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Recap: Planning and Development Committee
Here s a recap of our live coverage of this evening s Evanston City Council Planning and Development Committee meeting.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 5:40 p.m.
A packet with information on tonight’s agenda items is available online.
The committee is scheduled to consider introduction of an ordinance that would landmark the Christian Science church at 2715 Hurd Ave. and to discuss a possible tree protection ordinance and issues around rental licensing, property maintenance violations and possible changes to the nuisance premise ordinance.
Meeting called to order at 5:43 p.m.
Public Comment
Carlis Sutton says landlords get no respect.
Recap: Administration and Public Works Committee
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City drops plans for new parkway planting limits
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Homeowners fume about plan to fine them for putting plants on the parkway.
People are passionate about parkway plantings. Say that five times fast.
Okay, don’t. The sixty people who attended a virtual public hearing Wednesday night about the city’s proposed new parkway planting rules were passionate enough.
And their message to City staff could perhaps be summed up by what resident Lucy Elam had to say: “You need to take this back and scrap it and start over.”
Parkways are the grassy strips between a sidewalk and the street. It’s city-owned property, but homeowners are expected to take care of the land, and, if they get a permit, can put in plants.