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07/06/1942693 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1942 AT 8:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER: In the absence of Mayor Charles H. Garland the meeting was called to order by Edgar J. Friedrich, City Clerk, with Aldermen Carroll, Johnson, Loos, Dpiopheide, Lemke and Campagna responding to the roll call. (Alder- men Pflughaupt, Kehe, Friott and Schwanbeck were absent during the entire meeting.) The Clerk reported six aldermen present. DESIGNATE MAYOR PROTEM: The motion was made by Alderman Carroll and A Loos that Alderman Lemke act as Mayor protem for this meeting. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the chair declared the motion carried. Alderman Lemke thereupon took the chair. REPORTS OF OFFICERS: The Clerk then submitted the following reports for the month of June 1942: The report of Edgar J. Friedrich, City Clerk The report of Harold J. Ahbe, City Treasurer The report of Frank F. Scharringhausen, Building Inspector The report of Arthur Rieck, Electrical Inspector The Chair ordered the said reports placed on `file. REQUEST 500 DEFENSE HOME PRIORITIES: The Clerk then read the following proposed resolution: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the officials of the City of Des Plaines, Illinois, that the War Department is about to build an aircraft assembly plant to be operated by the Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc., for and under the direction of the War Department, and WHEREAS, the construction and operation of said plant will cause to be employed thousands of defense workers who will need housing facilities nearby, and said plant is to be located within three- quarters of a mile of the City limits of the City of Des Plaines, a community composed largely of private homes and owned by the occupants, and WHEREAS, the City of Des Plaines will be in a so-called critical defense area, and will be expected to provide adequate housing for a large number of such employees, and WHEREAS, the City of Des Plaines realizes that the homes to be constructed will be of a permanent character, and WHEREAS, the City of Des Plaines is desirous of constructing homes and buildings that will be suitable for use after the war, and WHEREAS, the City of Des Plaines has a large number of vacant lots, suitable for building of defense homes at a cost of $6000.00 for a complete unit, which property is improved with all utilities such as sewer, water, hard surfaced and paved streets, gas and electricity, in and paid for, and WHEREAS, there exists at present, an acute shortage of homes, and the City is desirous of cooperating with the Federal Government, and WHEREAS, the City of Des Plaines has at all times cooperated in this war effort by maintaining a Civilian Defense organization, has subscribed for and is buying war bonds and stamps, and has met every quota assigned to it, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES, COUNTY OF COOK AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Section 1. That the City of Des Plaines reaffirms and renews it's pledge to assist the government of the IM United States of America in this war. Section 2. That the City of Des Plaines request, and it does here- by request, that the proper authorities, upon application, allocate to the City of Des Plaines, 500 priorities for the construction of homes at a total cost of $6,000.00 per unit. Section 3. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to -Director, Federal Housing Authority, Chicago, Illinois; United States Housing Authority, Chicago, Illinois, Douglas Aircraft Co, Inc., Santa Monica, California; and Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 694 (RESOLUTION - cont'd) seconded by The motion was made by Alderman Carroll andAJohnson to adopt this proposed re- solution. The motion, was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the chair de- clared the motion carried and the said resolution adopted. FILE BANDS INC. GIVEN TEMPORARY PERMIT: The Clerk then read the follow- ing letters July 2 , 1942 " City of Des Plaines Des Plaines, Illinois Gentlemen: Enclosed find agreement under which we are to be permitted to use the premises at 630 Pearson Street, Des Plaines, Illinois, for light manufacturing purposes for the duration -of the war and six months thereafter. Also cashier's check payable to your order in the amount of $200.00 for the deposit mentioned in said agreement. This check is to be feturned to us upon our discontinuance of operations at said address within the time specified in said agreement, and which check is to be forfeited to you in the event we do not vacate the premises in the time provided for in said agreement. Trusting we may receive one copy of executed agreement at your early convenience, we are Very truly yours, (Signed) W. T. ANDERSON president and submitted the following proposed agreement: AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO USE OF PREMISES CONTRARY TO STRICT PROVISION OF ZONING ORDER This agreement made this 2nd day of July, 1942, by and between FILE BANDS, INC., a corporation, hereinafter referred to as the Company, and the CITY OF DES PLAINES, a Municipal Corporation, hereinafter re- ferred to as the City. WHEREAS the Company is engaged in business in the City of Des Plaines, at 1217 Thacker Street, Des Plaines, Illinois, and is engaged in the manufacture of band files and band saws and WHEREAS the Company is actually engaged in the manufacture and sale of products actually used in the construction of war materials needed by the Government of the United States and WHEREAS the Company's present manufacturing facilities are not ample and WHEREAS the Company's present place of business is not sufficiently large to permit the quantity of production required of the Company and the Company desires to remove that part of its activities known as the file assembly department and the file shipping department to the pre- mises known as. 630 Pearson Street, Des Plaines, Illinois, which premises are at present zoned for commercial uses and WHEREAS the assembly of files by the Company may be deemed light manufacture and the Com any desires permission from the City of Des Plaines to use the pre$mixes of 630 Pearson Street, Des Plaines, Illinois for the duration of the war and six (6) months thereafter for the assembly of file bands and for the packing and shipping of said file bands, NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto, in order to aid the Government of the United States in its all-out war effort do hereby agree to the following: 1. The City does hereby grant permission to the Company to carry on the activities of the Company known as file assembly and file shipping and packing on the premises known as 630 Pearson Street, Des Plaines, Illinois, for the period of the duration of the war and six (6) months thereafter. (AGREEMENT - cont'd) 695 2. The Company acknowledges and admits that the use of said premises for said purposes is technically in violation of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Des Plaines and in consideration of the permission grant- ed by the City, the Company agrees to discontinue the assembly of the file bands in said premises at the expiration of six (6) months after the present war. 3. The City agrees not to bring any action, to prosecute or enjoin the Company from the use of said premises for the purposes referred to in this agreement. 4. The Company does hereby deposit with the City, a cashier's check in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) payable to the City of Des Plaines, which sum shall be forfeited to the City of Des Plaines, if the Company continues the operation of file assembly at 630 Pearson Street, Des Plaines, Illinois, after the expiration of six (6) months after the present war. Said check to be returned to the Company upon its cessation of file assembly activities within six (6) months after the end of the present war. 5. The Company admits that it will be liable for a penalty of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per day for each day it continues to assemble file bands at said location after expiration of six (6) months follow- ing the end of the present war and by this agreement admits its liability to the City to that extend in the event it does proceed with the assembly of.file bands at said location after the expiration of six (6) (74 months following the end of the present war. rt+ This agreement is executed by the Company pursuant to authorization by r -a its Board of Directors and by the City of Des Plaines pursuant to resolution by the City Council. WITNESS the hands and seals of the parties hereto first above written. CITY OF DES PLAINES, a Municipal Corporation By: Mayor ATTEST: CITY CLERK ATTEST: FILE BANDS, INC. By: W. T. ANDERSON Secretary • President seconded by The motion was made by Alderman Loos andAJohnson to enter into the said agreement and to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the said agreement for and in the name of the City of Des Plaines. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. FIRST READING - ORDINANCE PERMITTING WAREHOUSES IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT: The Clerk then read the following recommendation: RECOrMIENDATION To The Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Des Plaines Des Plaines, Illinois Gentlemen: The Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Des Plaines, at a regularly held meeting after due notice thereof given according to law, have considered the advisability of recommending a modif- ication of the trades, industries and uses permissable in commercial districts especially as affecting the right to operate certain types of storage warehouses for hire. After due consideration by the Zoning Board of Appeals, we are of the opinion that SECTION IV of our present Zoning Ordinance which governs uses permissable in commercial districts should be liber- alized so as to permit storage warehouses for the storage of 696 (RECOMMENDATION- cont'd) commodities which because of their nature would not be obnoxious from a standpoint of odor, noise or dangerous as a fire hazard. The Zoning Board of Appeals believes that a liberalization of said SECTION IV is fitting and proper to permit any of the commercial enter- prises in Des Plaines to store their products, which in the course of their business they sell -from day to day and accordingly, your Zoning Board of Appeals recommends the adoption of the amending ordinance hereto attached. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS By: T. R. NAPIERALSKI Secretary and followed by reading for first reading the following ordinance recommended therein: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION IV -"COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS". OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE TO CLASSIFY. REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATIONS OF TRADES AND IN- DUSTRIES AND THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIED USES: TO REGULATE AND LIMIT THE INTENSITY OF THE USE OF LOT AREAS AND TO REGULATE AND DETERMINE THE AREA OF YARDS. COURTS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES WITHIN 111D SURROUNDING SUCH BUILDINGS. AND TO ESTABLISH THE BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICTS FOR THE SAID PURPOSES AND PRESCRIBING PEN- ALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS". BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois: SECTION I: That SECTION IV entitled "COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS" of an ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance to Classify, Regulate and Restrict the Locations of Trades and Industries and the Location of Buildings Designed for Specified Uses; To Regulate and Limit the Intensity of the Use of Lot Areas and To Regulate and Determine the Area of Yards, Courts and Other Open Spaces within the Surrounding such Building, and To Establish the Boundaries of Districts for the said Purposes and Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of its Provisions" be and is hereby amended to read.as follows: SECTION 4. In the Commercial District no buildings or premises shall be used, and no building shall be erected or altered to be used for any of the following specified trades, industries or uses: 1. Bakery (employing more than 25 persons). 2. Bottling Works. 3. Car Barn. 4. Contractor's Plant or Storage Yard. 5. Cooperage Works. 6. Dyeing and Cleaning Works (employing more than five (5) persons. 7. Ice Plant. 8. Lauddry (employing more than five (5) persons. 9. Livery Stable. 10. Stone Yard or Monumental Works. 11. Storage or baling of scrap paper, iron, bottles, rage,or junk. 12. Storage Warehouses, private or for hire, wherein goods, wares or merchandise which by reason of their nature do or are likely to give off obnoxious odors, or by reason of their character create excessive noise in handling or which by their nature are explosive or highly inflammable, are stored or maintained. 13. All uses exluded from IRK Industrial District. 14. Any kind of manufacture or treatment other than the manufacture or treatment of products clearly incidental to the conduct of a retail business conducted on the premises. (RECOMMENDATION - cont'd) 15. Refining petroleum or storage of crude petroleum, ovally derivative thereof, in quantities exceeding 10,000 gallons in containers of not to exceed 5,000 gallons capacity each. SECTION II: All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, conflicting with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed so far as they conflict herewith. SECTION III: Any person, firm or corporation who violates, die-- obeys; i - obeys; omits, neglects or refuses to comply with, or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be findd not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION IV: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. Passed this day of , A.D. 1942. Approved this City Clerk day of , A.D. 1942. Mayor The Chair ordered the said recommended ordinance filed for second reading. FIRST READING - ORDINANCE VACATING ALLEY: The Clerk then read first reading a proposed ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE VACATING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ALLEYS IN BLOCKS TWO (2). THREE (3), FOUR (4) FIVE (5) IN WHITE'S STPTT, CAR ADDITION TO RIVERVIEW, IN SECTION TW'Y-EIGHT (28). TOWN- SHIP FORTY-ONE (41) NORTH. RANGE TW1LVE (12) EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN THE CITY OF DES PLAINES. COOK COUNTY. STATE OF ILLINOIS. The Chair ordered the said proposed ordinance filed for second reading. for 697 APPROVAL OF BILIS: The -Finance Committee through its member Alderman Carroll then introduced the following proposed resolution: RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING BILLS AND WAGES ARE DUE AND PAYABLE AND THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK BE AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE PROPER WARRANTS IN PAYMENT THEREOF. 12010 Middle States Telephone Co.$ 144.01 12012 Koehler Bros. Service Sta. 196.05 12014 D.P. Agency, Inc. 12016 Homer Coffman 12018 Oscar Mapes 12020 D.P. Motor Sales, Inc. 12022 Mrs. L.A. Willer 12024 Frank Scharringhausen 12026 B.F. Kinder's Sons 12028 Division 10, Off.Civ.Def. 12030 Fred Huebner 12032 Scott Electric 12034 Joe Palmer 12036 D.P. Motor Sales,Inc. 12038 Payer Nash Sales 12040 Johnson's Electric Shop 12042 K.E. Erickson Co.,Inc. 12044 Lagerhausen Lbr & Coal Co. 12046 Maine Township Road Dept. 12048 William Hahn 12050 Nagel Sales & Service 12052 Louton Paint & Varnish Co. 424.54 55.00 25.00 45.75 75.00 143.06 2.25 182.92 35.40 35.50 68.40 21.34 1.20 16.32 22.95 7.84 18.00 30.00 53.69 1.74 12011 Public Service Co. 12013 D.P. Realty Company 12015 Arthur Hintz 12017 Robert Steckbauer 12019 Des Plaines Cafe 12021 Authorized Radio Service 12023 Mrs. L.A. Willer 12025 Arthur Rieck 12027 Frank Scharringhausen 12029 William Hahn 12031 Lagerhausen L & C. Co. 12033 E. N. Fletcher 12035 H. Kennicott 12037 Power Trans. Equipt. Co. 12039 B.F. Kinder's Sons 12041 Geisen Garage 12043 C & N.W. Railway Co. 12045 D. P. Mercantile Co. 12047 Ida Scheskie 12049 Fred Huebner 12051 Hess Tire & Battery Serv. 12053 Coffman Coal Co. 1,690.99 389.02 55.00 55.00 7.77 58.11 12.65 98.89 20.88 35.40 1.53 50.00 45.60 .40 22.84 2.00 1.16 .55 5.00 30.00 3.75 40.20 698 12054 12056 12058 12060 12062 12064 12066 12068 12070 12072 12074 12076 12078 12080 12082 12084 12086 12088 12090 12092 12094 12096 12098 12100 Brd.Trus.Fire.P.Fund 111.82 (BILLS - coht'd) Scott Electric $ 7.50 12055 Earl Wernicke 7.50 12057 James Schimka, Jr. 22.50 12059 Marblehead Lime Co. 348.25 12061 Walter Williams 4.00 12063 Robert H. Osborne 18.57 '12065 R. W. Fischer 5.00 12067 Purnell & Wilson 2.22 12069 E. Nemetz 5.00 12071 J. Brand 2.32 12073 M. Katzenberger 2.45 12075 D.P. Volunteer Fire 125.00 12077 Sam Atkins 35.00 12079 Says Atkins 6.00 12081 A.M. Esser 6.00 12083 A.W. Collignon 6.00 12085 Ben Stangor 6.00 12087 Wallace Kinder 6.00 12089 Carl Manz 6.00 12091 Henry Wolf 6.00 12093 Alvin Kuhlman 6.00 12095 V.L. Spiegler 6.00 12097 Edward Ahrens 6.00 12099 Al Ritter Krema Trucking Co. Blenkle's Coal Co. Merchants Chemical Matt Okus Valvoline Oil moo. Western Tire Auto Stores Hess Tire & Battery Sery Dan's Tavern R.E. Sippey John Katzenberger Walter Lagerhausen Authorized Radio Service Andrew Geisen Homer Coffman L. Bierman Edward Nagel Ray Kolze 4 Geo. Lagerhausen John Hammerl Alfred Wille Alvin E. Kuhlman Brd.Trust.Police.PlFund 55.00 10.48 3.00 Co. 265.18 27.00 44.88 4.59 6.55 5.00 1.51 .11 35.00 2.50 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 224.01 CASH TRANSFERS General Corporate Free Cash Water Free Cash Streets Free Cash Garbage Free Cash Fire Protection Free Cash 1,300.00 700.00 250.00 250.00 100.00 To transfer to the General Corporate Fund from Water, Streets, Fire Protection Funds, said funds' share of the Administrative curred by the General Corporate Fund during the month of July, Water Revenue Bond Cash Water Depreciation Cash Water Free Cash 1,54$.25 80.00 Garbage and Expenses in - 1942. 1,628.25 To transfer from Water Free Cash the monthly sum stipulated by the Water Re- venue Bond Ordinance for the month of July, 1942. Water Fund Free Cash 1.50 Garbage Fund Free Cash 1.50 To transfer to the Water Fund Free Cash the amount due said fund for water service rendered to the Des Plaines Incinerator for the 3 month's period ending June 10, 1942. seconded by The motion was ming made by Alderman Carroll andALoos to adopt this proposed resolution. The Mayor put the question and the Clerk called the roll with the following result: Ayes; -Aldermen Carroll, Johnson, Loos, Dopheide, Lemke and Campagna. Nays; None. The KKXX chair thereupon declared the motion carried and the said resolution adopted. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Each member of the Council having been.supplied a cow of the minutes of the regular Council meeting held June 15, 1942, as well as a copy of the minutes of the speed uiwil meeting held June 22� 1942, the motion was made by Alderman Johnson andAtoos ha os the said minutes be approved. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the chair declared the motion carried and the said minutes approved. seconded by ADJOURNMENT: The motion was made by Alderman Loos &^Campagna that the Council adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the dhair de- clared the motion carried and the Council regular Igor . 'EDGAR CH, City Clerk