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Zoning board recommends approval for Christian Church of Villa Park to run weekly drive‑thru food pantry at St. Charles site
Summary
The Villa Park Zoning Board of Appeals voted 6–1 to recommend approval of a special use allowing the Christian Church of Villa Park to operate a religious assembly and drive‑thru food pantry at 501–525 St. Charles Road; staff noted a traffic analysis estimating vehicle stacking between about 21 and 49 cars for pickup operations.
Doris Carter, stewardship council chairperson for the Christian Church of Villa Park, told the Zoning Board of Appeals that the congregation wants to relocate to a storefront space at 501–525 St. Charles Road to expand ministries and continue its food‑pantry operations in Villa Park and surrounding communities.
"The Christian Church of Villa Park has been in this community for 70 years," Carter said, and she described the pantry as serving residents for more than three decades. She told the board the pantry currently operates once a week and that the congregation has about 25 members. Carter said the church sold its former large building because maintenance costs were too high and that leasing a smaller storefront would let the…
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