The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is partnering with the 46th, 47th, and 48th wards, the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce, and Uptown United to create a land use plan for Broadway between Montrose and Devon avenues.

Broadway is a busy commercial street along the CTA Red Line that connects the north lakefront to jobs, stores, schools, open spaces, neighborhood services, medical facilities and other destinations.

The land use planning process builds upon other recent planning efforts in Uptown and Edgewater. It will focus on expectations for new development and alignment with community goals. This effort is timely, as CTA’s Red and Purple Modernization project will soon be complete and construction staging sites will become available for redevelopment.

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The draft Broadway Land Use Framework aims to support consistent, intentional and transparent development designs along Broadway with clear expectations for land uses, density, zoning districts and other development parameters.

The draft land use recommendations previously presented at the Dec. 16 open house and posted online have been reformatted into this summary document. Any changes to recommendations will result in updates to the document before it is finalized in February. The Chicago Plan Commission will consider the Broadway Land Use Framework for adoption on Feb. 20. (Please note that further action must be taken to implement the zoning recommendations, which will require public hearings, mailed public notices and ultimately City Council adoption.)

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