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Kankakee City Council approves rezoning, liquor license, engineering contracts and bond abatements

Kankakee City Council · February 18, 2026
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Summary

At its Feb. 17 meeting the Kankakee City Council approved a rezoning for 1151 S. Washington, a Class G liquor license for 150 E. Station St., contracts for sewer investigations and parking maintenance, a grocery-feasibility study and annual bond abatements totaling $7,867,108.

Kankakee City Council on Feb. 17 approved a series of ordinances and resolutions including a rezoning of 1151 South Washington Avenue, a Class G restaurant liquor license for 150 East Station Street, engineering contracts for sanitary-sewer investigations and maintenance, a grocery-store feasibility study and annual bond abatements. The meeting lasted about 80 minutes and concluded without an executive session.

Director King told the council the planning board had recommended rezoning 1151 South Washington from R-1 (single-family) to R-2 (two-family) to permit conversion of an existing single-family home into a two-unit building; the planning board vote was 4–1. Council members voted to suspend rules and place the ordinance on final reading, then approved the ordinance on final reading by roll call.

The council also approved a Class G liquor license for 150 East Station Street…

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