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Shore Acres pool and deck variance hearing continued after commissioners seek clearer topo and structural plans
Summary
Property owners at 1800 Shore Acres Drive asked to modify an existing nonconforming pool, spa and deck in a ravine area; the PCZBA continued the public hearing to allow the applicant to supply corrected topography, clearer structural plans and a restoration plan for ravine work.
The Village of Lake Bluff Joint Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals continued a public hearing Jan. 15 on a zoning‑variation application for extensive alterations to a nonconforming pool, spa, terrace and deck at 1800 Shore Acres Drive, citing incomplete topographic and structural information in the packet.
Village staff said the applicant seeks variations from setback and construction rules in the Village’s ravine protections (identified in staff materials as Sections 10‑12‑3, 10‑12‑4 and 10‑12‑5) to square the existing pool, relocate the spa, reduce a portion of the timber deck and expand a terrace to the south; staff and the village engineer said some proposed revisions can be built “in kind” but other changes require variances because they increase the degree of nonconformity.
Jeff Hanson, the village engineer, told the board that submitted…
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