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Planning commission backs Kwik Trip at 505 S. McLean despite tree, traffic and air-quality concerns
Summary
The Elgin Planning and Zoning Commission on April 6 recommended approval of a three-lot subdivision and PNB zoning to allow a 24-hour Kwik Trip with accessory packaged-liquor sales at 505 S. McLean Blvd., voting 4-1 after residents and at least one commissioner raised concerns about traffic, emergency-vehicle access and the loss of roughly 470 trees on the site.
The Elgin Planning and Zoning Commission on April 6 voted 4-1 to recommend approval of petitions 46-25, 47-25 and 48-25, allowing Kwik Trip Corporation to subdivide about 11.7 acres at 505 S. McLean Boulevard into three lots and to build a 6,445-square-foot, 24-hour convenience store with eight pump islands (16 fueling positions) on Lot 1.
City planning staff (Damir) told the commission the project includes a rezoning to Planned Neighborhood Business for Lots 1 and 2, a Planned Community Facility designation for the wetland-encumbered outlot, and three departures from the zoning ordinance: reduced interior parking-lot landscaping (2% proposed vs. 5% required), an underground detention approach in lieu of a shared above-ground detention lot because a wetland limits developable area, and an outlot that will not front on a public right-of-way. Staff recommended approval subject to…
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