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Palos Park mayor previews development code changes, including 1,500 sq ft minimum and unchanged commercial-vehicle rule
Summary
Mayor Nicole Milvitch Walters outlined proposed updates to Palos Park's development code ahead of the Feb. 19 Plan Commission meeting: the village would keep its existing commercial-vehicle ordinance, propose a 1,500 sq ft minimum house size, adjust setback rules for legacy lots, and reclassify several parcels on the zoning map.
Mayor Nicole Milvitch Walters said the Village of Palos Park will bring a revised development code to the Plan Commission on Feb. 19, 2026, outlining new minimums, setback adjustments and zoning-map classification changes.
"First, no change as to the existing ordinance regarding commercial vehicles," Walters said in a recorded message, adding that under the existing rule "commercial vehicles, including pickup trucks with company logos, cannot be parked on the driveway overnight." That provision, she said, is not part of the proposed changes.
The proposal would set a new minimum home size. Walters reviewed the history of the square-footage standard, saying that in 2005 minimums had been 1,200 square feet for single-story homes and 1,400 square feet for…
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