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Planning board debates simpler lot-coverage rules and impervious-surface caps
Summary
Kankakee City planning staff presented analyses and peer comparisons and the board discussed moving from 'buildable area' calculations to a simpler footprint/impervious-surface cap (examples included 50% for new development or 55% total). No ordinance change was adopted; staff will prepare redlines for future hearings.
On Feb. 10 the Kankakee City Planning Board spent an extended portion of its meeting discussing proposed changes to lot-coverage and accessory-structure regulations. Staff presented an analysis comparing current allowances, random lot samples across wards, and peer-community approaches (examples cited included Mantina, Bourbonnais and Belvedere).
Staff explained the current code separates principal building footprint allowances (e.g., 50%…
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