St. Charles planning commissioners approve special-use amendment to allow restaurant and tavern at Motorcycle Museum

The Saint Charles Planning Commission on Oct. 7 recommended approval of an amendment to the special-use permit for the St. Charles Motorcycle Museum, 1317 East Main Street, to add a restaurant and a tavern/bar and to allow on-site food service and outdoor entertainment. The commission approved the amendment with conditions requiring a trash enclosure meeting city standards, reconfigured on-site circulation to avoid conflict points, and site lighting that meets current municipal standards.

Planning staff said both a bar and a restaurant “require special use approval in this zoning district,” and described the application as an amendment to a 2024 special-use that originally allowed the museum as a cultural facility. Attorney Peter Bezos, representing applicant Fox Valley Capital LLC, told commissioners the proposed restaurant and tavern are enumerated special uses in the city’s BL (business local) zoning and said the applicant believes the additions will bolster Main…