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One of the last of a handful of vacant lots in the old part of Steger may become developed, thanks to the village Zoning Board of Appeals.
Members of that advisory group agreed during their meeting last week to recommend that village trustees allow a variance on a lot with a 40-foot frontage. Village ordinances call for 50-foot variances.
George Chandler, who owns the property on the 3000 block of Union Avenue with his wife, Marilyn Chandler, said he wants to build a house there.
He said the structure would conform to other houses in the neighborhood.
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“We want to make it nice, but we don’t want to overbuild,” he said.