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Homer Glen trustees table request to keep 12-tenant plaza sign after debate over permits and business impacts
Summary
Trustees postponed a variance that would allow a multi-tenant sign with 12 panels at the Orland Oak Plaza, citing a planning-commission tie, unpermitted work and competing goals of enforcing code versus aiding small businesses; the board directed staff to revise findings and seek compromise.
The Homer Glen Village Board voted to table a variance request for a multiunit sign at the Orland Oak Plaza after a lengthy debate about permitting, fairness to other businesses and ways to avoid hurting small tenants.
Trustees discussed the sign request, which sought permission for 12 tenant panels where the village code permits six. Board members said staff first noticed the sign had been altered from six to 12 panels on April 9, 2024, and that the Planning Commission’s 3–3 vote meant a supermajority of trustees was required to override that recommendation.
Trustee comments split along two lines. Several trustees…
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