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Hanover Park trustees send EV charger text amendment back to development commission for more review
Summary
Trustees voted to return item 7a17 — a zoning text amendment that would allow small EV charging installations by right — to the Development Commission after questions about parking nonconformity and landscaping. Tom Clark, a Development Commission member, said the commission had reviewed the proposal across three meetings.
The Village of Hanover Park Board of Trustees voted to send ordinance item 7a17 — a proposed text amendment to allow limited electric-vehicle (EV) charging installations — back to the Development Commission for further review.
Tom Clark, a member of the Development Commission, told the board the commission vetted the amendment across three meetings, including a public hearing. He said the draft would allow up to four charging spaces (serving four vehicles) to be permitted by right and that larger installations would require a public hearing. Clark said the commission voted unanimously at its level and believed the amendment would align Hanover Park with neighboring communities that do not require a hearing for small EV installations.
Several trustees raised concerns that installing EV chargers could increase a site’s nonconformity with current parking rules if chargers replace existing nonconforming spaces, and they asked whether code sections that prohibit increasing nonconformity would be sufficient protection. Development staff responded that another portion of the municipal code already prohibits increases in nonconformity and that the amendment was intended to allow small installations (four spaces or fewer) without additional hearings while subjecting larger projects to site-plan and landscape review.
After discussion, a motion to send the item back to the Development Commission for "further consideration" passed on a roll call vote. The board’s action returns the item to the commission for additional examination of parking, landscaping, and nonconformity implications before the board considers the amendment again.
What’s next: The Development Commission will re-review item 7a17 and return recommendations to the board; no zoning or code changes take effect until the board adopts an ordinance.
Speakers quoted (first reference): Tom Clark, Development Commission member ("I went back ... it was discussed ... over essentially three meetings")
