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Palos Park keeps limits on commercial trucks at residences; plan commission to review off-site parking approvals
Summary
Meeting participants reviewed updated off-street parking ratios, a new off-site parking allowance within 300 feet, and overnight commercial-vehicle restrictions. The council/commission voted to require Plan Commission review for off-site parking and to retain current restrictions on overnight residential storage of large commercial vehicles.
Palos Park’s joint Village Council and Plan Commission reviewed proposed changes to off-street parking standards and the village’s rules on commercial vehicles stored on residential property.
The draft updates parking ratios for assembly spaces, educational facilities and places of worship, clarifies when a parking study is required for special uses or planned-unit developments, and proposes allowing nonresidential uses to locate off-site parking no more than 300 feet from the nearest entrance so long as the off-site parking is under the same possession (deed or long-term lease) and is not in a residential district.
Key outcomes - Off-site parking (300-foot allowance): The body voted to require Plan Commission approval for any…
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