Politics & Government
Judge Rules Divvy Bike Rack can Stay in Lake View After Lawsuit
The condo association was shut down Friday when a judge ruled a new Divvy bike rack in front of its building is on the public way, and doesn't need to be removed.
A Cook County judge ruled against a Lake View condominium association Friday after they filed a lawsuit to remove a Divvy bike station from outside its building, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Condo association president David F. Kolin—who is also an attorney—filed a lawsuit against the placement of the bike station at 3565 N. Pine Grove Ave. last week.
“Strangers will be at the front door, 24 hours a day and children who come and go from the building, which has no doorman, will be at risk,” Kolin said in the suit, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
He also noted the possibility for litter, noise and home devaluation. Other residents sounded off on Patch Boards saying the placement of the Divvy station stripped three valuable parking spaces from the already congested streets.
“It’s the ugliest damn thing,” Kolin told the Sun-Times. The association said it received too little of notice regarding the station’s placement.
But Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy still shut down the case. Law Department spokesman Roderick Drew told the Tribune the association didn’t prove it has a constitutional right to receive advanced notice about something happening on public property.
Other neighbors and local business owners interviewed by the Sun-Times said the bike station was “great for the neighborhood.”
The Chicago Department of Transportation, however, says it’ll review the placement in mid-September.
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