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Chicago Permit Review Committee will meet January 11.

Chicago Permit Review Committee will meet Jan. 11.

Here is the agenda provided by the Committee:

1. 2700 N. Lakeview 43rd Ward Lakeview Avenue Row House District

Proposed renovation of existing 4-story masonry row house to two single-family residences with third- and fourth-floor additions and new garage door openings on a secondary elevation

Applicant: 2700 N. Lakeview, LLC, owner

Michael Hershenson Architects

Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Committee find that the project, with the following conditions, meets the criteria set forth in the Commission’s Rules and Regulations, the Commission’s Guidelines for Alterations to Historic Buildings and New Construction, and Standard 9 and 10 of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and therefore, the project will not have an adverse effect on the significant historical and architectural features of the landmark district and approve the project with the following conditions:

1. As proposed, the drawings shall be modified to simplify and/or reduce the size of the two new chimneys on the south slope of the fourth-floor, mansard roof;

2. Historic Preservation staff shall be notified to review and approve masonry samples prior to order and installation; and,

3. The project as proposed would require a zoning variation and/or adjustment, and the Commission takes no position regarding any requested variance/adjustment relative to the zoning code requirements.