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Council approves rezoning at 671 North Chicago Avenue to allow existing two-unit use
Summary
The Kankakee City Council unanimously approved PB-2025-4-1 to rezone 671 North Chicago Avenue from R-1 (single-family) to R-2 (two-family). The planning board had unanimously recommended approval.
The Kankakee City Council on May 5 approved PB-2025-4-1, rezoning 671 North Chicago Avenue from R-1 (single-family residential) to R-2 (two-family residential).
The planning department said the property is an existing two-unit structure and the Planning Board heard the case on April 15 and recommended unanimous approval. Director Melissa King walked the council through the planning board record at the May 5 meeting.
Council voted to suspend the rules for passage and placed the ordinance on final reading the same night. Roll-call votes on suspension and on final passage were recorded as unanimous (12 ayes, 0 nays) on both procedural steps and for final adoption.
The ordinance identifier recorded in the council packet is PB 2025-4-1. The change rezones the parcel from single-family (R-1) to two-family (R-2) to match the property’s existing use; no amendments to the ordinance were reported during the meeting.
Provenance: The item appears in the council packet and the Planning Board recommendation was read into the record before the council moved to suspend rules and adopt the ordinance the same evening.
