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Lake Bluff board approves zoning text amendment and variance for larger detached garage at 206 E. Prospect Ave.

5506096 · July 29, 2025
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The Village Board unanimously approved a zoning text amendment to reduce detached-garage setbacks on small lots and granted a variance to allow a larger detached garage at 206 East Prospect Avenue, following unanimous favorable recommendations from the PCZBA.

The Lake Bluff Village Board of Trustees on July 20 approved two related zoning measures that will allow property owner Graham Halen to demolish an existing detached garage and construct a larger replacement at 206 East Prospect Avenue.

Staff presented a zoning text amendment and a minor variation request that originated with an informal review by the Plan Commission/Zoning Board of Appeals (PCZBA) on May 21 and were formally presented and unanimously recommended by that body on July 16. The zoning text amendment revises accessory-building rules to…

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