I'd like to I would like to call the planning and zoning commission meeting August 6, 2025 to order.

Thank you, and let's get started.

Secretary Wright, please conduct roll call.

Bonzel.

Here.

Cast McNolly.

Here.

McDaniel.

Here.

Rogelia.

President.

Wright is here.

And Robins.

Here.

Madam Chair, we have a quorum.

Great.

Thank you.

The first order of business tonight is the public forum.

During the public forum, the members of the public have the opportunity to address the Planning and Zoning Commission on issues which are not part of tonight's agenda.

Please keep your comments limited to three minutes.

Also for the sake of all those in attendance.

Please refrain from clapping or shouting out in response to comments made by any speaker.

Secretary Wright, do we have anyone signed up under public forum?

No one's signed up.

Great.

Our next order of business is public hearings.

For each hearing, we will begin with a staff presentation or introduction, followed by the petitioner's presentation.

We'll then take public testimony to ensure that we have an opportunity to hear from each person wishing to speak.

Please keep your comments specific to the request under consideration and try to avoid repetitive comments.

Also, for the sake of all others in attendance, please refrain from clapping or shouting out in response to the comments made by each speaker.

Following any public testimony, the petitioner will provide closing remarks just prior to the closure of the public hearing.

No further public testimony will be taken after petitioner begins their closing remarks or during the planning and zoning commission deliberation.

I will now swear in any member of the public wishing to speak.

Those who wish to provide testimony, please stand up.

Please raise your right hand and respond.

I do.

I swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.

Great.

Thank you.

The first case on tonight's agenda is DEV-0067-2025, Northwoods of Naperville signed variants.

Sarah Kopinski from staff will present the case.

Thank you and good evening.

Sarah Kapinski with the city's planning services team.

The subject property for the case before you is located at 1203 Warrenville Road and relates to the recently approved Northwoods of Naperville Town Home Community.

The Northwoods property consists of a flag lot and due to limited visibility along Warrenville Road.

Signage for the property has been provided in an easement platted at 1203 Warrenville Road to provide adequate site identification for passers by.

Great.

Thank you.

Will the petitioner please approach the podium?

My name is Karen Webber, and I'm here on behalf of MI Homes of Chicago, the petitioner and developer of the Northwoods of Naperville, a new 64 unit town home dip community located at 1151 East Warrenville Road near the Donata Forest Preserve.

I'd like to thank you in advance for your time, and I'll try not to repeat too much of what Sarah has to say.

Sarah has summarized, but I'd like to highlight a few key points.

As the commission may recall, in May of 2025, the city adopted ordinances for the Northwoods of Naperville, rezoning the property from RD to OCI, and approving the property for attached single family use.

As you can see here, the Northwoods of Naperville is a unique redevelopment.

The property, once the site of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, is now being transformed into a thoughtfully designed residential community pursuant to the approvals granted in May.

To refresh your memory, the site is a 66-foot wide flag lot located 800 feet north of Warrenville Road.

Here you can see a picture of the existing sign, as well as its positioning relative to drivers heading east and west on Warrenville Road.

The project, the location of this project relative to its visibility from the street, presents petitioner with a significant hardship for identifying the entrance to the property.

Recognizing this hardship, the property owner to the east granted IHA the right to install signage in the location identified.

As IHA's successor and interest, MI Holmes now owns this recorded easement to use that location for signage.

The existing monument sign identifying IHA is 10 feet tall and 60 feet in 60 square feet in size.

It's important to note that the existing sign is code compliant under the code governing commercial properties.

Petitioner solely seeks to repurpose the existing monument sign to identify it as the Northwoods of Naperville.

Here's we have a picture of the permanent entry monument.

And I'd like to stress this is not a new structure.

The existing sign has existed for years in its current location without any history of accidents, visibility, concerns, or visual clutter.

There is no increase in the illumination size or frequency of signage.

It is located at a safe, well established setback off setback off a high speed road where clear site identification improves public safety.

Here are some of the measurements of the sign.

You can see that it does not change in height or location.

And in fact, at 56 square feet, the total area of the sign is actually smaller than the existing signage.

Petitioner is simply seeking to repurpose the existing sign that has served the corridor without issue for over a decade.

Once again, this variance is being requested due to hardship stemming from unique circumstances.

The community's entrance is over 800 feet north of Warrenville Road, and there's no opportunity for a buy right sign at the driveway entrance due to site geometry and code limitations.

Without approval of the proposed monument sign, the property would be effectively invisible to passerby.

This poses challenges not only for marketing purposes, but also for visitors, emergency responders, and delivery vehicles.

Petitioner needs to adequately identify the entrance to the community so cars along Warrenville Road can slow down and safely turn into the private driveway.

The existing sign has been sufficiently identified as if has successfully identified the entrance to the property for the last several years.

Petitioner is merely requesting relief this evening to repurpose the existing sign and allow for the continuation of signage in this location.

The hardship to petitioner is physical and unique and not self-created.

To summarize once again, the monument sign is existing and legally established and has been in use for adequate site identification for the last several years without any issue.

Petitioner is merely seeking to repurpose that sign by adequately identifying to adequately identify the residential development.

The site conditions are unique and limiting.

The relief sought is minimal and non-disruptive.

Finally, the request fully meets the standards for a variance under the Naperville Municipal Code.

We respectfully ask for your recommendation of approval.

I'd like to thank you for your consideration, and I'm happy to answer any questions that the commission might have.

Thank you.

No.

All right.

Commissioners.

I would say I think it's a nice upgrade to the existing sign, and I have no issue with it, so I'll be approving it.

Great, thank you.

All right, no.

No one else.

All right.

That should be easier.

Um the petitioner like to make any closing remarks.

No, that's it.

All right.

I will entertain a motion to close the public hearing for DEV-0067 2025.

So all in favor say aye.

Aye.

All right, motion carries.

Commissioner Rachelia, please read the motion.

I'd like to make a motion to adopt the final fact as presented by the petitioner and recommend approval of DEV 0067-2025.

Great.

Can I have a second?

Second.

Secretary Wright, please conduct roll call.

McDaniel.

I agree.

Cast Ignoli.

I agree.

Bonzel.

I agree.

Rogelio.

I agree with the motion.

Wright agrees with the motion.

And Chair Robins.

I agree with the motion.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

The next case on tonight's agenda is DEV-0078-2025, 632 North Brainerd Street.

Brad from staff will be presenting the case.

Thank you, Chair.

Brad Iwicki with the city's planning services team.

DEV 0078-2025 is a request submitted by the petitioner for approval of a variance to section 6-6C-7 to permit in addition to the principal structure to encroach approximately four feet eight inches into the required 15-foot corner side yard setback.

The subject property is generally located at the southeast corner of North Brainerd Street and 7th Avenue intersection and is zoned R2 single family and low density multiple family residence district.

The lot is existing non-conforming as it does not meet the 50-foot minimum lot width in the R2 zoning district.

And the principal structure is also non-conforming as it does not meet the interior side yard or corner side yard setback requirements.

The north lot line of the subject property abuts 7th Avenue, a platted right-of-way, prompting the corner side yard setback requirements along this property line.

Per section 6-6C-7 colon one, R2 yard requirements of the municipal code, the R2 district requires a 15-foot corner side yard setback.

The proposed scope of work includes a 478 square foot addition to the rear of the principal structure that encroaches four four feet eight inches into the required corner side yard setback, resulting in a setback of 10 feet 4 inches from the north property line as illustrated on the site plan.

The petitioner is requesting approval of a variance to permit the proposed addition to encroach into the setback as described.

The city city staff does not have concerns about the proposal and is supportive of the variance request since this portion of 7th Avenue has limited traffic and functionality, and the existing non-conforming nature of the home has not generated complaints from surrounding property owners.

There were no public comments received on this item prior to this meeting.

Staff agrees with the petitioner's findings and recommends their adoption by the planning and zoning commission.

Staff now requests you to conduct the public hearing and I will be available for questions.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Will the petitioner please approach the podium?

Hello.

Thank you for your guys' time.

Thank you, Brad, for presenting that.

My name's Ryan.

I'm with Tranquility Builders.

Tranquility Builders is my family company.

I'm the petitioner on behalf of my clients.

Rob and Mary Ann, they could not be here because of uh family members getting married.

Uh so they asked me to speak on their behalf going through this process.

Um we've been working with Brad diligently over the last few months going through this process.

Um we are looking at a let's see, I think this.

Oh, there you go.

Um I have a picture of the existing front house.

This house is built in the 70s.

Like Brad was saying, this is a non-conforming lot right now.

Um this lot is located uh just northeast of here.

I have some pictures of the existing home.

So one thing you're gonna notice here is that 7th Avenue actually dies at the end of this street here between these two properties.

Uh the property uh to the north, 706 Brainerd was uh was built back in 2006 and requested a similar variance of a six-foot interior rear yard setback or uh side yard setback, just like we're petitioning now.

And so with that um communicating, you know, where the addition is going to be going.

Sorry, um, sorry.

Uh we're doing a sunroom on the rear of the home, like Brad was saying, that we're gonna be uh encroaching within that setback by roughly four feet eight inches.

Um still maintaining the six foot interior set uh interior side yard setback as R2 zoning requests.

Um I have plans here.

Sorry.

All right, well, I don't see anyone here in the public.

So do the commissioners have any comments.

Uh I will just say I'm very familiar with the property.

I live a block away, and it is a unique property.

I think the addition is lovely, and I have no issues.

So that's great.

Um would that would you like to make any closing remarks?

No, thank you.

All right.

I will entertain a motion to close the public hearing for DEB-0078-2025.

Yay, second.

So moved.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All right, motion carries.

Commissioner McDaniel, please read the motion.

I'd like to make a motion to adopt the findings of fact as presented by the petitioner and recommend approval of DEV 0078-2025, variance pursuant to section 6-6 C7 to allow an addition uh to the principal structure to encroach into the corner side yard set back for the property located at 632 North Brandon Street.

Great.

Can I have a second?

Second.

Secretary Wright, please conduct roll call.

Bonzel.

I agree.

Casting Molly.

I agree.

McDaniel.

I agree.

Ricelli?

I agree with the motion.

Wright agrees with the motion.

Chair Robbins.

I agree with the motion.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is the approval of the minutes for July 16th, 2025 planning and zoning commission meeting.

Do we have any corrections in the minutes?

Nope all right.

I would like to entertain a motion to approve the minutes of July 16th, 2025 planning and zoning meeting.

So moved.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Motion carries.

No old, no new.

I would like to entertain a motion to adjourn the meeting.

So moved.

Second.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All right.

Meeting adjourned.