HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLAN COMMISSION - 06/01/1983 - ELK GROVE TRAVEL SHOPPE 1020 E. HIGGINS Minutes
ELK GROVE VILLAGE PLAN COMMISSION
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 1983
Location: Council Chambers
EGV Municipal Building
901 Wellington Avenue
The scheduled meeting of the Plan Commission was -called to order by
Chairman Glass at 8:04 p.m.
Members Present: Members Absent:
John Glass, Chairman Leah Cummins, Secretary
George Mullen
Frederick Geinosky
Clark Fulton
David Paliganoff
Orrin Stangeland
Staff Present:
Thomas Rettenbacher, Building Commissioner
Orrin Stangeland was appointed Acting Secretary by Chairman John Glass.
Gullo International Contemporary Park Subdivision
(6.33 acres, 11 lots, northeast corner of
Lively Boulevard and Landmeier Road.)
Chairman Glass stated that this item would be held until a review
of report from North Cook County Soil & Water Conservation District was
reviewed by the Village Engineer.
Docket 83-5: Petition by Robert E. Niemiec, property owner,
to permit Vivian J. Wadford, Elk Grove Travel
Shoppe, 1020 East Higgins Road, to operate a
package express and bus passenger station at
that location.
Roger Niemiec, with the aid of a site plan, outlined the history
and operation of his shopping center, giving details of the various
tenants occupying same. Mr. Niemiec emphasized that his porperty was
occupied by professional uses rather than regular retail uses. He
showed how the buses would enter from Higgins Road at the East Driveway,
go North, then turn west behind the building, and then turn south and
stop for passengers along the west frontage.
Vivian Wadford presented the details leading up to the hearing,
explaining the facts concerning the need for the passenger station.
Mr. Wadford stated that the Trailsway Bus Service would be an asset
to the residents by giving them ready access to areas, especially north
and northwest, that are not serviced directly by public transportation.
Plan Commission Minutes - 2 - June 1, 1983
Docket 83-5 (continued)
Mr. Paul Prendo of the Trailsway Bus Company explained the proposed
schedule of service. In the beginning, a bus would come off the North-
west Tollway at Route 53 and proceed on Higgins Road to the site,
then enter the Tollway again at Arlington Heights Road each evening at
8:30 p.m. , and then proceed into the Chicago Terminal . Each morning
at 8:30 a.m. the bus would come from Chicago and then go north on the
Tollway. Mr. Prendo outlined for the Commission the rules for the
driver and bus to follow at the stop. In the future they expect to
increase service to four stops per day.
The Commission members asked questions concerning: shelter for
passengers; hours that travel agency would operate to accommodate bus
passengers arriving and departing; size of busses, whether passenger
or cargo vehicles; security provisions (evenings, early morning) ;
lengthy discussion on number of packages to be handled; route of
passengers from Travel Shoppe to bus stop.
Mr. Niemiec and Mr. Wadford had no objections to any conditions
imposed as long as they were reasonable.
At the conclusion of the Public Hearing (there were no objections) ,
the Plan Commission continued with their deliberations, at which time
George Mullen made the following motion, seconded by Orrin Stangeland:
A motion to recommend approval of a Special Use Permit for a bus
station as an ancillary use to the Travel Shoppe at 1020 East
Higgins Road, subject to the following conditions:
1) That adequate security lighting be provided for bus
and passengers.
2) That the bus area be striped and signed for bus use
only.
3) That a marked aisle be provided leading from walk
area to parking lot.
4) Not more than scheduled (both intra- and inter-state)
buses be permitted.
The meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m.
Res a ly submitted,
Thomas F. Rettenbacher
Building Commissioner
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