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Kankakee council approves senior housing permit, rezoning, TIF and labor agreements in busy session
Summary
At its May 4 meeting the council approved a conditional-use permit for 32 senior units, a multi-block rezoning, a TIF agreement for redevelopment at 408 S. Dearborn, and memoranda of understanding with two employee unions; most measures passed unanimously or with recorded abstentions for conflict avoidance.
The Kankakee City Council on May 4 approved several development and administrative measures in a single evening, including a senior-housing conditional-use permit, a multi-parcel rezoning, a tax-increment-financing agreement for redevelopment on South Dearborn Avenue, and labor agreements following executive-session negotiations.
Senior housing: The council approved PB20226-3-1, a conditional-use permit for a 32-unit, three-story senior housing building in the Riverstone commercial park behind Walmart. Director King told council the planning board had recommended approval 5–0. Council suspended rules to allow final…
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