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Shorewood board defeats denial motion, clearing way for 149‑unit Black Road apartment PUD
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing and technical presentations, the Shorewood Village Board voted down a motion to deny the conditional use permit for AR Building’s 149‑unit Black Road planned unit development (PUD) on a 4–2 roll call; the board then treated the petition as approved for first reading.
The Shorewood Village Board on June 9, 2026 defeated a motion to deny a conditional use permit for a planned unit development for a 149‑unit apartment building on Black Road, a result board members said effectively advanced the project past its first reading.
Trustee Chapman moved to deny the permit and waive the second reading; the clerk’s roll call recorded Brockman NO, Chapman YES, Luciano NO, Selfridge YES, Amos NO and Babiak NO and the motion failed 4–2. After the vote the village attorney and the mayor stated that no additional motion for approval was required and treated the petition as approved to proceed to the next stage. The motion on the floor was titled: “Motion for denial of an ordinance granting a conditional use permit for a planned unit development for Black Road Apartments by AR Building Company and waive the 2nd read.”
The PUD request seeks exceptions to multiple code items: a proposed building height of 47 feet, 5.5 inches (staff and the petitioner said this exceeds the B3 district standard of 40 feet), a request to count less than the code‑required open space (staff cited a 10% proposal vs. the 25% PUD standard), and a reduced parking ratio (the developer proposed 1.5 spaces per unit vs. the village code’s two spaces per unit). Developer AR Building presented detailed floor plans and amenity descriptions while staff summarized traffic modeling and revenue estimates. The village’s economic development director stated the residential portion is estimated to produce about $616,000 in annual property tax revenue, with portions allocated to the village and local school districts.
The board’s approval at first reading does not finalize construction; staff said final engineering, potential conditions, PUD revisions and further approvals would follow. Several trustees said they wanted clearer, written language about prohibited balcony items (basketball hoops, grills) and other site standards before final action.
