The South Chicago Land Use Framework plan also aims to promote pedestrian and transit-oriented developments.
City officials in South Chicago released a draft of the South Chicago Land Use Framework plan, which aims to connect green spaces and residential spaces, promote pedestrian and transition-oriented developments and prepare residential areas for new and renovated housing stock.
“[The plan] builds on ‘existing plans that have recently been done — as well as pending investments in the community — to make sure that the land use and future zoning align with what the community wants to see,’ Jasmine Gunn, a city planner with the Department of Planning and Development, said in March,” Maxwell Evans writes for Block Club Chicago.
The proposed plan would "upzone" some zoning districts in South Chicago to allow for more density, while also “making it easier for some property owners to make renovations on their homes,” Block Club Chicago reports.
Read the full story: Areas Of South Chicago Could Be Upzoned To Boost Density Under City Development Proposal
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