MORGAN PARK — A proposed zoning change aimed curbing the development of any new apartment or condominium buildings in Mount Greenwood has been extended down 111th Street to Western Avenue in Morgan Park.
The proposal will be presented to the City Council on Wednesday for approval, after the zoning committee approved the plan without opposition last week, a staffer in Ald. Matt O'Shea's 19th Ward office said.
The changes were first introduced in September on 111th Street between Sacramento Avenue and Pulaski Road. Those changes required developers interested in building structures with retail space on the first floor and multiple residential units above to seek local approval before moving ahead on any such projects, the Southwest Side alderman said.
These same guidelines would now be extended under the latest proposal from Sacramento to Western, the 19th Ward staffer said. Red and white signs reading "Public Notice" are posted throughout the area, alerting passers-by to the proposed changes.
The changes will not impact any apartment or condo buildings already in the area.
The zoning change does not make it impossible to build such structures in these areas. But the alderman and surrounding neighbors would have to be first presented with a plan for any new apartments or condos before the project could move ahead.
If the development is deemed acceptable, a change in zoning could be sought, O'Shea said previously.
The Western Avenue business district in Beverly is already largely zoned in this way. But a few pockets remain where high-density buildings go up without neighborhood approval, so O'Shea will soon seek a similar zoning change there to bring uniformity to commercial strips, the staffer said.
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