Ev. Hospital Plans 5-Story Cancer Wing

The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on Tue., Feb. 19, 2008, will hear an application by Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp. for a special use to construct a new cancer care wing on its property at 2650 Ridge, which is in an R4 General Residential and oH Hospital Overlay zoning districts. ENH proposes to demolish the existing one-story Kellogg cancer center and replace it with a five-story building.

Physical expansion of hospital facilities requires a special use application. Special uses require a public hearing before the ZBA and subsequent City Council approval. The item is application ZBA 08-03-SU(R); the meeting starts at 7:30 in Council chambers at the Civic Center.