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Panel recommends special use permit to allow warehousing in town center, approves conditions on trucks and outdoor storage

Machesney Park Planning and Zoning Commission · October 28, 2025
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Summary

The commission recommended a special use permit Oct. 27 to allow warehousing in former Burlington and Big Lots spaces at the town center, subject to conditions limiting truck routing and outdoor storage and asking staff to add noise‑mitigation language.

The Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 27 recommended approval of a special use permit (ordinance 44‑25) to allow warehousing in the town center’s Commercial General district, where vacancies left by Burlington and Big Lots are being repurposed.

Staff explained the mall interior had been decommissioned years ago and that the property owner, Jim Michaelson, has invested in retrofits — adding firewalls, sprinklers and other…

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