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REVIEW OCTOBER 23, 2024
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4 of 5 commissioners voted to postpone a vote, Maxham reluctantly agrees to table the agenda item By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
While Forest Park’s five commissioners often pass ordinances and resolutions without any discussion, they spoke for nearly 40 minutes about an agenda item at the meeting Oct. 15 before deciding to table it. If passed, the ordinance would have updated the village’s zoning code so that hundreds of properties that didn’t conform to the original code would now do so. It also would increase the maximum impervious lot coverage in the R-1 low density residential district to 50% from 40% to reflect the village’s current land use practices. At the meeting, commissioners asked the Department of Public Health and Safety Director Steve GlinSee ZONING on page 3
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