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Suburban zoning says one of these buildings is out of scale with the character of the community, and somehow it’s the shorter one
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![PATH TO ALLOWING COURTYARD BUILDINGS BY-RIGHT
The City is interested in reviving courtyard buildings to provide a more flexible, people-friendly, and cost-effective solution for multi-family housing across the city.
This RFP is a “proof of concept” or test of financial feasibility as the first part of a three-step process to allow courtyard buildings by-right. If successful, the City will work with supportive elected officials to pursue a zoning overlay district with alternative setback and open space requirements that permit courtyard buildings in geographies where they were historically common, particularly in greater Bronzeville, Washington Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore.
Finally, if these efforts are effective and well received by the public and development community, the City will pursue a new zoning code section with alternative setback and open space requirements that allow courtyard and corner buildings citywide by-right in RM-5 and above zoning districts. A code section would likely function like the townhouse development section [17-2-0500].
STEP 1: COURTYARD RFP
STEP 2: ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT
STEP 3: NEW ZONING CODE SECTION](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bvbvjxytfob66sugtajhrosy/bafkreibfj777j3iwjt2vjnbeanzqper5wwkt3iwsfanuactakhbovwxmam)
