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Village of Rantoul Inspection Department Planning and Zoning Commission met August 14. 

Here is the agenda as provided by the commission:

1. Public Comment

2. Notice is hereby given that the Village of Rantoul Planning and Zoning Administrator has filed a petition for

text amendments to the Village of Rantoul Zoning Ordinance as part of the Village of Rantoul Zoning Ordinance Update. A

public hearing will be held before the Planning and Zoning Commission in the Board Room at the Village of Rantoul

Municipal Building, 333 S. Tanner Street, Rantoul, Illinois on July 24, 2017, at 6:15 p.m. regarding proposed text amendments

as follows:

A) Reorganize content to improve readability and provide clarity.

B) Update definitions.

C) Update ordinance purpose statement and district purpose statements.

D) Rename zoning districts as follows:

“CR-1 Airfield District” to “AF Airfield District”

“CR-3 Institutional District” to “IN Institutional District”

“CR-4 Public Recreation District” to “RC Recreation District”

“CR-5 Special Reuse District” to “CR Chanute Reuse Overlay District”

E) Eliminate the following zoning districts:

R-1A Single-Family Residential District

R-2A Traditional Neighborhood Residential District

CBE Central Business Extended District

OP Office Park District

CR-2 Aviation Support District

 F) Update design standards applicable to new construction, substantial repair or rehabilitation to remedy damage or deterioration of exterior façade of existing structures, and additions to existing structures. Add avoidance of visual monotony standards for townhouses. Reduce certain design standards applicable in districts.

G) Update authorized principal and temporary use assignments in each zoning district, with uses that move from special use to permitted by right and vice versa to achieve the purpose of the districts. Add principal use and temporary use standards to supplement the authorized use table.

H) Update site development standards, including home occupation standards. Add new site development standards, including standards for solar energy systems, and wind energy systems.

I) Update provisions regarding parking standards, sign regulations, landscape and screening standards, nonconformities, and enforcement.

J) Update, clarify, and make miscellaneous changes with regard to ordinance administrators, permit application, notification requirements, and zoning procedures.

3 Adjourn

-2nd Hearing at prevailing timeAgenda:

1. Public Comment

2 Notice is hereby given that the Village of Rantoul Planning and Zoning Administrator has filed a petition for

map amendments to the Village of Rantoul Zoning Ordinance Official Zoning Map as part of the Village of Rantoul Zoning

Ordinance Update to change the name of certain zoning districts, to delete the CR-2 Aviation Support District, and to rezone

selected properties.

3. Adjourn.

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