In the kind of zoning change requirement that inhibits multi-unit development, a zoning change application was filed in March to keep the zone the same, at RM4.5, but to change the previously approved plans — all to allow a 3-flat in Logan Square
The application says the lot is currently vacant, but there is a house here and there is no demolition permit for it.
It’s possible the address on the application is wrong, as the site at 2122 N Bingham St is vacant (see photo).
There was a renovation permit received at 2124 in October 2016 to convert the house from a 2-flat to a 3-flat. It appears those plans have been canceled and a teardown is in order.
Setting the problems of a potential teardown aside, developers have to jump through too many hoops to build housing that has more than one unit (single-family). Hoops cost money, and time, and the city’s housing stock — outside the Loop and north lakefront remains overwhelmingly single-family.