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Council approves downtown PUD to clear hurdle for Riverside housing project
Summary
The Kankakee City Council approved an ordinance and related suspensions of rules to advance a planned downtown housing redevelopment at 250 East Station Street and 310 South Schuyler Avenue after a unanimous planning board recommendation and council votes this week.
The Kankakee City Council on June 2 approved a planned-unit development ordinance clearing a major regulatory hurdle for a downtown housing redevelopment at 250 East Station Street and 310 South Schuyler Avenue.
The planning director told the council the project was ‘‘thoroughly discussed and vetted’’ and that the planning board recommended approval by a unanimous vote. That recommendation and council approval now allow the developer to move forward with permit review pending river’s-edge zoning adjustments, Mayor Curtis said.
Director King said the planning board recommended the project unanimously, adding that the request includes “a number of conditions and also, what are referred to as modifications or, exceptions to the code, under the PUD allowance.” Mayor Curtis told the council that having cleared this step “is a major hurdle for them to get this piece moving on for the downtown housing development.”
Council members voted first to suspend the rules to allow consideration of the ordinance and then placed the ordinance on final reading. The council discussion did not change the substance of the PUD; council members indicated the next steps will be zoning and permit reviews once the river’s-edge zone is in place.
The approval follows planning-board vetting and leaves detailed permit review and compliance with the PUD conditions to subsequent administrative steps. Mr. Lofton, the applicant’s representative, was present at the meeting and will proceed with design and permit review as those processes continue.
