Plan Commission backs reduced floodplain compensatory storage for Sky Harbor hangar project
Aug 13, 2026
The commission recommended a reduction in the compensatory storage ratio from 1.5:1 to 1.1:1 for Sky Harbor's hangar project at 1090 S. Milwaukee Ave., citing site constraints and a pending FEMA map revision; staff emphasized the change still provides net flood storage and the approval is tied to the specific Sky Harbor development.
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The Wheeling Plan Commission on Aug. 12 recommended approval of a variation to reduce the compensatory floodplain storage ratio from 1.5:1 to 1.1:1 for the Sky Harbor hangar development at 1090 South Milwaukee Avenue.
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