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Residents urge board to deny special use for storage facility at 1601 West Main
Summary
Multiple residents urged trustees to reject a proposed self-storage facility at 1601 West Main, presenting a petition and citing code, access and character concerns; Planning & Zoning continued the public hearing to next Monday for further consideration.
Several residents addressed the Village Board on March 17 urging trustees to deny special-use and variance requests for a proposed self-storage facility at 1601 West Main.
Debbie Vernon told the board she and other residents have been collecting a petition opposing the project and asked that opposition be recorded in the minutes. "There are 403 verified resident signatures as of today, March 17," she said, and urged trustees to "do the right thing" for Sleepy Hollow and deny the special use "in total with no variances." She criticized the project as inconsistent with community character and questioned claims in the applicants findings of fact that the development would not harm neighboring properties.
A separate commenter identified as Mr. Vernon reviewed zoning, building and fire-code concerns and said he had prepared an overlay showing how the proposed facility would sit on the property relative to adjacent homes. He told trustees he expects the Planning & Zoning commission to make a recommendation when the continued hearing resumes next Monday. "I would rather hope that it's in the negative given the number of shortcomings in this proposal," he said, citing setbacks, floor-area ratio, landscaping and emergency-access issues.
Transcript remarks referenced Chapter 5 of the adopted fire code concerning emergency-vehicle access and, more broadly, invoked the State municipal code and Roberts Rules of Order when discussing procedural questions about reconsideration. The Planning & Zoning representative earlier in the meeting said the public hearing on this application has been continued to next Monday at 5:30 p.m. so commissioners can review an amended application that removes one variance request.
The applicant or developer was not recorded as responding during the public-comment segments captured in the transcript. The hearing will continue before the Planning & Zoning commission next Monday; the board took no final action on the special-use request at this meeting.
