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Planning board backs zoning change to allow business-support services in downtown Antioch
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board recommended that the Village Board approve a text amendment to allow "business support services" (printing/copying, small machine repair, similar NAICS uses) as a permitted land use in three Downtown Antioch form-based districts; the recommendation will go to the Village Board on Aug. 13.
The Antioch Planning & Zoning Board voted to recommend a text amendment that would allow business support services — such as commercial printing and convenience printing — as a permitted use in three downtown form-based code districts.
Howard, the village’s community development director, told the board the change would bring the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) definition for printing and related support services into the table of uses for the Village Core, Transitional Core and Main Street Transitional districts. He said the amendment is intended to let established downtown businesses such as the applicant, Impressions (currently at 907 Main Street), relocate within the walkable core without being reclassified as limited manufacturing.
Howard said the proposal does not change the village’s overall cap on service-oriented uses on Main Street; his staff report includes an asterisk limiting business-support services to no more than an aggregate 28% of uses in the downtown districts. A resident who spoke during public comment confirmed staff’s estimate that service-related uses are currently about 20% of downtown uses.
A board member moved to approve the staff recommendation, the motion was seconded and the board took roll call; the board voted to forward a favorable recommendation to the Village Board. Howard said the Village Board will take final action at its Aug. 13 meeting.
Why it matters: The change is designed to preserve pedestrian-oriented retail and eating/drinking establishments while allowing locally rooted service businesses that support other downtown merchants to remain in — or move within — the walkable core.
