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Existing Land Uses
Today, Glenview continues to be
known first and foremost as a
residential community. However,
Glenview also includes a wide array of
non-residential land uses, including
multi-story corporate offices, light
industrial warehouses, retail stores, as
well as numerous active and passive
open space areas. Overall, Glenview
enjoys a healthy amount of diversity in
its existing land uses. This rich diversity
of land uses contributes to residents’
quality-of-life and their ability to live,
work, and play in Glenview.
The Chicago Agency for Metropolitan
Area Planning (CMAP), the regional
planning agency for northeastern
Illinois, conducts a survey of the
region’s existing land uses. This
existing land use survey is referred to
in the Land Use Inventory (Figure 4.1).
This differs from zoning, as a property
may be zoned for commercial or
industrial use, but may currently be
occupied by a single-family home,
and not yet developed as a shopping
center or office building. In this case,
the existing land use is residential.
Assessing the region’s existing land use
is important for many reasons, but it
is essential to understanding growth
trends and transportation needs in
this area. CMAP’s existing land use
inventory is published in a Geographic
Information System (GIS) format, so it
is accessible and widely used by many
communities to assess and understand
local conditions in the Chicago area.
Table 4-1 is a summary of Glenview’s
existing land use mix. CMAP is in the
process of completing the validation
process for the 2013 inventory, which
is expected to be available in late
2016 (following the adoption of this
document); as such, these figures are
from the 2010 inventory.
As one would expect, the large
majority of property in Glenview
(42%) is developed as residential.
The residential category includes
all types of residential as well as all
density ranges. The second largest
land use category is Transportation
& Utility. This is due to the extensive
multi-modal transportation system
(roadways, railroads, etc.) and
reflective of the infrastructure
improvements completed to
accommodate local and regional
storm water detention facilities.
Finally, rounding out the top three
land use categories is Open Space.
Table 4-1
Categories* Acres Percentage
of Total
Residential 3,784 42%
Transportation &
Utility** 1,727 19%
Open Space*** 1,584 18%
Commercial 475 5%
Office 362 4%
Institutional 360 4%
Industrial 253 3%
Vacant 212 2%
Government 211 2%
Total 8,968 100%
S ource : C hicago M etropolitan A gency for P lanning (CMAP) 2010
*S ee figure 4.5 for applicable clarifications
** includes stormwater detention facilities
*** includes private golf clubs / golf courses
As noted previously, the Village, in
partnership with the Glenview Park
District, has a large amount of active
as well as passive natural open space.
Natural areas within the Cook County
Forest Preserve border the Village,
there are three river watersheds,
large open spaces such as The Grove,
Gallery Park, and Wagner Farm, and
numerous local sports fields and
neighborhood parks.
A map illustrating the locations of
the existing land uses, as provided by
CMAP, is shown on Figure 4-1.
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