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The Village of Glenview Comprehensive
Plan includes 13 future land use
categories. Following is a description of
the Future Land Use categories.
A Future Land Uses Map and
locations of the potential subareas for
redevelopment is shown on Figure 4-2.
Future Land Use
Categories
Estate Residential (ER)
The Estate Residential (ER)
category accommodates a large
lot development and may include
environmentally significant areas. This
category includes generous setbacks
from streets, between residential
dwelling units, and promotes a semi-
rural setting. Property designated
ER may be zoned R-E, R-1, and R-1.3
residential zoning districts.
Permitted Residential Density:
= 1.3 dwelling units per acre (du/ac)
Low Density Residential (LDR)
The Low Density Residential (LDR)
category is intended as a detached
single-family, suburban residential
development. Setbacks from streets
and between residential dwelling units
allows for an open suburban setting.
Property designated LDR may be
zoned, R-2, R-3 or R-4 and represents
the land uses covering a majority of
the property in the Village.
Permitted Residential Density:
2 – 4 du/ac
Medium Density Residential
(MDR)
The Medium Density Residential (MDR)
category is intended as a detached
single-family residential development
with reduced setbacks to promote a
more compact suburban form and
often includes alley access to garages..
Property designated MDR may be
zoned R-5 and R-6 and is commonly
found around the Downtown area and
The Glen.
Permitted Residential Density:
5 –6 du/ac
Medium-High Density
Residential (MHDR)
The Medium-High Density Residential
(MHDR) category is intended as an
urban, attached single-family and
multi-family residential development.
Setbacks from streets, and between
residential dwelling units are
reduced to create a compact urban
environment. Property designated
MHDR may be zoned RT-8 and R-18 and
is represented by product types such as
townhomes, rowhomes, senior housing
facilities and mid-rise condominiums.
Permitted Residential Density:
8 – 18 du/ac
Note: Buildings primarily devoted to
religious worship may be permitted
as a Conditional Use in the residential
land use categories.
Commercial (C)
The Commercial (C) land use category
accommodates numerous types of
commercial and retail uses to allow for
varying scales and intensities. These
types of uses are generally characterized
by individual parcels, commercial
center developments, master planned
developments, and regional level
destination developments. Commercial
activity is to be guided into distinct
nodes at the intersections of major
thoroughfares throughout the Village,
as well as along major arterials in
defined commercial corridors. Property
designated Commercial may be zoned
B-1, B-2 and B-3.
Office (O)
The Office (O) land use category is
intended to allow for large office
employment type uses such as
administrative, research, public utility
service and business organizations.
Typical office developments have their
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