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ZBA approves laundromat and reduced parking at 629 N. Hickory
Summary
The Zoning Board approved a variation to permit a laundromat in a historically mixed‑use building at 629 North Hickory Street and approved a companion variation to reduce off‑street parking from 31 to 19 spaces; applicant corrected machine counts during testimony.
The Joliet Zoning Board of Appeals approved petition 202555, granting a variation of use to allow a laundromat at 629 North Hickory Street and a variation to reduce the required off‑street parking from 31 spaces to 19.
Staff told the board the two‑story mixed‑use building dates to 1916 and historically housed grocery and other commercial uses but is currently zoned R‑4 (low‑density multifamily), which prohibits new commercial uses without a variation. Staff concluded the building’s long history of mixed use and the limited site constraints justified…
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