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VILLAGE OF 1 2 3 4 KENILWORTH , IL 5 6 Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting 7 Monday , July 13 , 2026 8 9 Agenda Item I. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL 10 The meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Kenilworth in the Kenilworth Village Hall, 11 Kenilworth, Illinois was held at 7 :0 0 p . m . on Monday , July 13 , 2026 . 12 Chair Murphy cal led the meeting to order at 7 : 00 p.m. 13 Attendance was as follows: 14 15 Zoning Board of Appeals Members Present : 16 Eamon Murphy Chair 17 Katherine Peterson Member 18 Tim Quigley Member , Remote 19 Emily Tzur Member 20 Mark Hinkamp Member 21 22 Zoning Board of Appeals Member Absent : 23 Lori Roeser Member 24 Jenelle Chalmers Member 25 26 A quorum was present. 27 28 Other s Recorded as in Attendance: 29 Village Officials and Staff: 30 Heather McFarland Asst. to the Village Manager 31 Michael Blue Village Planner, Teska Associates 32 Andrew Dunham Village Planner, Teska Associates 33 Katarzyna Thake Village Manager , Remote 34 35 Others in Attendance: 36 Charles Waddell Applicant 37 Kylie Peart Northworks Architects 38 Keith Labutta Northworks Architects 39 40 Chair Murphy confirmed that Member Quigley met the electronic attendance criteria. No opposition 41 was shared. 42 43 Agenda Item II. APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES 44 Village of Kenilworth Zoning Board of Appeals 2 Ju ly 13 , 2026 2 The minutes of the regular Zoning Board of Appea l s (ZBA) meeting o f June 8 , 2026 were presented to 1 the members . 2 3 Member Hinkamp made a motion to approve the June 8 , 2026 , meeting minutes as presented . 4 Member Peterson seconded the motion. 5 6 A roll call vote was tak en as follows on the motion: 7 Yea: Murphy, Quigley, Tzur, Peterson , Hinkamp 8 Nay: None 9 Absent: Roeser, Chalmers 10 Abstain: None 11 12 The motion was approved 5 - 0. 13 14 Agenda Item I I I . PUBLIC HEARING 15 Chair Murphy opened the public hearing and swore in the applicants . 16 III.A Continued Public Hearing to Consider Variation s at 167 Abingdon Ave Avenue Pertaining to 17 Maximum Building Size and Maximum Building Coverage Requirements 18 Village Planner Andrew Dunham opened the first item with a presentation. Mr. Dunham explained 19 that the request before the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) was for building coverage and floor area 20 to construct additions to the home and detached garage. Mr. Dunham further explained that the 21 request, which was previously considered by the ZBA at the June 8, 2026 meeting, had been 22 reduced in reflection of the prior discussion. 23 24 Project architect, Keith Labutta, stated that they wanted the proposal to be as restrained as 25 possible. Other project architect, Kiley Peart, added that each addition had been reduced by a 26 third. 27 28 Member Tzur asked if the neighbors to the property supported the project. Charles Waddell , 29 homeowner, expressed uncertainty about who wrote in to the ZBA, but that knew at least one 30 direct neighbor was in support. 31 32 Chair Murphy noted that the updated plans demonstrated a true effort to minimize the request 33 and appreciated the clarity in what had changed. Member Hinkamp shared that he could not see a 34 hardship for the home addition as the existing home has a lot of space. Member Tzur responded 35 that the proposal prevents the owners from having to tear into existing rooms, which would make 36 the rooms off - center. Member Peterson shared that she also did not see a hardship for the 37 sunroom (home addition). 38 39 Chair Murphy explained that he found the request to be reasonable and was inclined to meet them 40 where they are at so they could improve the utility of their home. Member Tzur agreed. Member 41 Hinkamp disagreed. 42 43 Mr. Waddell emphasized that the driving force of the improvements was to modernize the home. 44 Member Quigley shared his appreciation for the changes and his support for home updates that do 45 not impact the streetscape. 46 47 Village of Kenilworth Zoning Board of Appeals 3 Ju ly 13 , 2026 3 Member Hinkamp made a motion to approve the request submitted by the petitioner, Keith 1 Labutta and Kiley Peart of Northworks Architects, on behalf of owner s Charlie and Casey 2 Waddell, to permit construction of a rear addition to the principal structure of a single - family 3 residence and addition to the detached garage that exceeds maximum floor area requirements 4 by 1,062 sq. ft. and maximum building coverage by 184 sq. ft. at 167 Abingdon Avenue in 5 accordance with the materials included in this packet. Member Tzur seconded the motion. 6 7 A roll call vote was tak en as follows on the motion: 8 Yea: Murphy, Quigley, Tzur, 9 Nay: Peterson, Hinkamp 10 Absent: Roeser, Chalmers 11 Abstain: None 12 13 The motion failed 3 - 2 (4 approving votes required) 14 15 Chair Murphy asked staff if the owners would be able to separate out their request for the garage. 16 Village Planner Michael Blue provided the ZBA with options, including a motion to reconsider. 17 18 Member Hinkamp made a motion to reconsider the previous motion, “to approve the request 19 submitted by the petitioner, Keith Labutta and Kiley Peart of Northworks Architects, on behalf of 20 owner s Charlie and Casey Waddell, to permit construction of a rear addition to the principal 21 structure of a single - family residence and addition to the detached garage that exceeds 22 maximum floor area requirements by 1,062 sq. ft. and maximum building coverage by 184 sq. ft. 23 at 167 Abingdon Avenue in accordance with the materials included in this packet . ” Member 24 Peterson seconded the motion. 25 26 A roll call vote was taken as follows on the motion: 27 Yea: Murphy, Quigley, Tzur, Peterson, Hinkamp 28 Nay: None 29 Absent: Roeser, Chalmers 30 Abstain: None 31 32 The motion was approved 5 - 0. 33 34 35 Mr. Waddell stated that he did not want to piecemeal the project. Ms. Peart reiterated that there was 36 no way to improve the home’s functionality without impacting its historic features. 37 38 Chair Murphy asked for guidance on how the owner would like to proceed. The owner requested that 39 the matter be continued to the ZBA’s next regular meeting on August 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. 40 41 Following a request by the applicant, Member Hinkamp made a motion to continue the request 42 to the regularly scheduled ZBA meeting on August 10, 2026. Member Peterson seconded the 43 motion. 44 45 A roll call vote was taken as follows on the motion: 46 Yea: Murphy, Quigley, Tzur, Peterson, Hinkamp 47 Nay: None 48 Absent: Roeser, Chalmers 49 Village of Kenilworth Zoning Board of Appeals 4 Ju ly 13 , 2026 4 Abstain: None 1 2 The motion was approved 5 - 0. 3 Agenda Item IV. OTHER BUSINESS 4 None 5 6 A genda Item V. BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC 7 None 8 9 Agenda Item V I . ADJOURN 10 Member Hinkamp made a mot ion t o adjourn, and Member Peterson seconded the motion . 11 12 A voice vote was taken as follows on the motion: 13 Yea: Murphy, Quigley, Tzur, Peterson , Hinkamp 14 Nay: None 15 Absent: Roeser, Chalmers 16 Abstain: None 17 18 The motion was approved 5 - 0. 19 20 T he meeting concluded at 8 : 11 p.m. 21 22 Respectfully Submitted , 23 24 Heather McFarland 25 Asst. to the Village Manager 26