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Itasca board approves variances for Itasca Park District addition at 350 E. Irving Park Road
Summary
The village board accepted the plan commission’s findings and recommendation to grant variances allowing the Itasca Park District to build a 10,702-square-foot addition to its recreation and fitness center, with requested front-yard setback relief and waived parking requirements.
The Itasca Village Board accepted the plan commission’s findings and approved variances requested by the Itasca Park District on May 6 to build a 10,702-square-foot addition at 350 East Irving Park Road.
The plan commission reviewed case PC 25-007 on April 16, 2025, and recommended approval of two variances from the zoning code: a front-yard setback variance and a request to waive parking requirements to accommodate the expansion on the west wall of the existing 40,000-square-foot recreation and fitness center.
Giovanni summarized the application during the community development committee report, noting the 8.407-acre site includes the recreation and fitness center, a parking lot that contains 156 spaces, and Washington Park with three ball fields. Trustees asked procedural questions about the nonconforming nature of parts of the existing building; staff clarified the addition would be set back further than the current building in some respects.
The board moved, seconded and adopted the plan commission’s findings by roll call; the transcript records the roll-call approval following the motion. The approval allows the park district to proceed with permitting and construction steps subject to the variances granted by the village.
The plan commission file for PC 25-007 contains the formal findings of fact and the precise variance language for record and permitting.
