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Plan Commission recommends adding Plan Development (PD) overlay district to Riverwoods zoning code
Summary
After a public hearing and staff presentation, the Plan Commission voted to recommend to the Village Board a zoning amendment to add a Plan Development (PD) overlay district (minimum site 25 acres) that would allow certain multiunit residential developments subject to enhanced design standards and an affordable‑housing requirement.
The Riverwoods Plan Commission voted to recommend that the Village Board amend Article A of Chapter 9 of the zoning ordinance to add a Plan Development (PD) overlay district as a special district, a change that would permit mapped overlay rezoning to allow residential uses other than single‑family homes on qualifying sites.
Planning staff and commissioners framed the amendment as a tool to allow higher‑quality multiunit or multi‑dwelling residential projects where warranted, while preserving the village’s existing residential planned development framework. The draft ordinance sets a minimum site area of 25 acres for a mapped PD overlay and requires compliance with a companion affordable‑housing ordinance as a…
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