Lobbying Disclosure: Zoning Request for Jewish Day School
April 1, 2017
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The Frame
This filing discloses professional advocacy efforts to influence local land-use decisions for a specific school project in Chicago between April and June 2017.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Thomas P. Smith and Sherrie Gauley
They are the clients seeking specific zoning permissions for a school project.
Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals
The board is tasked with reviewing and deciding on the requested zoning variances and special use permits.
Last recorded activity April 1, 2017.
Next step not available in the current record.
Summary
Key Facts
- Lobbyist Donna J. Pugh is representing Thomas P. Smith and Sherrie Gauley.
- The lobbying activity is directed at the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals.
- The objective is to coordinate a special use permit and a zoning variance.
- The project identified is a Jewish Day School.
- The reporting period for this lobbying activity is April 1, 2017, to June 30, 2017.
Why It Matters
This filing discloses professional advocacy efforts to influence local land-use decisions for a specific school project in Chicago between April and June 2017.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a special use permit?
What is a zoning variance?
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Administrative Zoning Coordination
The document highlights the use of professional lobbyists to navigate municipal zoning boards for private development projects.
Connected Entities
Sources
data.cityofchicago.org
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz5Current news / social attention level
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