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Council approves a package of zoning text amendments and clears Wayside proposal for transitional housing
Summary
Elgin’s council approved five zoning text amendments — including allowing accessory package liquor sales downtown, murals in AB districts, and new rules for commercial operations yards — and approved a text change and conditional-use/site amendment to enable Wayside Cross Ministries to convert a 42,000 sq ft building on North State Street into a 126‑person transitional housing facility.
Elgin City Council on Dec. 3 approved a set of five zoning text amendments that city staff and the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended and then approved a separate application from Wayside Cross Ministries to adaptively reuse an existing office building for transitional housing.
Text amendments approved by council included:
- Permitting accessory package liquor sales in the CC-1 downtown district so qualifying businesses (such as the presented ‘bottle shop’ concept) can seek a liquor license rather than a conditional-use approval, with the Elgin Liquor Commission retaining license authority. Council members on the liquor commission said they were comfortable with the change and that the commission would exercise oversight.
- Allowing…
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