Lemont board approves liquor license, consent agenda; residents question annexation to gas station owner

The Lemont Village Board approved several routine items during its consent agenda and separately voted to issue a Class A-3 liquor license to Stand on Canal LLC, operating as Kings of Canal.

Clerk Charlene presented ordinance O-55-25 to amend Chapter 5.04 of the municipal code to issue the license. A motion to approve the ordinance was moved and passed on roll call at the meeting.

Other consent-agenda items the board approved included ordinance O-53-25 (plat dedication for Gordon Lane on 132nd Street), an amendment identified as O-54-25 amending Title 3 of the municipal code related to a municipal grocery retailer’s/service occupation tax, and resolution R-82-25 authorizing release of the Beachin and Dill project.

During audience participation, resident Carol Levitz addressed concerns about the annexation of four residential lots to a gas station owner and said she was disappointed the board had, in her view, unanimously approved annexation without reviewing plans. She asked whether the project had gone to Planning & Zoning and to the village environmental community. Mayor Agofsky responded that if an applicant seeks zoning changes or project approvals, the matter must go through the planning-and-zoning process and, if required, a Committee of the Whole and village board hearings; the mayor said the specific applicant in question had not yet submitted plans.

The mayor and staff also reiterated that many development approvals require review by outside agencies — for example, traffic and stormwater reviews by county or state authorities and state fire-marshal review for fuel tanks — meaning the village is one part of a broader regulatory process.

What’s next: any applicant that formally submits plans for a car wash, gas station or other development will go through the planning-and-zoning public process, and the village will route those applications to outside agencies as required.