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Land Use Commission recommends 45-seat jazz venue at 1716 Sherman to City Council
Summary
The Evanston Land Use Commission voted 7–0 Feb. 11 to recommend that City Council approve a special-use permit for a small jazz club and bar at 1716 Sherman Avenue. Applicant Kurt Schauer emphasized the venue’s 45-seat cap, acoustic focus and sound-control plans to limit neighborhood impacts.
The Evanston Land Use Commission voted 7–0 on Feb. 11 to recommend that City Council approve a special-use permit for a performance entertainment venue at 1716 Sherman Avenue, a proposed intimate jazz club operated by Night Owl Productions LLC.
Kurt Schauer, the applicant, told commissioners the venue is designed as an intentionally small, seated space that “supports local and regional musicians” and would cap seating “at approximately 45 guests at any one time” to limit noise, crowding and parking impacts. Schauer said the space is…
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