Oak Lawn trustees deny variance appeal for 8835 West Natoma

The Village of Oak Lawn Board of Trustees on Jan. 14 denied an appeal seeking multiple zoning variances for structures built without permits at 8835 West Natoma.

The trustees voted unanimously to deny the appeal, rejecting requests for a side-yard variation, a rear lot-line easement variation and a 50% impervious-surface variation. The motion to deny the appeal was made by Trustee Desmond and carried on a roll-call vote of trustees present.

The appeal had been filed after the village’s appeals review body issued an adverse decision; the board’s action leaves that adverse decision in place. The board took the vote as part of its regular meeting after other routine business and before the consent agenda.

During the roll call, Trustee Stalker, Trustee Desmond, Trustee Sock, Trustee Olenichuk and Trustee Mallow voted yes to deny the appeal. No trustee recorded a vote against or an abstention.

No speaker on the record asked the board to overturn the appeals review decision during the discussion recorded in the meeting transcript. The record does not specify any conditions attached to the denial or subsequent enforcement steps.

The board meeting transcript records the item as “an appeal of an adverse decision by the appeals review” and lists the requested variations by type and the property address. The transcript does not include the appellants’ name or additional documentation details in the public record at the meeting.

The denial is a final action by the Board of Trustees on that appeal at this meeting; the transcript does not record any direction to staff for follow-up or any motion to reconsider.