Chicago Zoning Decisions: May 2026

In May 2026, Chicago held 6 public meetings covering zoning matters. 66 zoning decisions had a recorded outcome this month: 63 approved (100% approval rate), 3 deferred. Activity was up 610% compared to April (87 activity items across 3 meetings).

Zoning Decisions This Month

Multiple Zoning Items Deferred

Deferred.

Deferred items including 2428 N Clyburn Avenue (file 23021), 3301-3315 S Justine Street (file 23046), various addresses on S Blue Island/S Racine/W 15th Street (file 23045), 2553-2565 W Madison Street (file 23048-T1), 6332-6340 N Pulaski Road (file 23056-T1), and 1901-1925 N Clyburn/1904-1908 N Maud Avenue (file 23055-T1).

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Deferral of multiple zoning items

Deferred.

Multiple items deferred including 2428 North Clyburn, 4524 South Michigan Avenue, 3654-3656 South MLK Drive, 5352-5357 West Addison, 1704 North Milwaukee, 5725 South Woodlawn, 6501-6547 South Cottage Grove, and various addresses on pages 24-26.

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80-Unit Affordable Housing at 1646-1654 W Howard Street

Approved.

Approved planned development for VV Howard Plina LLC (joint venture of Visionary Ventures NFP and JM Developers) to develop 80 affordable/workforce housing units: 20 units in reused Werner Brothers storage building and 60 units in new 8-story building at Howard and Paulina, across from Howard Street L station.

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Land Sale at 1147 S Independence Blvd for Car Wash Expansion

Approved.

Ordinance 2026-0024948 authorizes sale of one city-owned lot at 1147 S Independence Blvd to Rose D Property LLC for market value of $17,511 under Chai Block Builder program in 24th ward. Sale will expand footprint of existing car wash that opened one month ago. Concurrent zoning change in process.

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Landmark designation for 30 North LaSalle Street

Approved.

Historical landmark designation approved for 30 North LaSalle Street in the 34th Ward, enabling a 349-unit residential conversion with up to $57 million in TIF financing through the LaSalle Street Reimagine program. 30% of units (105) will be affordable at 60% AMI.

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Rezoning at 30 North LaSalle Street

Approved.

Rezoning from Planned Development 596 to DC-16 Downtown Core District for office-to-residential conversion. Project includes 349 dwelling units with 105 affordable units, administrative adjustment for open space, and variation to reduce loading berths by one.

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Office-to-residential conversion at 212 East Ohio Street

Approved.

Cubed Investments LLC converting existing 5-story commercial/office building to mixed use with 28 residential units above ground floor restaurant. Type one rezoning from DX-12 to DX-12 with administrative adjustments for open space and loading reduction.

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Residential PD at 215 North Racine Avenue

Approved.

Two Thirteen Property LLC 29-story, 347-unit building with 88 parking spaces and ground floor commercial. Rezoning from DX-5 to DX-16 then to residential business PD. 70 affordable units on-site. FAR bonus of 8.7 bringing total to 24.7%, with $2,662,000 payment to city.

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Showing the 8 most significant of 66 recorded zoning decisions. See all Chicago meetings →

Zoning Changes

• Various → Various at Various locations in wards 2, 3, 8, 11, 15, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 50 (Various)
• Not specified → Not specified at 215 N Racine, 27th Ward (Not specified)
• Not specified → Not specified at 1313-1315 W Ancona St, 27th Ward (Not specified)
• Not specified → Light Equipment Sales Rental Overlay District at Cicero Ave area (Not specified)
• C-1-2 → B-2-2 at 2949-2951 E 79th Street (7th Ward) (Alderman Mitchell)
• C-1-2 → B-2-2 at 2206 E 75th Street (7th Ward) (Alderman Mitchell)
• B-1-1 → Overlay District, 1.5 mile stretch acres at Cicero Avenue between Belden and Addison (31st Ward) (Alderman Cardona)
• B-1-1 → RS-2 at 5626 W 63rd Place (13th Ward) (Alderman Quinn)

Top Keywords This Month

• zoning: 196 instances
• residential: 121 instances
• commercial: 55 instances
• mixed use: 42 instances
• setback: 40 instances

What to Watch

• Zoning mentions were up 378% from April.
• Residential came up 707% more often than April.
• Commercial saw 588% more mentions month-over-month.
• Mixed use is new this month with 42 mentions, not present in April.
• Setback is new this month with 40 mentions, not present in April.

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