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Commission approves two‑car garage at 210 N. Clinton with steeper roof and reduced overhang
Summary
A consent item to build a two‑car garage with attic storage at 210 North Clinton in Winnetka Heights was approved with conditions that the roof slope be increased and the overhang shortened to match the main structure’s proportions.
The Landmark Commission approved a consent request on May 5 to construct a two‑car garage with attic storage at 210 North Clinton Avenue in the Winnetka Heights Historic District, subject to two modest design conditions.
City staff and the task force recommended approval with conditions: the garage roof slope should be steeper to better match the main house and the roof overhang should be shortened to the main roof’s proportion. The applicant, John Burns, attended the hearing and answered commissioners’ technical questions. Commissioners also asked that the dormer proportions reflect the house and that pony‑wall heights be reduced so the garage reads as a subordinate structure.
The commission’s motion approved the drawings with the specific condition that the main roof slope be adjusted (applicant and staff indicated a steeper slope was…
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