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Burr Ridge trustees remand Ambrian Drive FAR variance back to planning commission after debate over stop-work orders and precedent
Summary
The board voted 3–2 to send a request to increase a home’s floor-area ratio (FAR) from 0.20 to 0.25 back to the plan commission for a full hearing after the petitioner’s attorney said key topography and hardship evidence was not presented earlier; trustees expressed concern about stop-work orders and potential precedent.
The Burr Ridge mayor and board of trustees voted 3–2 on March 23 to remand a petition seeking a floor-area-ratio (FAR) variance for 602 Ambrian Drive to the plan commission for a full hearing.
Petitioner Ravinder Sethi is seeking to raise the permitted FAR from 0.20 to 0.25 to allow an addition that counsel said includes a master bedroom suite over an attached four-car garage. Sarah Reusche, an attorney at Lavelle Law who told the board she was retained after the planning commission hearing, said the petition lacked a full presentation of evidence at the March 2 meeting and asked trustees to return the case for additional fact-finding. “Our request today to you is just to remand,” Reusche said, arguing that more detailed topographic evidence and architectural analysis were not presented earlier.
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