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Kankakee committee trims planning board to nine members, requires members live inside city
Summary
Committee voted to change the planning board from a 14-member structure with ex officio seats to a nine-member board whose members must reside within the city corporate limits; the change formalizes current practice and clarifies that the planning board also carries zoning-board-of-appeals duties.
The Kankakee City planning committee voted to change the city’s planning board composition from the older, more complex listing of ex officio seats to a nine-member board and to require that members reside within the city corporate limits.
Melissa King, city planner, told the committee that state statute refers to a planning commission and allows municipalities to set membership rules. "The state gives authority for zoning board of appeals, which our…
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