HIGHLIGHTS Chamber's unofficial notes from 01.18.18 Oak Park Plan Commission Meeting

CHAMBER NOTES FROM GOVT/GOVT-RELATED MEETING

Meeting Name:  Plan Commission, Village of Oak Park

Meeting Date: Thurs., Jan. 18 @7:30

Meeting Location: Village Hall, Council Chambers

Type of Meeting: VOP Commission Special Meeting

Led by: Chair David Mann

Liaison(s): VOP Village Planner Craig Faillor

Chamber of Commerce Representative in Attendance: Cathy Yen, Executive Director

Caveat: This document reflects the Chamber representative's own personal notes and highlights of business-related topics discussed at the meeting.  Official meeting minutes of this Public Meeting will be available for review of the VOP website once they are approved by the Commission.

Chamber’s notes from the meeting:

• At the request of the Board, and in particular Trustee Dan Moroney, the Plan Commission is considering whether or not to add a “design guideline overlay” to the current zoning requirements government rehabs, additions and tear-downs of single family homes.

• Key areas of focus are: height and massing, context / compatibility with surrounding homes, and materials.

• Design guidelines from other communities were reviewed as possible models for how to proceed.

• Chamber representative left after one hour of deliberation.  No indication of how the commission was leaning, except that they generally did not want to be too “heavy-handed.”

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