Overview
- The Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously not to recommend an ordinance that sought to regulate prisons and detention centers in the village.
- The proposal remains a draft and could still go to the Village Board on Jan. 5, where a supermajority could advance or modify it.
- The measure would require special-use permits, impose 1,000-foot buffers from homes, schools, day cares and other sensitive sites, and set fencing and parking standards.
- A separate provision would require detention facilities to allow religious worship inside, reflecting months of faith-based efforts to reach detainees at the Broadview processing center.
- Officials noted no confirmed federal plan to expand the ICE site, though reports and rumors have circulated; the draft specifies its rules would apply to any expansion of the existing facility.