TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: James V. Capparelli, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow an Automobile Dealership in a B-3 (General Business) Zoning District, Located at 3301 Essington Road (Petition 2022-39)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner is requesting a Special Use Permit to allow an automobile dealership in a B-3 (General Business) zoning district, located at 3301 Essington Road. The dealership will operate out of an existing commercial facility that currently hosts a Pottery Barn Outlet store within the Chicagoland Center Subdivision. Per the Zoning Ordinance, Section 47-13.2A(G), automobile sales may be allowed as Special Uses by the Mayor and City Council, with the advice of the Zoning Board of Appeals in accordance with Section 47-5.2
The 7-acre subject property was originally annexed into the City and zoned to its current B-3 (General Business) designation as a part of the Wiese Subdivision in 1986. The property was re-platted in 2002 as a part of the Chicagoland Center Subdivision. This subdivision was intended to create 13 lots for future commercial development.
Within this subdivision, the 7-acre subject property contains an existing commercial building with a large parking lot containing 325 parking spaces. The subject property is spread over five parcels. The site is accessible to Essington Road by an internal drive to the parking lot, north of the commercial building, and by Chicagoland Circle, which runs west and south through the rest of the Chicagoland Center Subdivision. There are an additional two access points off Chicagoland Circle.
The petitioner has operated another Rehan Motors location in Springfield since 2015 and wishes to attract customers from the Chicagoland market and from out of state with the proposed location in Joliet. The majority of vehicles for sale would be located inside the existing 65,000 square foot building. The petitioner plans to have between 300 and 400 late-mo...
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