Agenda - Zoning Board of Appeals

City Hall, Second Floor

425 E. State Street

Zoning Board of Appeals

Meeting Agenda

Rockford, IL 61104

www.rockfordil.gov

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

5:30 PM

The following represents, in general, the chronological order of proceedings at the City

CALL TO ORDER

II.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

ZBA 018-26 - 134 North Main Street - Applicant Oliver Emerson

Development- Ward 13

26-00849

Special Use Permit for six (6) residential units on the ground floor in a

C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District - Laid over from June

ZBA 019-26 - 325 South Madison Street - Applicant Oliver

Emerson Development - Ward 5

26-00850

Special Use Permit for residential units on the ground floor in a C-4,

Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District Laid over from June

III. NEW BUSINESS

ZBA 020-26 - 1232 Soper Avenue - Applicant Luis E. Perez -

Ward 7

26-00859

Variation to reduce the side yard setback for a covered patio from six (6)

feet to zero (0) feet in an R-1, Single family Residential Zoning District

ZBA 021-26 - 210 North Longwood Street - Applicant Everardo

Rodriguez - Ward 2

26-00852

Special Use Permit for body art services in a C-2, Limited Commercial

Zoning District

ZBA 022-26 - 219 South 2nd Street - Applicant Jennifer Spencer

of Studio GWA for Centennial United LLC - Ward 5

26-00853

Special Use Permit for a Planned Mixed-Use Development consisting of

10 apartments. A restaurant and banquet hall in an R-2, Two-family

Residential Zoning District

ZBA 023-26 - 1660 South Mulford Road - Applicant Alsos

Behavioral Health - Ward 1

26-00854

Special Use Permit for an inpatient and outpatient substance use disorder

treatment facility with 128 inpatient beds, outpatient clinical group rooms

and offices in an R-3, Multi-family Residential Zoning District

ZBA 024-26 - 1010 East State Street - Applicant Tom Baclet -

Ward 2

26-00855

Special Use Permit for body art services in a C-2, Limited Commercial

Zoning District

ZBA 025-26 - 3218 11th Street - Applicant Jimmy Smith - Ward 6

26-00856

A Zoning Map Amendment from R-1, Single-family Residential Zoning

District to C-3, General Commercial Zoning District and a Variation to

increase the maximum allowed business identification walls signs from

two (2) to three (3) in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District

ZBA 027-26 - 3598 Export Road - Applicant SolAmerica Energy

for Mark Mommsen -Ward 5

26-00857

Zoning Map Amendment from County AG to City I-1, Light Industrial

Zoning District and a Special Use Permit for the installation of a solar

farm (freestanding solar panel racks and solar panels) in an I-1, Light

Industrial Zoning District

ZBA 026-26 - Text Amendments - Applicant City of Rockford

26-00858

Text Amendments to the City of Rockford Zoning Ordinance to Table

20-1 Use Classification Table, Article 20-005 Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit

(Density), Article 20-005-G Rear Setbacks, Table 21-1 Use Classification

Table, Article 30 Mandatory Planned Unit Developments, Article 35 Infill

Overlay District, Article 50-003 Off-Street Parking Ratios, Article 50-016

Access Locations and Article 80-003 Nonconforming Uses and

Continuance of Nonconforming Uses

IV. ADJOURNMENT