The Skokie ordinance that would have allowed used-car seller Carvana to build a glass tower near a forest preserve in the suburb has expired and Carvana must reapply and meet stricter conditions.
permits and its practice of failing to properly transfer titles for vehicles it sold, according to previous reporting.until last week.
On Jan. 24, Carvana and the state reached a settlement agreement after Carvana admitted to violating state law by failing to transfer car titles in a timely manner, officials said. The following day, Skokie’s Nyden wrote in her letter to Carvana officials,“Since a period longer than six months has lapsed with none of this activity undertaken, the site plan approval ordinance has become invalid and will be repealed. A new request for site plan approval will be required at this time and the process to start anew.”
This time, she noted, Carvana will have to meet the standards outlined in two ordinances passed since then; an updated construction code and an ordinance that adds bird strike mitigation guidelines to the village’s building code.the bird strike mitigation measures for certain new construction including residential buildings over three stories.
The agreement announced Jan. 24 between the secretary of state and Carvana calls for the used-car company to abide by Illinois law going forward, surrender a $250,000 bond and allow inspections by secretary of state police to ensure compliance, according to a news release from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. Illinois can suspend or revoke Carvana’s license again if the company does not act according to the agreement, or if it violates the law.
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