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Developer seeks rezoning for duplex at 490 West Country Drive; planning board requests refined site plan and alderman input
Summary
An applicant presented a concept to rezone 490 West Country Drive from R-1 to R-2 to allow a duplex; planning commissioners raised parking, tree preservation and trash collection concerns and asked for a scaled site plan and support from the ward alderman before a formal application.
The City of Kankakee Planning Board held a concept discussion on a proposed map amendment to rezone 490 West Country Drive from R-1 (single-family) to R-2 (two-family) to permit construction of a duplex. The session was conceptual only; the board did not take formal action and asked the applicant to return with a refined site plan.
Applicant Ola Tunji (recorded in the hearing as the property owner) presented a reduced-footprint design for two units, saying the proposed layout reduces overall bulk from an earlier three-unit concept and keeps green…
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