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Planning Board backs city-initiated rezoning to correct historic industrial/commercial designations for dozens of north-side properties
Summary
The Planning Board recommended two city-initiated map amendments rezoning multiple properties from commercial or industrial to residential (R-1T and select R-3) to reflect long-standing residential use and protect owners’ ability to insure, sell and rebuild homes.
The City of Kankakee Planning Board on June 17 recommended that City Council approve city-initiated map amendments to rezone dozens of properties in neighborhoods north and east of downtown from commercial or industrial districts to residential districts.
The action aims to align zoning with long-standing residential use in several blocks where older zoning maps had retained industrial or commercial designations, a mismatch that has caused problems for owners seeking insurance, loans or the ability to rebuild after substantial damage.
Melissa King, Director of Planning and Zoning, told the board the rezoning batches correct historical inaccuracies on the zoning maps. "When I looked back historically, the zoning maps has actually been zoned industrial since even the 1939 zoning map," King said, noting residents reported homes built in the 1950s and…
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