TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Ordinances Associated with 23656 S. Houbolt Road:
Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a Truck Parking Facility with Mobile Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling as an Accessory Component (ZBA 2026-24)
Ordinance Approving a Variation of Use to Allow Above-Ground Fuel Tanks for Compressed Natural Gas Fueling in the I-1 (Light Industrial) District (ZBA 2026-25)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner and property owner, Whimsy Joliet LLC, is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit to allow a truck parking facility for their local freight carrier company, Whimsy Trucking, at 23656 S. Houbolt Road. The 7-acre parcel is currently within unincorporated Will County with County A-1 (agricultural) zoning. The petitioner is requesting annexation and classification to the I-1 (light industrial) zoning district. Trucking facilities are allowed as special uses within the industrial zoning districts. The petitioner is also requesting mobile compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling as an accessory component of the facility, which requires approved of a Variation of Use to allow above-ground fuel tanks in the I-1 district. Additionally, the petitioner is requesting container storage and stacking up to three containers high at the proposed facility, which requires approval of a separate Special Use Permit and Variation of Use.
Whimsy Trucking provides transportation services related to intermodal freight hauling, transferring, and storage. They have headquarters in Mount Prospect, Illinois, several yards in the Chicagoland area, and an existing truck terminal south of the subject site at 3901 Houbolt Road. The proposed development at 23656 S. Houbolt Road would include a 3,000-square-foot office building, employee parking, and a trailer parking area with around 105 stalls. According to the petitioner, the proposed facility would serve around 20 trucks from Whimsy's flee...
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