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Westmont board passes series of permits, licenses and contracts; dozens of items approved in May 28 meeting
Summary
At its May 28 meeting the Westmont Village Board approved a consent agenda and a string of zoning, licensing and procurement actions, including a permanent liquor license for Dolce, multiple subdivision/site-plan approvals, video-gaming zoning and liquor-rule changes, and intergovernmental and procurement agreements.
The Westmont Village Board on May 28 approved a broad set of routine and development items, carrying several zoning and licensing decisions and ratifying public-works and intergovernmental agreements.
The board approved the consent agenda — which included Finance Ordinance No. 11 totaling $1,830,150.32 — and read proclamations honoring the People’s Resource Center’s 50 years of service in DuPage County. Trustees then addressed new-business items that resulted in roll-call approvals.
Among the formal outcomes: the board converted Dolce (15 West Cafe LLC) from a temporary to a permanent Class 2 liquor license after staff reported a successful background review. The board also approved subdivision and waiver requests for 1351 South Ridge Road (recording a one-lot preliminary/final plat and granting a narrow waiver of fee-in-lieu for the current applicant while preserving future developers’ obligation to install sidewalks). A lot-coverage variance for 326 South Washington (allowing a deck expansion and a new pool that raises lot coverage to about 52.75%) passed, as did a major site plan for a four-unit townhouse project at 5628 S. Cass Avenue and a subdivision to split 300 W. 60th Street into two lots.
Zoning and business matters included approval of a special-use permit for a mahjong studio at 10 W. Burlington Avenue and a special-use amendment for Tesla at 50 W. Ogden Avenue to formalize expanded minor repair operations while retaining vehicle sales. Planning staff reported that the planning-and-zoning commission recommended approval of those items prior to the board votes.
On policy and code changes, the board approved two related actions to standardize how video gaming is treated when a business changes ownership: an amendment to liquor-license procedures that ties eligibility to whether the buyer purchased the prior business, and a zoning-text amendment allowing video-gaming-as-accessory uses in the downtown B1A and B1 districts (liquor-licensing review remains the gatekeeper). Staff emphasized that safeguards remain in place — including a requirement that video gaming not be the business’s primary source of revenue.
The board also approved nondevelopment items: an engineering services agreement ($111,975) for Phase 2 design of a residential alley reconstruction, exercise of the first option year on the DuPage County salt contract (2026–27 season at $74.33/ton), authorization of a three-year IGA continuing fire and ambulance services to the Southwest Fire Protection District with an annual payment of $20,000, authorization to open a dedicated Wintrust lockbox account for ambulance billing as the village transitions billing to PBS, and a declaration of surplus Village Hall property ahead of an upcoming remodel.
Votes were taken by roll call on each motion; in most cases trustees voted unanimously in favor. The Wintrust lockbox resolution recorded one recusation. The meeting adjourned after routine miscellaneous business.
What happens next: approved subdivisions and site plans will move to permitting and recording as provided by staff; zoning text changes now permit video-gaming accessory use subject to liquor-license approvals; the engineering and procurement agreements proceed to implementation per their terms.
