Chicago tackles tough rezoning efforts
Old Town, Edgewater zoning proposals that have neighborhoods divided approved by Plan Commission
Zoning proposals have residents in two North Side neighborhoods divided.
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Zoning dissent at the board table
Trustee's Wesley and Straw vote against renewing our current zoning laws. Trustee Wesley: “For me, it’s basically approving racism,” he said. “When we drop a new zoning map that is not drawn from the legacy of racism, then I’ll vote ‘yes.’” Oak Park approves zoning map,
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"Freeing space taken up by a stairway allows for exciting design and development possibilities and opens thin urban lots that would otherwise be financially infeasible. Subtracting a second form of egress—which Speckert estimates can cost up to $300,000 for a small building—would also allow funds and
Zoning reform stalls in Forest Park
The proposed reforms would increase the allowed lot coverage in denser residential districts and legalize two flats in areas where they are already grandfathered in. Why have residential zoning code updates been stalled? - Forest Park ReviewSix months after it was introduced to the village council, amendments to the residential