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Commission recommends approval of Blodgett Avenue flag‑lot subdivision with conditions
Summary
Lake Bluff commissioners voted unanimously to recommend approval of a two‑lot resubdivision on East Blodgett Avenue, conditioned on staff items including clarifying utility easements, demolition of noncompliant accessory structures, and removal of concrete barriers blocking a driveway.
The Plan Commission unanimously recommended that the village board approve a tentative plat to resubdivide a long lot on East Blodgett Avenue into two flag lots, subject to standard staff conditions and additional clarifications requested by the commission.
Staff said the 2007 subdivision contemplated a similar configuration and that the present proposal requires one variance for lot frontage on the rear (flag) lot. Attorney Cal Bernstein, representing the applicant, said the design minimizes disturbance of an existing tree‑conservation area and mirrors the configuration of lots created to the west in 2007. He described practical difficulties that justify the requested variance and said the applicant accepts the staff conditions listed in the staff report.
Commissioners and neighbors raised technical concerns about underground utilities and a cluster of concrete Jersey barriers that have blocked an access point for about a decade. Commissioners added conditions and edits to the tentative plat to identify utility lines and easements, clarify the proposed 25‑foot utility easement’s beneficiary, require removal of the concrete barriers in the southeast corner of proposed Lot 2, and confirm whether a sewer easement is needed for an adjacent lot.
Member Fisher moved to recommend the village board approve the tentative plat in the form presented and conditioned upon staff’s items plus the added clarifications; the motion passed unanimously. Staff will schedule the item for village‑board consideration and the applicant will address identified plat technicalities before final submittal.
Provenance: Commission discussion began when staff introduced the Blodgett Avenue tentative plat (agenda item 5) and ended with a unanimous motion and vote to recommend approval with conditions.
