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Commission recommends building-design variation for 212 Depot Street; potential industrial uses would need separate review
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a design-standards variation for a new one-story, 400-sq-ft building at 212 Depot Street and noted that any future industrial tenants would require separate special-use review; neighbors raised traffic and school-bus safety concerns.
The Antioch Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a design-standards variation for 212 Depot Street, where a previous building burned. The petitioner seeks to construct a one-story, roughly 400-square-foot building and requested relief from downtown urban-design standards.
Mark McCarty explained the petition and noted that while the comprehensive plan identifies parts of the transitional core east of the railroad as appropriate for industrial use, the zoning must be changed separately and any industrial tenant would require a further special-use review before the commission.
Neighbors raised traffic-safety concerns, especially given Depot Street’s curve, nearby school-bus stops and frequent emergency-vehicle routes. One resident asked whether the proposal could create conditions for heavy loading docks or increased semi traffic; staff replied that the submitted plans show loading doors, not loading docks, and that future tenants and site plans would be reviewed for turning-radius, fire access and other safety requirements.
Petitioner Brian Filiatro said the proposal is intended for smaller, mom-and-pop business suites that would improve the corner with brick and landscaping rather than heavy industry. "This is probably more mom and pop type businesses that'll be operating out of here," Filiatro said.
The commission voted to recommend the design-standards variation (PZB2607) and will forward its recommendation to the village board; commissioners and staff reiterated that any industrial use would require separate review and approval as a special use if the village board adopts the related code change.
