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Exhibit III-34. Multifamily Zoning and Housing Availability by Municipality Municipality Antioch Bannockburn Barrington Barrington Hills Beach Park Buffalo Grove Deer Park Deerfield Fox Lake Fox River Grove Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hawthorn Woods Highland Park Highwood Indian Creek Island Lake Kildeer Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Forest Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lakemoor Multi-Family Zoning District Identified Yes No* Yes No Yes Yes Special Use Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Special Use Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Special Use Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multi-Family Housing Available Yes No* Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multi-Family Zoning District Municipality Identified Libertyville Yes Lincolnshire Yes Lindenhurst Yes Long Grove No Mettawa No Mundelein Yes North Barrington No North Chicago Yes Old Mill Creek Yes Park City Yes Port Barrington Yes Riverwoods No Round Lake Yes Round Lake Beach Yes Round Lake Heights No Round Lake Park Yes Third Lake No Tower Lakes No Vernon Hills Yes Volo Yes Wadsworth No Wauconda Yes Waukegan Yes Wheeling Yes Winthrop Harbor Yes Zion Yes Multi-Family Housing Available Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes *Not including Trinity University and College District **Note: The practicality of introducing multifamily zoning into a community is dependent on several factors, including infrastructure and services which are not uniformly available in the listed communities. Hence, this table should not be considered in a vacuum. Nonetheless, communities with such available infrastructure and services have the option to consider the best practice of multi-family zoning. It is commonly accepted by service providers that group homes are a positive, effective living arrangement for adults with disabilities. Generally, these are coordinated care sites where usually four, five, or six unrelated persons live in a single-family home as one housing unit, with access to services and employment. As persons with disabilities are a protected class, the ability for group homes to establish a residential base in areas near transit or employment for residents is critical. According to advocates for persons with disabilities, identifying sites, resources, and communities supportive of group homes has, in some cases, been difficult. The support, or lack thereof, of local zoning ordinances for group homes requires further research and d