Planner Office Hours
In an effort to serve our customers better, the Community Development Department is pleased to provide Planner Office Hours. During this time, planning staff will be available to meet with Realtors, residents, architects, business owners, contractors and others.
No appointment needed. This time is intended to provide an opportunity to ask brief questions and get basic information. For in depth discussions or review of projects, a separate appointment may still need to be scheduled.
Each walk-in customer will be offered a 10 minute time slot. Customers will be assisted on a first come, first served basis.
Planner Hours - Wednesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Municipal Services Building
110 E. Laurel Avenue
Sign in at the front counter
For further information, please contact
Julie Carpenter at 847-615-4292
Barat Campus Redevelopment Information
If you have been by Barat Campus lately, you
have noticed that initial work is underway on the site. The
dormitories, gym, theater and the science building have all been
demolished, the debris from these structures has been removed
from the site and much of it has been recycled. The masonry
debris from the buildings was ground and remains on the site
with plans to reuse it during the construction of the
infrastructure for the new development. Old Main, including the Thabor wing, and the Cooney Library remain on the site. No date
has been set for exterior work on these structures at this
time.
Preliminary engineering plans for the Barat
Woods development are completed and during November and
December, the Plan Commission and City Council will hold public
meetings to consider approval of the tentative plat of
subdivision. This approval will indicate acceptance of the
overall plan subject to the resolution of various technical
issues. Final consideration of the development will occur after
the developer has completed all of the required plans and
document consistent with the conditions of tentative approval.
Infrastructure work on the site to support the new development
is expected to get underway in the first quarter of 2008.
If you wish to be added to the list of
interested parties for this project and receive notices of
future public meetings by mail, or for general information on
this project, please contact Julie Carpenter in the Community
Development Department at
Carpentj@cityoflakeforest.com or 847-615-4292.
Construction Updates
Visit the City's Construction Update
page for information on current citywide construction and road improvement projects.
For more specific information about the Community Development Department, please follow the links at the top of the page.
