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Commission holds study session on proposed Darrow Road mixed-use overlay; residents raise parking and zoning concerns
Summary
Planning staff led a study session on a proposed mixed-use overlay for the area between Graham Road and Kent Road along Darrow Road; the session was informational and no vote was taken.
Planning staff led a study session on a proposed mixed-use overlay for the area between Graham Road and Kent Road along Darrow Road (PC 25-15), saying the overlay aims to implement the city’s 2017 comprehensive plan by encouraging pedestrian‑oriented, mixed‑use development and infill.
The presentation — identified by staff as a study item, not a vote — described goals to modernize the zoning code, add building-design standards, streamline approvals and better align the code with the comprehensive plan. Staff said the city is working with Hauser Levine, a Chicago consulting firm, and expects to circulate draft code updates later in the year with planning commission review targeted for mid‑October and council review beginning in November.
Staff outlined key components of the proposed overlay: permitting ground‑floor…
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