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Votes at a glance: DuPage County Development Committee (Jan. 21) — pier, variances, text amendments and transfers
Summary
The DuPage County Development Committee on Jan. 21 approved minutes and a budget transfer, recommended a conditional use for a funeral home with cremation services, approved a small pier conditional use, did not adopt recommended denials for two variance/lot‑split petitions, approved a text amendment for conversions on principal arterials, and referred a video‑gaming zoning text amendment to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The DuPage County Development Committee took several formal actions on Jan. 21, including approvals, denials and referrals. Key outcomes:
• Minutes and budget transfer: The committee approved the Feb. 3 minutes and approved a budget transfer (25‑0272) moving $33,000 from regular salaries (1100‑2810‑5000) to 112810‑51100.
• Item 7b (funeral home with cremation services): The committee recommended approval of the zoning hearing officer’s conditional‑use recommendation for a funeral home with cremation services in an R4 single‑family district east of Route 83 (see separate article for discussion and provenance).
• Item 7c (small pier, VCO3‑25 zoning‑2461): The committee approved the zoning hearing officer’s recommendation to allow a small pier that encroaches approximately 1 inch from the interior side property line to access a portion of Moose Lake that lies on the petitioner’s property. Staff said the previous pier encroached on a neighbor’s property and the new pier will be entirely on the petitioner’s parcel; the petitioner produced a letter from the HOA permitting the pier. The committee approved the conditional use by roll call; staff said final permitting will be strictly off the property survey and any pier found over the property line at inspection must be moved back.
• Items 7d and 7e (variations / lot splits, DC04‑25 zoning‑2465; DC05‑25 zoning‑2469): The Zoning Hearing Officer recommended denial of requests to reduce required lot size and related variations. Committee discussion noted petitioners had not demonstrated statutory hardship (financial hardship was not accepted as a sole basis). The committee took motions relating to the hearing officer’s recommendations; the motions to approve the hearing officer’s recommendations did not pass, and the record shows the committee did not adopt the recommended approvals (the motions failed). Petitioners may amend and refile or pursue other options such as conditional uses where applicable; staff noted applicants can return with revised petitions.
• Item PC‑06‑25 (text amendment T‑3‑24): The committee approved a proposed text amendment to the DuPage County zoning ordinance to allow conversion of qualifying single‑family dwellings on principal arterial roadways to contain up to two dwelling units (similar to the county’s principal‑arterial office provisions). Staff estimated approximately 483 eligible properties; the amendment requires properties to take direct access to a principal arterial to qualify.
• Item 25‑273 (video gaming text amendment TDS‑125): The committee voted to refer a proposed text amendment on video gaming to the Zoning Board of Appeals to align county zoning rules on video gaming with current liquor‑licensing setbacks and definitions. The referral would mirror the liquor code’s 100‑foot setback from protected uses and clarify definitions for video gaming cafes and terminal establishments.
Several items will be forwarded to the full DuPage County Board or returned to the Zoning Board of Appeals for hearing or further review. For items involving building permits, wetlands or septic systems, staff said final permitting and inspections are required before construction or operation.
