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Kankakee planning board recommends rezoning portions of North Cottage block to R-2
Summary
On Jan. 14, 2025, the Kankakee City Planning Board voted to recommend that City Council rezone several parcels on North Cottage from industrial to R-2 (two-family residential). The recommendation, prompted by a staff review that identified a miszone and public interest from a nearby homeowner, will go to the council for final action.
Kankakee — The Kankakee City Planning Board on Jan. 14 recommended that City Council approve a map amendment to rezone parcels on a block of North Cottage from industrial to R-2 (two-family residential).
City planning staff told the board the block had been miszoned as industrial despite predominantly single-family development and two existing duplexes. The board voted in favor of the recommendation in a roll-call vote and will forward the map amendment to the City Council for final action at its early February meeting.
Planning staff said the rezoning request covers three lots at the north end of the block, including properties with existing duplexes at 175 and 197 North Cottage and a city-owned vacant lot at 173 North…
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