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Plan commission recommends conditional approval for Amazon driveway widening and parking-lot pedestrian upgrades in Crest Hill
Summary
The Crest Hill Plan Commission voted Oct. 9 to recommend that the city council conditionally approve variances allowing Amazon to relocate and widen a commercial driveway to about 71 feet and replace several internal parking-lot landscape islands with sidewalks at 16825 Chernovic Lane; the recommendation is scheduled for council review Oct. 27.
The Crest Hill Plan Commission voted Oct. 9 to recommend conditional approval of variances requested by Amazon, Inc., that would allow a relocated commercial driveway on La Dice Parkway to be about 71 feet wide and permit replacement of required internal parking-lot landscape islands with pedestrian sidewalks at the company’s 26.63-acre site at 16825 Chernovic Lane.
Staff and the applicant said the changes are intended to improve on-site truck circulation and pedestrian safety while reducing truck movements onto public streets. "The city staff has been working with Amazon and Amazon's consultants since the spring," said Ron Mentzer, the city’s community and economic…
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