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Commission recommends rezoning, subdivision and variance for Westmont's new south fire station; neighbors question generator and pond work
Summary
The commission recommended a comprehensive-plan amendment, rezoning to a Public/Institutional (PI) district, consolidation of four lots, a variance for a 350 kW diesel emergency generator and a major site plan for the new south fire station; some commissioners and neighbors pressed the village on generator noise, emissions and detention-pond changes. Village Board review is March 19.
The Westmont Planning & Zoning Commission on March 11 voted to send multiple recommendations to the Village Board for a proposed new south fire station and related land-use changes, including: a comprehensive-plan map amendment, rezoning three residential/commercial parcels to the PI (Public and Institutional) District, consolidation of four lots into one, a variance for the size/fuel type/location of an emergency generator, and approval of a major site plan with staff authority to finalize landscaping.
Deputy Chief Tom Frank and Public Works supervisor Virgil Viscuso walked commissioners through a multi-year design process and the reasons for the requests. "We are in the process of doing that... it was determined that that building…
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