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DuPage Zoning Board Hears Appeal to Waive 1,000-Foot Gaming Separation for Proposed Addison-Area Café
Summary
Applicants seeking a variation from DuPage County's 1,000-foot separation rule asked the Zoning Board to recommend approval for a six-machine video-gaming café at a property surrounded by the Village of Addison; applicants argued hardship after investing roughly $250,000 and said the nearby Royal Liquor was not operating as a gaming facility. The hearing record was closed and the board will consider a recommendation Dec. 4.
The DuPage County Zoning Board of Appeals on a November 2025 meeting heard continued testimony from applicants seeking a variation from the county's 1,000-foot separation requirement to allow a proposed six-machine video-gaming café at a property the applicants rent at 19 W 344 Lake Street in unincorporated DuPage County, an area completely surrounded by the Village of Addison.
Brian Armstrong, attorney for the applicants, told the board the applicants "expended quite a bit of money, and then we figured out it's about $250,000 in getting to this point now," and argued that expense and the timing of the county's separation rule created a practical hardship that justifies a variation. Armstrong said the applicants completed interior build-out in March 2025 and that the county's 1,000-foot restriction was adopted in about June 2024, after the project was well under way.
Armstrong described the business as a gaming café that would operate six video-gaming machines, expect roughly three to four guests per hour…
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