Planning staff presents draft open-space overlay to encourage clustered, workforce housing
Cook County planning staff unveiled a draft Residential Open Space Overlay (open-space subdivision) to encourage clustered, lower-cost housing on non-shoreland FAR 2 and FAR 3 lands; commissioners generally reacted positively and asked for more detail on septic, wells, duplexes and vacation-rental limits before a public hearing.
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Cook County planning staff presented a draft Residential Open Space Overlay (a clustered “open-space subdivision” overlay) designed to increase workforce housing opportunities on non-shoreland parcels in FAR 2 and FAR 3 zoning districts while preserving large tracts of undeveloped land.
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