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Council approves Uptown special-use permits, parking variance and zoning cleanup
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Summary
The Blue Island City Council voted to approve a tattoo-parlor special-use permit at 13351 Old Western and a special-use permit and parking variance for Blue Island Fresh Market LLC at 2418 Vermont; the council also approved related rezoning and UTOD code clarifications, each motion passing on roll call.
The council granted a special-use permit to Maria Sandoval to operate a tattoo parlor at 13351 Old Western Avenue (the former Retro Pizza site) and later approved a special-use permit and parking-variance package allowing Blue Island Fresh Market LLC to open a grocery at 2418 Vermont (formerly Family Dollar). Both items were presented, discussed briefly, and approved by roll call with the chair announcing seven affirmative votes.
Mayor Fred Velado asked whether the grocery’s principals were present; an alderman who represents the ward welcomed the new business and urged city departments to assist with cleanliness and ongoing code compliance. The council also approved a related ordinance to allocate off-street parking across the street and committed to moving certain city vehicles to free additional public parking for the grocery; the mayor emphasized that ‘‘nobody gets guaranteed parking’’ but that the city would provide reasonable accommodations.
The council used the same meeting to clean up UTOD zoning language for multifamily rules and to rezone two corner lots on Vermont (1964 and 1965) from residential to commercial so the grocery could continue as a permitted commercial use. The votes on the grocery, tattoo parlor and zoning items were recorded as roll-call approvals (announced as seven ayes).
