Skokie plan commission backs rezoning and special‑use permit for Dunkin' drive‑through at 8357 Skokie Boulevard

The Estotin Plan Commission voted April 16 to recommend several zoning changes and a special‑use permit that would allow a Dunkin' with a drive‑through (and a Baskin‑Robbins counter) at 8357 Skokie Boulevard, sending the items to the Village Board for final approval.

Planning staff told the commission that the request entails a zoning‑chapter amendment to remove a "retail street" designation, a rezoning of the parcel from CX core mixed use to B2 commercial, and a special‑use permit for a limited‑service restaurant with a drive‑through. "Staff recommends that the petitioners' request for a special use permit for a limited service restaurant with a drive through at 8357 Skokie Boulevard in a B2 commercial zoning district be approved subject to the recommended conditions," Michael, planning staff, said during his presentation.

Why it matters: Staff argued the small parcel and surrounding lower‑density uses make B2 commercial more appropriate than the CX mixed‑use zoning adopted in 2009, and that…