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Plan Commission approves text amendment reclassifying barber and beauty shops as special uses in B-2 and B-3 zones
Summary
The Bolingbrook Plan Commission unanimously accepted staff’s recommendation to amend Sections 54-133 and 54-144 of the Zoning Ordinance (Project 401.25), making barber and beauty shops — including nail and tanning salons — a special use in B-2 and B-3 districts to better manage retail corridors.
The Bolingbrook Plan Commission on April 16 unanimously accepted a staff recommendation to amend Sections 54-133 and 54-144 of the Village Zoning Ordinance to reclassify “barber and beauty shops, including nail and tanning salons” as a special use in the B-2 and B-3 commercial zoning districts.
Planning & Zoning Administrator Jake Schmidt presented the proposal as a housekeeping amendment intended to strengthen policy language and clarify how such personal-care uses should be regulated in the village’s evolving retail corridors. Schmidt said the amendments would move those uses from the list of permitted uses into the list of special uses for the two zoning categories, aligning ordinance language with staff’s goals for corridor oversight.
The change was introduced at a public hearing opened by Chairman Ali; after no substantive public testimony was recorded, staff recommended approval and the Commission voted to accept the Findings of Fact and to adopt the recommendation of Planning Staff. Commissioner April Palmer moved to accept the Findings of Fact and to accept staff’s recommendation; Vice Chair Lon Schank seconded. The voice vote was unanimous with Commissioner Inez Flores noted as absent.
The amendment references subsections of Sections 54-133 and 54-144 and is recorded as Project No. 401.25 in Plan Commission records. No specific implementation date was given during the meeting and staff did not announce additional implementation steps at the April 16 session.
The ordinance change affects how future barber and beauty operations will be reviewed in B-2 and B-3 districts: classifying them as special uses means individual applications will be subject to special-use review and any applicable conditions set by the Commission or Village Council. The Commission did not discuss fees, timelines for applicants, or changes to other land-use categories during the hearing.
The Plan Commission adjourned without further action on this item; the approved Findings of Fact and the recommendation will move forward to the next procedural step as required by local code.
