Overview
- The Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously Thursday night against recommending a draft ordinance responding to the ICE processing center controversy.
- The proposal required special-use permits, 1,000-foot buffers from homes and schools, secure fencing and gates, parking standards, and access for religious worship inside facilities.
- A draft note said the rules would apply to the current Broadview site only if it sought to expand or conducted work beyond interior repairs or remodeling.
- Residents packed the hearing and criticized the language as unclear, with many warning it could enable ICE expansion and calling for stronger or outright prohibitions.
- Village officials said they have no confirmed notice of federal expansion plans as protests continue and a federal lawsuit alleges overcrowding and abusive conditions inside the facility.