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Area Board of Zoning Appeals -September 2, 2009 <br />MR. LIPSKY: If you make a favorable recommendation and the City then follows and grants my client his <br />continued business license, he'll have to pave the lot. He'll have to apply for the permits for the street cut for <br />getting in and off of Western and he'll have to actually paint the lines to show the designated parking spots. <br />MR. URBANSKI: I think what he means is there going to be a sign out there saying "parking for ...?" <br />MR. LIPSKY: My client has already stated that he will have a sign up there that specifically says "parking for <br />Taste of Mexico only, others will be towed." In the petition, also this is a family man, he doesn't want to have <br />any of the so called problems. There may have been some concerns with the bar across the street. My clients <br />position is that, why would he want to have certain undesirables attend his location, to bust out windows and <br />things of that sort? So he actually has people out there watching the parking lot. Making sure people are <br />getting back and forth and the vehicles are not damaged. <br />MR. URBANSKI: The other thing in Area Plans report which I'm sure you looked at, he understands about <br />paving the alley from Kaley Street to the eastern boundary of his property? <br />MR. LIPSKY: we've discussed that and we'd like to be able to speak with the City Engineer what the extent <br />of what the paving would be. To be quite honest with you folks my client took a risk and he was a decent <br />mechanic in Chicago. He wanted to do this business and ended up selling his successful diesel shop, <br />borrowed a bunch of money to buy the Taste of Mexico. He's improved it and his clientele has improved <br />since that day. When the City came to him and said to him you need more parking, he paid $20,000 for a lot <br />across the street. So he will do what he can to comply and he's willing to comply, he just needs the direction <br />and the time to do it. <br />MR. URBANSKI: Area Plan. <br />MS. NAYDER: Our comment was based upon some additional landscaping Western and I see on the revised <br />site plan that does show some shrubbery along Western and since no landscaping variances have been <br />requested I assume they would follow whatever the ordinance says. I also have comments from the City <br />planner Michael Divita who is in charge of the Western Ave. area and his comments are very briefly, he's in <br />favor of the Special Use and the reduction of the parking spaces but he recommends the denial of the front and <br />rear yard setbacks. <br />MR. URBANSKI: It's only 20' or 35' front yard? <br />MR. LYONS: It would be 20'. <br />MR. LIPSKY: The front would be 20' and the rear would be 15'. <br />MR. URBANSKI: And how many parking spots would that.eliminate? <br />MR. LIPSKY: That would roughly be 35' from the total project. <br />MR. URBANSKI: I just thought you might have the number of parking places that it would reduce? <br />33 <br />