Village staff will present zoning options to the board during the July 23rd meeting. They put forth the following 'strategic vision': Modify Oak Park’s Zoning Ordinance to Allow “Missing Middle Housing”: 1. Build consensus on intended goals of missing middle housing and zoning changes necessary to achieve
Thomas Ptacek is doing some historical research on Oak Park zoning codes. I will leave the details to him, but he found that our zoning code was penned by none other than Harland Bartholomew and Associates, who entered into a contract to amend our code in the 1940s. Harland Bartholomew
The super PAC, Abundant New York, is the electoral arm of Open New York,a nonprofit group formed in 2016 that advocates more development. The PAC is a more aggressive attempt by the group to make politicians feel consequences for not doing enough to address a worsening housing crisis.
This was presented back in March to the village board by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, and I think it's worth revisiting. It's got a wealth of general information about Oak Park, demographics and the current state of zoning and development, well worth a read. It also
Love this, though Chicago has historically had much more permissive zoning than the burbs.I think that Oak Park's ADU ordinance is relatively weak, not many have been built because it's far too restrictive. Oak Park should create a meaningful ADU ordinance that allows economically viable
I can heartily recommend ‘Escaping the Housing Trap’ by Charles L. Marohn Jr. and Daniel Herriges. This is the third in a series of books from https://www.strongtowns.org/, focusing on housing and housing affordability. The book opens with ‘how we got here’, a somewhat depressing retelling of how