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DuPage County Board approves conditional use for funeral home with cremation services in R‑4 district amid local opposition
Summary
The County Board voted to allow a funeral home with cremation services at a site in an R‑4 single‑family residential district after public comment from nearby municipalities, school and park district representatives, and proponents. The approval follows unanimous recommendation from the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Development Committee.
The DuPage County Board approved a conditional use permit on Jan. 28 to allow a funeral home with ancillary cremation services at a property zoned R‑4, following public comment both opposing and supporting the proposal.
Local officials and residents argued the proposed facility — which opponents said would host about 200 events a year with capacity for more than 200 people — is an inappropriate intensity of commercial use adjacent to schools and a park district waterpark. Curtis Posgay, Director of Community and Economic Development for the Village of Bensenville, told the board the site is identified as residential in the county’s Route 83 Corridor Land Use Plan and said, “The proposed use is too intense a use for this site.” Kevin Quinn, village planner for…
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