Applicant seeks conditional use to build two duplexes on two single-family lots in DuPage County

An applicant asked DuPage County zoning officials on March 11, 2025, for conditional-use approval to build two attached dwelling units (two duplexes) on two adjacent lots currently zoned R-4 (single-family), requesting several setback and floor-area-ratio exceptions.

The applicant, identified in the hearing record as Dan Mamawat (who also spelled his full name as Bogdan), said the proposal covers two pre-split lots totaling 14,633 square feet and would place two two-story duplexes (about 1,400 square feet per unit) on the parcels. He told the board the project would include one-car attached garages per unit and three exterior parking spaces per building, and that the units would be retained as rentals.

The county’s hearing officer read the petition and enumerated six exceptions the applicant sought: reduced front-yard setbacks for both proposed lots (from 30 feet to roughly 20.5 feet — later withdrawn by the applicant), reduced interior side setbacks on the north and south sides for both lots (various reductions to roughly 6.44–10 feet), and an increase in the permitted floor-area ratio (from 0.25 to about 0.5 for one lot and 0.48 for the other). The applicant later said the front-yard setback exception was no longer needed and that “we're gonna meet that requirement. That…