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VILLAGE OF 1 2 3 4 KENILWORTH, IL 5 Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting 6 Monday, August 10, 2026 7 8 Agenda Item I. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL 9 The meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Kenilworth in the Kenilworth Village Hall, 10 Kenilworth, Illinois was held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 10, 2026. 11 Chair Murphy called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. 12 Attendance was as follows: 13 14 Zoning Board of Appeals Members Present: 15 Eamon Murphy Chair 16 Katherine Peterson Member 17 Tim Quigley Member, Remote at 7:10 p.m. 18 Emily Tzur Member 19 Lori Roeser Member 20 Jenelle Chalmers Member 21 22 Zoning Board of Appeals Member Absent: 23 Mark Hinkamp Member 24 25 A quorum was present. 26 27 Others Recorded as in Attendance: 28 Village Officials and Staff: 29 Heather McFarland Asst. to the Village Manager 30 Michael Blue Village Planner, Teska Associates 31 Andrew Dunham Village Planner, Teska Associates 32 Megan Mack Village Attorney 33 Katarzyna Thake Village Manager, Remote 34 35 Others in Attendance: 36 Charles Waddell Applicant 37 Casey Waddell Applicant 38 Brad Minkow 39 Kylie Peart Northworks Architects 40 Keith Labutta Northworks Architects 41 42 Chair Murphy confirmed that Member Quigley met the electronic attendance criteria. No opposition 43 was shared. 44 45 Agenda Item II. APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES 46 The minutes of the regular Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) meeting of July 13, 2026 were presented to 47 the members. 48 49 Village of Kenilworth Zoning Board of Appeals 2 August 10, 2026 2 Member Peterson made a motion to approve the July 13, 2026, meeting minutes as presented. 1 Member Chalmers seconded the motion. 2 3 A roll call vote was taken as follows on the motion: 4 Yea: Murphy, Tzur, Peterson, Chalmers 5 Nay: None 6 Absent: Hinkamp, Quigley 7 Abstain: Roeser 8 9 The motion was approved 4-0. 10 11 Agenda Item III. PUBLIC HEARING 12 Chair Murphy opened the public hearing and swore in the applicants. 13 III.A Continued Public Hearing to Consider Variation s at 167 Abingdon Ave Avenue Pertaining to 14 Maximum Building Size and Maximum Building Coverage Requirements 15 Village Planner Andrew Dunham opened the first item with a presentation and explained that the 16 request remained unchanged from the July 13, 2026 meeting. Mr. Dunham stated the applicant 17 was requesting relief from building coverage and floor area requirements. 18 19 Charlie Waddell, applicant, explained that his request is intended to reflect community feedback 20 from the Village’s recent Zoning Code Audit and Survey. The feedback, he further explained, 21 showed interest in enabling property owners to modernize their homes. Mr. Waddell stated that 22 additional space is needed to improve how the home functions for his growing family and he would 23 like the improvements to be in line with community standards. 24 25 Project architect, Keith Labutta, shared that the request had been reduced by 30% from June to 26 July’s meeting. 27 28 Neighbor, Brad Minkow, noted his support for the request that he believed was modest and would 29 improve property values. 30 31 Member Roeser asked if the Waddell family had considered splitting their requests, as she could 32 more readily support the proposed work on the detached garage versus the garage and sunroom 33 addition. 34 35 Village Attorney Mack relayed that the applicant is permitted to split the requests if that is what 36 they choose. In response to questions from the applicant, Ms. Mack explained regulations for non-37 conforming structures and that a variance would be required to rebuild the detached garage in its 38 exact footprint. Ms. Mack further explained that there would be a two-year waiting period for 39 similar applications if the current variance request was denied. 40 41 Chair Murphy and members Tzur and Quigley stated their support for the request. 42 43 Members Roeser, Chalmers, and Peterson shared support for the detached garage, however, they 44 did not believe a hardship was present to justify the variance request for the addition. 45 46 Village of Kenilworth Zoning Board of Appeals 3 August 10, 2026 3 Mr. Waddell requested a brief recess at 7:43 p.m. so they could discuss their preferred path 1 forward. The meeting resumed at 7:56 p.m. 2 3 Ms. Waddell asked the ZBA members how other similarly scoped variations were approved 4 compared to their request. Member Chalmers responded that the ZBA reviews the totality of 5 circumstances, and each property is unique. Member Roeser emphasized the need for requests 6 to meet the standards for variations outlined in the code. Member Peterson agreed. 7 8 Mr. and Ms. Waddell asked the ZBA to continue their request to September 14th for further 9 discussion. 10 11 Following a request by the applicant, Member Roeser made a motion to continue the request to 12 the regularly scheduled ZBA meeting on September 14, 2026. Member Chalmers seconded the 13 motion. 14 15 A roll call vote was taken as follows on the motion: 16 Yea: Murphy, Quigley, Tzur, Peterson, Chalmers, Roeser 17 Nay: None 18 Absent: Hinkamp 19 Abstain: 20 21 The motion was approved 6-0. 22 23 Agenda Item IV. OTHER BUSINESS 24 None 25 26 Agenda Item V. BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC 27 None 28 29 Agenda Item VI. ADJOURN 30 Member Roeser made a motion to adjourn, and Member Chalmers seconded the motion. 31 32 A voice vote was taken as follows on the motion: 33 Yea: Murphy, Quigley, Tzur, Peterson, Chalmers, Roeser 34 Nay: None 35 Absent: Hinkamp 36 Abstain: 37 38 The motion was approved 6-0. 39 40 The meeting concluded at 8:32 p.m. 41 42 Respectfully Submitted, 43 44 Heather McFarland 45 Asst. to the Village Manager 46