Commission approves concept plan for Crash Champions collision center; annexation agreement amendment required

The Lockport Plan and Zoning Commission approved a concept plan for a new Crash Champions collision repair facility in Lockport Crossings but the applicant will need the city council to amend the Lockport Crossings annexation agreement before the special use and outdoor storage related approvals can be finalized.

Planning staff described the subject lot as roughly 4.5 acres at the termination of Thornton Avenue at Ninth Street within Lockport Crossings. Staff noted that the Lockport Crossings annexation agreement currently prohibits auto body repair, outdoor storage and towing; an amendment by the city council would be required before the applicant could proceed. The concept plan shows a building with customer and employee parking at the front, outdoor storage at the rear screened by a 6‑foot opaque vinyl fence on the submitted concept drawing, two loading…