From the City of Chicago Board of Appeals December 16, 2011 Meeting Agenda:
Che Che Hookah Lounge, Inc.
OWNER:
Mary Lou Kelley, as Trustee of the Mary Lou Kelley Trust PREMISES AFFECTED:
7055 W. Higgins Road SUBJECT:
lounge.
CONTINUANCES
230-11-S ZONING DISTRICT: B2-1 WARD: 41
APPLICANT:
Prince Hookah Lounge, Inc. OWNER:
Mark Rzepjowski PREMISES AFFECTED:
5001 N. Harlem Avenue SUBJECT:
lounge.Application for a special use to permit the establishment of a proposed hookah 402-11-S ZONING DISTRICT: B3-1 WARD: 41
APPLICANT:
two hookah places in less than a mile of one another?
ReplyDeleteThere's already a multitude of problems stemming from Teaser's on Higgins. Now another possible problem? This ward is rapidly going downhill. And I thought Mary O'Connor promised to clean-up the 41st. Would any of this happened if Brian Doherty were still alderman or if Maurita Gavin would have won????
ReplyDeleteOMG, are you kidding 10:06pm? Doherty and his secretary had 20 YEARS to clean up the 41st Ward. The new alderman has made some gains with the schools and is working on the water/sewer issue that went uchecked with everything else for over 20 years.
ReplyDeleteThe Doherty years were a nightmare. Elections over. Lets move on.
ReplyDeleteThe Harlem Hookah doesn't fit, and judging by the number of continuences, the owner knows it. The Higgins Hookah might not be a bad thing if parking is addressed.
ReplyDeleteBoth Northwest Highway and Higgins were left completely undeveloped by the Doherty regime.
ReplyDelete10:06 I shutter to think what would be happening now if Gavin won.
ReplyDeleteAll the comments lead me to believe everyone is complaining about the proposed hookah bars but is anyone doing anything about it? Have you called Alderman O'Connor's office and voiced your opinions? Have you started a petition against the 7055 Higgins hookah bar? I bet not
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know where the meeting will be held regarding the proposed hookah lounge on Higgins?
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know what happened with the proposed hookah lounge on Harlem? The vote was scheduled for December 16
ReplyDeleteI heard they got the OK and are opening in Feb. I can't wait, it should be great.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the agenda for the zoning board. The request for the Harlem Ave. hookah was continued.
ReplyDeleteI spoke with the guy who wants to open the lounge and he's pretty much resigned to the fact that he won't get his permit. Yea!
ReplyDeleteGreat news, it got approved on the 19th. This is awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat is so great about it getting approved? It will only mean problems. I feel sorry for all you nit wits who think it's great
ReplyDeleteFront page news in the Northwest Side Press said the permit for the Harlem Hookha was granted by the City of Chicago Zoning Board. Said the petitions were "here say".
ReplyDeleteI agree with the zoning boards assessment of the petitions. When someone told me about the proposed hookha the story was completely distorted. Said it was going to be a bar with booze, open all night, only four parking places - all that turned out to be nonsense. And the concerns about the hookha turning St. Monica school kids into smokers was laughable. No kid can afford $20.00 to smoke tobacco out of a pipe. Most likely will learn to smoke from their pals.
Bunch of over-reacting coffee clatch curler ladies with nothing else to gossip about.
Yeah, when I was approached to sign the petition, I wondered if the concerns were valid. Turns out they were imagined. Fear of the unknown.
ReplyDeleteThe owner had to go through meetings and continuences, make changes to his business plan and jump through all kinds of hoops. As a member of the business community, I would hope the community would work with prospective new businesses, first, without the hysterics, petitions and other unpleasantries. This entire situation was way overblown and sends the wrong message to the business community. We need new businesses. I went over there to see how far the business was from the school and it is over two blocks away. Come on, be sensible.
ReplyDeletelets move on to more important issues, like attracting businesses to the community and other types of economic development.
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