TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow the Sales, Leasing, Rental, and Maintenance of New and Used Commercial Vehicles Including Semi-Trailer Trucks, Located at 3050 Channahon Road (ZBA 2025-25)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner and property owner, Ketone Acquisitions LLC, is requesting a special use permit to allow the sales of new and used commercial vehicles including trucks within an existing industrial subdivision at 3050 Channahon Road. The subject site is within Ketone Business Center subdivision, which is an industrial subdivision located south of Channahon Road at Houbolt Road that was first approved in 2016. The entire subdivision has I-2 (general industrial) zoning and mainly contains logistics and transportation uses. The subject site is at the southeast corner of the intersection of Channahon Road and Houbolt Road and is currently undeveloped.
The subject lot is 18.5 acres but only has around 5 acres of buildable area due to the stormwater easements on the north and south portions of the site. The conceptual site plan shows that the proposed 5.4-acre development would contain a 24,750-square-foot office and repair building with 8 dock doors on each side. The surrounding paved parking area would contain employee parking, around 14 trailer spaces, and around 27 tractor spaces. The specific user is unknown at this time, but the petitioner states they have had interest from several groups. The main sales product would be semi-tractors, but sales could also include semi-trailers, construction equipment, and other commercial vehicles. The onsite repair services would be limited to the fleet-owned trucks and would not be open to the public.
In May 2019, City Council approved a special use permit (Ordinance #17956) to allow a truck and travel fueling center at the site, which at the time was Lot 3 in Ketone Business Center Unit 2 Subdivision wi...
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