Remember that the 2022 TOD ordinance was close to having all residential land in a quarter-mile radius of CTA/Metra stations count as RT-4. Ald. Tunney, who chaired the zoning committee at the time, was the main roadblock, which meant it had to be removed from the ordinance. It is impressive though the proposal made it that far, that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
His successor Ald. Lawson, who coincidentally is temporarily chairing the zoning committee, is the one pushing for the current ADU ordinance. Some of the progressive alders are also upzoning Western Ave in their ward. Ald. Napolitano's zoning committee approved two new midrises in Edison Park and told residents to suck it up or else City Hall will give them a problem (
article). Lastly, Johnson's Cut the Tape initiative has said they want to allow 3-flats citywide. City Hall is slowly realizing that there needs to be much more development across the city, even if it makes some people upset. I say we're entering a paradigm shift where we will see much more development across the city, even in places like Beverly and Sauganash
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