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Planning staff: Compass Travel Center near final approvals; Bonaparte Avenue to be vacated
Summary
Planning staff told the Economic Development, Planning and Zoning Committee that Compass Travel Center’s revised site plan is near the finish line, that the building footprint has increased to 11,000 sq. ft., a diesel lane was added, parking reconfigured, and that Bonaparte Avenue would be vacated and incorporated into the site.
City planning staff briefed the Economic Development, Planning and Zoning Committee on March 17 about a proposed amendment to a special-use permit, a final plat of resubdivision and a vacation of a short segment of Bonaparte Avenue to accommodate the Compass Travel Center on Skokie Highway.
Staff said the special-use permit originally approved in February 2021 for a different developer has been transferred to Compass Travel Center, which has made modest design changes but remains substantially consistent with the earlier approval. Changes described in the meeting record include an additional diesel fueling lane under the rear canopy, a reconfiguration of parking so the rear of the property provides employee parking rather than the prior semi-parking plan, and a larger building planned at roughly 11,000 square feet rather than the previously proposed 7,000 square feet.
The item, which previously passed the Planning and Zoning Commission with a unanimous recommendation, is now in the final stages of building-permit review for engineering and construction. Staff explained that vacating Bonaparte Avenue would allow the development to consolidate parcels and incorporate that right-of-way into the larger site; the vacation would convey the roadway to the developer by deed if council approves the plat and vacation.
Why it matters: The project would reconfigure a site along Skokie Highway, change traffic and parcel boundaries in the immediate area, and introduces a larger convenience-store model with additional fueling capacity. The committee heard the presentation and staff asked the committee to advance the ordinance, plat and vacation to city council for action.
