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Commission recommends rezoning and variance for Ooma/UMA Community Empowerment Center; vocational-school CUP withdrawn for later reapplication

Waukegan Planning and Zoning Commission · January 10, 2026
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Summary

The commission recommended approval of a map amendment, a front-yard variance and a club lodge hall conditional use at 510–520 10th Street for an Ooma/UMA Community Empowerment Center; the applicant withdrew the related vocational-school conditional use to preserve flexibility for a later, more developed filing.

The Waukegan Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 8 recommended approval of a map amendment, a front‑yard setback variance and a club‑lodge hall conditional use permit for a proposed Ooma/UMA Community Empowerment Center at 510–520 10th Street. The commission also accepted the applicant’s decision to withdraw the vocational‑school conditional use (Zoning Calendar 2822) to allow reapplication later after additional planning.

Staff said the property, a former school building adjacent to an existing Ooma Harvest Market, is presently zoned R‑3 (general residential) and that the applicant seeks rezoning to B‑2 (Community Shopping) to…

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