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SUNDAY BREAKFAST ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT
Story of Survival: How one woman over came a rare condition. P26
SPORTS
Loyola Academy quarterback Emmett Clifford earns The North Shore Weekend Player of the Year honors. P24
SOCIAL SCENE
The Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago celebrated their 30th anniversary. P14 FOLLOW US:
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NEWS
Northbrook to Revamp Downtown Zoning BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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ORTHBROOK—A potential new look for downtown Northbrook got a boost from the Village Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting Dec. 8 at Village Hall. The board suggested a joint meeting with the Plan Commission as early as January to talk about overhauling the zoning requirements for the central business district. A review of changes to downtown zoning has been afoot for nearly a year with different board members taking varying positions, leaving the Plan Commission uncertain about how to proceed with its recommendations to the board, according to Thomas Poupard, the director of development and planning services. The lack of vision prompted Village President Sandra Frum to warn of more confusion bydevelopers like the Jacobs Companies of Deerfield. She said
she wants it to stop. “If we don’t give the Plan Commission some direction they will continue to be all over the place,” Frum said. “With things like Jacobs they are asking for something more specific from us.” Jacobs will have its fourth public hearing Jan. 19 on a proposed 72-unit townhome development on the east side of Shermer Road between Waukegan Road and Church Street. At the third public hearing Dec. 1, company representatives left wondering what to do next. “I heard a lot of divergent opinions, which makes it much more difficult to make the plan appealing,” Cal Bernstein, the Jacobs Companies lawyer, said at the Dec. 1 meeting. Poupard suggested changing the height requirements for the downtown C-3 commercial district to three stories and allowing buildings up to five stories if certain conditions are met. He said this is called a 3-1-1 plan. Continued on PG 10
THE FORCE AWAKENS IN NORTHBROOK Northbrook Library hosted Star Wars Day December 12th. Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters December 18th.
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