Lake Bluff, Sanctuary residents urge council to reject rezoning request for 3601 Skokie Highway

Drew Urban, village administrator for Lake Bluff, told the North Chicago City Council that his village opposes Grama Realty's application to rezone 3601 Skokie Highway from M‑1 (limited industrial) to M‑3 (intensive industrial). Urban said the petition raises safety and land‑use compatibility concerns because the property sits within 250 feet of existing residences in Lake Bluff's Sanctuary neighborhood and could allow heavier industrial uses.

Urban outlined four reasons the village opposed the rezoning: intensive uses should not be so close to residences; the change would conflict with the Lake Bluff–North Chicago cooperative planning approach and a prior portal agreement; alternatives (including a text amendment to permit specific uses in M‑1) exist that would address a tenant's needs without full M‑3 zoning; and the rezoning is not…