After over two years of village staff trying to update Forest Park’s residential zoning code, residents and commissioners gathered for a town hall last week to discuss why the zoning changes have stalled and how proposed amendments could affect their homes.
About 30 locals met in the lower level of Village Hall on April 22. During the first half of the two-hour meeting, Steve Glinke, head of the village’s building and permitting department, outlined the reason for the residential zoning changes. Meeting attendees asked Glinke questions during the second half — some which were framed in support of the changes and others against them.
The village’s Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the village council approve the residential zoning changes in 2024. Last June, months after the village council tabled a vote on the changes, Commissioners Jessica Voogd and Rory Hoskins voted against them, and Michelle Melin-Rogovin abstained from the vote. Neither Hoskins nor Melin-Rogovin attended the April 22 town hall…