Planning board approves Brock’s Backyard special‑use site plan with fire and parking conditions

The Antioch Planning and Zoning Board voted July 2 to approve a special‑use site‑plan review for Brock’s Backyard, a restaurant at 453 Main Street Unit A, subject to stipulated compliance items in the staff report.

Howard, the planning director, told the board that the applicant, Madison George, submitted additional materials requested at the prior hearing, including a revised photometric lighting plan, a shared‑parking agreement covering nearby units and an architectural rendering of an outdoor seating and kitchen area. Howard noted the submitted lighting plan documents existing floodlights attached to building walls and said the applicant was not proposing new light fixtures in the parking lot. “The property the lighting plan shows there are 12 floodlights attached to the existing building… however, the property owner is not proposing to add anything new in the parking lot area,” he said.

The packet also included a letter from the Antioch Fire Protection District (dated 05/19/2025) that required outdoor cooking hoods to connect to the fire alarm system, called for bringing the existing fire alarm up to code, and specified detection connections. The staff report described a shared‑parking agreement under which the owner (Troy Sande) agreed to maintain a shared lot available to tenants, employees and customers of listed addresses and to provide snow removal, lighting and upkeep.

A board member moved to approve PCB25‑02 with the three compliance stipulations listed on page 5 of the staff report; the motion was seconded and passed on a roll call. The approval is conditioned on adherence to Antioch Fire Protection District requirements and the on‑ and off‑site parking arrangements set out in the shared‑parking agreement.

The matter will proceed to the Village Board as required by municipal procedure, and approval is subject to any final village‑level review.