VAR-001088-2025: On the petition of Steve and Michelle Mika, record owners, who seek the following variations from the requirements of the Lake County Code and any other zoning relief as required: 1. Reduce the north side-yard setback from 4 feet to 0.29 feet, to allow for the restoration a legal nonconforming single-family dwelling that has exceeded 50% of its replacement cost; 2. Reduce the required lowest floor elevation of a substantially improved residential structure from one foot above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) to 4 feet below the BFE; 3. Reduce the elevation of a substantially improved structure that is required to be constructed with materials resistant to flood damage from one foot above the BFE to 4 feet below the BFE; 4. Reduce the required elevation of all electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, air conditioning equipment, and utility meters of a substantially improved residential structure from the one foot above the BFE to 4 feet below the BFE; and 5. Reduce the required total net area of permanent openings below the BFE of a substantially improved residential structure of not less than 1 square inch for every one square foot of an enclosed area subject to flooding below the BFE to a total net area of 0 square inches for every one square foot of enclosed area subject to flooding below the BFE. The subject property is located at 38723 N. Lake Street, Antioch, IL and is approximately 0.21 acres. PINs: 01-34-206-006, 01-34-206-010

Committee

Zoning Board of Appeals

Requested by

Planning, Building & Development

Introduced

July 14, 2025