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Shorewood approves veterinary clinic PUD; trustees press applicant on traffic, lighting and animal handling
Summary
The Village Board approved a final PUD plat and conditional-use permit for the Shorewood Veterinary Clinic at Shorewood Town Center, approving site design and conditions while pressing the applicant and staff to coordinate access with IDOT and the library and to control dog-daycare noise and commercial vehicle parking.
Planning staff presented the final PUD and site plan for the Shorewood Veterinary Clinic, describing a 12,712-square-foot building with about 10,600 square feet on the ground floor, a 3,000-square-foot fenced play yard, and 61 parking spaces including three ADA stalls. The plan includes a temporary 24-foot asphalt access road and temporary solar lighting that the applicant would replace with village-standard lighting when the adjacent lot develops.
Trustees asked several questions about traffic access on Route 52 and coordination with IDOT, with one trustee noting long-standing local issues where drivers ignore right-in/right-out controls to make left turns. Planning staff said IDOT controls the access and that the applicant is preparing submissions to IDOT; staff recommended adding a trigger in the PUD so full street improvements and village-standard lighting occur before the second business opens. Trustee discussion also covered lighting photometrics, fence materials, and design consistency with surrounding Hamptons-style elements.
Trustees also asked about dog-daycare operations, noise mitigation and rare large-animal cases. The applicant said large-animal visits would be uncommon and typically handled in trailers or by mobile service. "99.9% of the animals that come in there are cats and dogs," the applicant said. Trustees voted to approve the conditional-use permit and final PUD plat by roll call.
