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Alsip trustees table variance for oversized garage at 12618 Keeler Avenue; attorney to draft ordinance
Summary
The board tabled a variance request for a larger residential garage after the village attorney identified a conflict between the zoning ordinance (576 sq ft) and the municipal code (24×26 feet = 624 sq ft). Trustees asked the attorney to draft an ordinance to reconcile the discrepancy and will revisit the request in two weeks.
Mayor Ryan opened the discussion on a Planning & Zoning recommendation to allow an oversized garage at 12618 Keeler Avenue and apologized for placing the item on the agenda without the attorney present: "I actually put this on the agenda... I was unaware of some, further circumstances." Mayor Ryan said the village attorney had identified an inconsistency between the zoning ordinance and the municipal code, noting "the zoning ordinance limits the size of garages to 576 square feet" while the municipal code lists a dimensional limit of 24 foot by 26 foot, or "624 square feet."
Trustee Murphy, who chairs the Planning and Zoning and Licenses Committee, presented the commission's action: "We have the approval of case number 2026Dash06DashVAsInVictorDash100 for a variance to build a larger garage storage for property located at 12618 Keeler Avenue, Alsip, Illinois 60803." He moved to table the matter to the next committee meeting so the attorney could prepare the necessary ordinance; a second was recorded and the board voted by roll call to grant consensus that the village attorney would draft a variance ordinance.
Board members and staff discussed options on whether to grant a variance before amending code language or to amend code first. A staff member observed that either the municipal code or the zoning ordinance could be amended to resolve the conflict, but "you could certainly grant a variance before anything is amended."
The motion to table carried by unanimous roll call. Mayor Ryan said the attorney will draft an ordinance acknowledging the requested variance and the item will return to the board in two weeks; the mayor invited the property requester, Mister Sullivan, to stop by the village office the following Monday at 7:30 p.m. to review the draft if he is available.
Next steps: the village attorney will prepare an ordinance to resolve the size-limit inconsistency and to record the requested variance; the board will consider that ordinance at a future meeting.
