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Planning commission recommends denial of rezoning for 4205 and 4307 Weston Avenue
Summary
The commission voted to recommend denial of a request to rezone two parcels on Weston Avenue to Limited Industrial to allow a personal storage facility, citing inconsistency with the village comprehensive plan and corridor employment objectives.
The Village of Weston Planning Commission recommended denial on Aug. 10 of a proposal to rezone 4205 and 4307 Weston Avenue from B2 (Highway Business) to LI (Limited Industrial) and forwarded the recommendation to the village board.
Planning staff told the commission the request is not consistent with the village’s adopted planning documents. "Staff's review concludes that the requested rezoning is not consistent with those adopted planning documents," Jennifer, planning staff, said during the public hearing. Staff also noted the Weston Avenue corridor plan emphasizes commercial development and employment uses for this portion of the corridor, and that a storage facility would not meet the employment objective.
The applicant, identified in the record as Steve Munell, said market conditions and long delays in development have made the existing plan appear out of date and said a conditional use permit could address site-level concerns. "I ended up purchasing property in '11… I supported it off, but I did come here in '12 requesting, same thing, putting up a storage facility," Munell said, arguing that the comprehensive plan should be able to be amended to reflect current conditions.
Commission discussion centered on plan consistency, adjacent zoning and access constraints; commissioners noted that personal storage is allowed only by conditional use in certain districts and that rezoning to LI would still require CUP review. After the statutorily required determination questions and discussion, a motion to recommend denial was made and seconded; the motion passed on a voice vote with three commissioners in favor of recommending denial and two opposed. The motion to deny was moved by a commission member (mover recorded in the minutes) and seconded on the record.
Because the parcel is not currently zoned to allow final consideration of the conditional use permit, the commission deferred action on the CUP and will leave full CUP review to the board and future staff technical review if the board acts on zoning.
