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Riverwoods board holds first reading on Planned Development Overlay District ordinance
Summary
Trustees advanced on first reading an ordinance to add a Planned Development Overlay District to Riverwoods’ zoning code, a move intended to allow mixed residential uses on large office parcels; trustees debated minimum tract size, density limits and required design standards.
The Village of Riverwoods Board of Trustees held a first reading on an ordinance to create a Planned Development Overlay District that would let the village apply a residential plan development framework on top of existing zoning, a proposal presented by the village attorney and discussed at length by trustees.
The overlay would allow the underlying district's permitted uses (for example, office uses in the Office and Research 1 District) to remain while permitting a special use called a plan development to introduce residential components, the attorney said. The ordinance keeps a minimum tract size requirement (discussed in drafts at 20'25 acres) and ties higher allowable density to meeting high design and open-space standards. "The permitted uses are the uses in the underlying…
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