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Commission's regulations governing demolition permit applications in landmark districts call for the agency to evaluate whether the property sought to be demolished contributes to the character of the district.
6 Μαρ 2009 · Plaintiffs Albert C. Hanna (Hanna) and Carol C. Mrowka (Mrowka) (collectively, plaintiffs), filed a 20-count complaint against the City of Chicago, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, and several city officials (collectively, the City), alleging that the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance (the Ordinance) (Chicago Municipal Code §§ 2-120-920) was ...
Contact: 312.744.3200. The Commission on Chicago Landmarks (CCL) is responsible for recommending buildings, sites, objects, and districts for legal protection as official Chicago landmarks.
ICS's state court complaints raised a number of such issues in the form of various federal constitutional challenges to the Landmarks and Designation Ordinances, and to the manner in which the Commission conducted its proceedings.
The city council's committee on cultural development and historical landmarks preservation conducted public hearings on the proposed designation, and subsequently recommended to the full city council that the building be designated a landmark.
According to the complaint, the Archdiocese has demolished approximately one third (seventeen of forty-two) of the churches that it has closed since the early 1950's. Finally, and according to the plaintiffs, most importantly, the complaint alleges that the Landmark Commission has concluded that St. Mary's is an "endangered building."
It is responsible for presenting recommendations of individual buildings, sites, objects, or entire districts to be designated as Chicago Landmarks, therefore providing legal protections. The commission is staffed by the Landmarks Division of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development.
