6 | January 17, 2019 | The wilmette beacon news wilmettebeacon.com Wilmette Village Board Proposal for parking, garage modifications at Wilmette residence moves forward Todd Marver Freelance Reporter In its first meeting of 2019, the Wilmette Village Board unanimously approved a request for a parking space in a required front yard and a variation to modify a non-conforming accessory structure (detached garage) at 611 Forest Ave. at its Tuesday, Jan. 8 meeting. The original plan was for the driveway to be 21 feet, but Village President Bob Bielinski expressed concern with a car being parked right next to the sidewalk under that plan. “The negative is you are now forcing the car that’s parked in front of it to be basically right next to the sidewalk,” he said. “From my point of view if we were to do that on every house that has a driveway on Forest, I think that’d be a huge negative.” After board discussion, they decided to extend it to at least 25 feet to the corner of the porch so a car won’t have to be parked right next to the sidewalk. “If we’re concerned about the car being parked right by the sidewalk, why don’t we leave just a little bit more of the driveway From the Village Employees trained to serve people with disabilities A group of almost 50 employees from the Village of Wilmette and Wilmette Park District recently attended a professional seminar designed to increase disability awareness and build comfort and confidence when interacting with people who have a disability. Wilmette held the first training initiative a year ago and the Wilmette Fire Department followed by incorporating the training into the fire academy. This recent joint seminar is the next step in offering so they can pull the car up a little bit farther so it wouldn’t be forced to be right by the sidewalk?” Trustee Julie Wolf said. Also on the same block, a request for a fence pier diameter variation to permit the reconstruction of two fence pillars at 620 Forest Ave. was approved on the consent agenda. Also approved on the consent agenda was a special use request for a small medical clinic to permit the operation of an optician’s office (Big City Optical) at 1515 Sheridan Road. The introduction of an ordinance was also approved on consent. The Zoning Ordinance would be amended by extending the Village Center Pedestrian Commercial West street frontage designation north along Green Bay Road to Washington Avenue, making large medical/ dental clinics a special use in the Village Center Arterial street frontage designation and making large medical/dental clinics and vocational education facilities a special use in the GC-1 zoning district. The rest of the items approved on the consent agenda include four additional land use items and two municipal services items. The two municipal services items were the approval of a one-year contract at the unit prices set forth in the proposal dated Oct. 29, 2018 with Trees ‘R’ Us of Wauconda for routine and emergency tree removal services, and the approval of a contract in the amount not to exceed $108,000 with Badger Meter of Milwaukee to furnish new water meters. The land use items approved on consent include a front yard impervious surface coverage variation to permit the modification of an existing legal nonconforming structure (a circular driveway) at 435 Lake Avenue. Additionally approved was a front yard impervious surface coverage variation to permit the construction of a new front walk on the legal non-conforming structure at 412 Sunset Drive, a generator setback variation to permit the installation of an emergency stand by generator at 1140 Michigan Avenue and an air conditioner setback variation request to permit the retention of an air conditioner unit at 215 9th St. employees the opportunity to ask questions, have fun and interact with JJList. com Disability Players. The training was provided through a grant from New Trier Township. From the Village is compiled by Editor Eric DeGrechie Police Reports Drunken Wilmette man allegedly drives through Gillson Park construction gates Adrian Russell, 31, of Wilmette, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence following an incident at 11:12 p.m. Jan. 9 at Gillson Park in Wilmette. Wilmette Police discovered a motorist had driven through the construction site gates at the north entrance of Gillson Park and embedded his car on a mound of dirt. Russell, the intoxicated driver, was allegedly behind the wheel of the vehicle and unconscious. He was transported to Evanston Hospital. Russell was issued citations for driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and given an I Bond. WILMETTE Jan. 10 • A resident reported that they received an email from a friend on Jan. 7 asking her to purchase two iTunes gift cards and provide her the pin numbers. On Jan. 8, the victim purchased $200 in cards and forwarded the information only to later learn her friend’s email had been hacked. Jan. 9 • A resident told police that she discovered several unauthorized deposits and withdrawals between Dec. 20 and Jan. 7 from her Chase Bank account. • A resident in the 900 block of Central Avenue reported that between Dec. 21 and Jan. 7 unknown offender(s) damaged a gate on the outside garden during winter break. KENILWORTH Jan. 11 • A resident reported fraudulent bank activity between Dec. 22-Jan. 8 using the victim’s identity. No monetary loss to the victim has been reported at this time. EDITOR’S NOTE: The Wilmette Beacon Police Reports are compiled from official reports found on file at the Wilmette and Kenilworth police headquarters. They are ordered by the date the incident was reported. Individuals named in these reports are considered innocent of all charges until proven guilty in a court of law. Wilmette Police Department releases recent holiday enforcement numbers Submitted by the Wilmette Police Department The Wilmette Police Department conducted additional traffic enforcement Dec. 17–Jan. 2, reminding motorists to buckle up and not drive impaired, day or night, as part of the nationwide Click It or Ticket/Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement effort. The Wilmette Police Department joined other state and local law enforcement agencies across Illinois to reduce highway deaths by issuing citations to unbuckled motorists and arresting impaired drivers. During the 10-day mobilization Wilmette Police Department issued: • 7 seat belt citations • 3 speeding citations • 7 distracted driving citations • 2 misc. offense citations The annual campaign may be over in Wilmette, but that isn’t an excuse to stop buckling up. Not wearing your seat belt is a primary offense, meaning law enforcement can stop you and issue a citation for that alone. All vehicle occupants, regardless of seating position, are required to wear a properly adjusted seat belt. “Our officers are out year-round. If you or your passengers are caught not wearing a seat belt, you will be cited for the violation,” Wilmette Police Sgt. David Sweet said. “If you drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, you will be arrested.” The Click It or Ticket/ Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement effort is funded with federal highway safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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