Zoning and Land Use: a Guide for Chicagoans
In the Zone: A Chicagoan’s Guide to Zoning and Land Use
This guide was designed as a resource to support Chicagoans who want to learn more about zoning, and to help understand and engage with zoning processes and policies in Chicago neighborhoods. The zine was published as part of Metropolitan Planning Council’s (MPC’s) Zoning and Land Use Assessment and Recommendations initiative and in partnership with the initiative’s Community Advisory Group.
This guide is not a definitive or official resource to zoning. Instead, it’s a starting point—a toolkit to use, share, and discuss with others in the community.
The zine is available in three languages: