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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLAN COMMISSION - 08/07/1969 - CENTEX INDUSTRIAL PARK MINUTES OF l PLAN COMMISSION MEETING August 7, 1969 PRESENT: Gayle Bantner, Leah Cummins, William Shannon ABSENT: H. Pottker EXCUSED: S. Schwellenbach, G. Tvrdy, Tom Hamilton Gayle Bantner, Senior Member of the Commission, was acting Chairman for the meeting and called the meeting to order at 8:22 p.m. The Chairman asked that we note in the records that even though there were only three members present, we decided to act upon the business at hand because of the backlog of plats to consider and since the Village Board has the final approval of the cases we had on the Agenda. The first item of business was an informal meeting with Mr. Cooper representing a Porsche distributorship that desired to locate in the Village. He requested an informal meeting with the Planning and Zoning Commission so that he would have some idea as to whether his plans for a distributorship were compatible with the ideas of the Village. The site in question is 22 acres on Elmhurst Road just south of the Toll Road and north of S. N. Robbins Company. Mr. Cooper explained the business in detail, pointing out the fact that the operation was -on a long term basis and that the buildings would be of exceptional quality. The Board agreed that it was an exceptional structure. After much discussion it was the concensus of the Board that this business would be of value to the Village and since it was informal, we' suggested that Mr. Cooper proceed through normal channels asking for a B-1 zoning with the understanding that he would take I-2 with a special use.*under the new ordinance when adopted. The second item of the meeting was a resubdivision of Centex Industrial Park Unit 131 (originally Unit 121) . The petitioners were represented by Mr. Willard C. Meyer and Mr. Tony Vertico. The .resubdivision was being requested because when building was started on Unit 121 which had been approved by the Plan Commission and the Village Board, it was found that the soil was not acceptable for building purposes. As such they had to extend the lot 195 ft. east, contiguous with the present property, and 350 ft. north and south which is the same depth as unit 121 was. Because the original plat had been approved by the Plan Commission and the Village Board, Leah Cummins moved to accept re- subdivision subject to Village Engineer's approval. It was seconded by Bill Shannon and passed unanimously. The third item was a review of the Plat -of Dedication for public streets in Mayfair Industrial Park. Leah Cummins moved that we recommend approval, seconded by Bill Shannon, and passed unanimously. The next four items were the preliminary and final plats on Higgins Industrial Park Unit 14, 15, 16, and 17. On all four units, Leah moved that we recommend the approval of the plats subject to the Engineer's approval. All were seconded by Bill Shannon and passed unanimously. • • MINUTES OF PLAN COMMISSION MEETING August 7, 1969 Page 2 The final item was the final plat for Devon-O'Hare Industrial Park Unit 2. It was moved by Bill Shannon to recommend approval of the plat subject to the Village Engineer's approval, seconded by Leah Cummins and passed unanimously. At that time, Tom Rettenbacher, Building Supervisor, asked us to review the Vale Tract. Trustee McGrenera had asked Tom to seek opinions from the Commission on the Vale Tract, specifically the separation of school and park location and the possibility of showing the shopping center 'and commercial location on the Comprehensive Zoning Map. Regarding the separation of school and park locations'; we recognized that with the plan developments which have their own recreation, it may not be necessary to combine the school and park locations. However, we would recommend that this be discussed with the school and park districts involved to see if it meets with their approval. It was also felt the four locations should be shown on the map and the proper amount of land would be dedicated to the Village under the subdivision control ordinance. Regarding the shopping center and commercial locations, much discussion was had and it was felt that it would be better for the Village if they could retain the shopping center at Meacham Road and Biesterfield, consolidate the other shopping center and commercial site or even add to it (with the idea of developing a major shopping center for the Village) . Establishing the theory, consideration should be given to the great changes taking place in the traffic patterns in this area. It was felt that this approach would prove attractive to the residents of Elk Grove as well as to many of the neighboring communities to the south. we felt that this would be most beneficial to the Village,and are hopeful that it will be considered. After further informal discussion of both proposed Plan Commission procedural changes, the meeting was adjourned at 11:34.p.m. . I