of the new Evanston Gateway apartment complex at 100 Chicago...
City Council voted to introduce a single-use bag tax and a Fair Workweek ordinance Monday. The single-use bag tax ordinance first came before the council in January, but several councilmembers voiced concerns about the tax’s negative economic impact on small businesses. The council then voted to refer the ordinance back to the Human Services Committee....