Kankakee Times

Village of Bradley Planning & Zoning Commission met June 4.

Here is the minutes provided by the commission:

Chairman Smith called the meeting to order, we said the pledge of allegiance, roll was taken with all seven members present.

Motion to approve the minutes from May 7, 2019, motion to except by Guiss 2nd by Gregoir, all in favor.

Chairman Smith stated the Planning and Zoning Commission have two items on the agenda tonight,

Public hearing and Plat approval for a Retail Use in an M Industrial Zoning District ( Dollar General); located South of Liberty Street, North of Soldiers Creek and East of Kinzie Avenue Applicant: Jeff Paulson of Hurley & Stewart, LLC., on behalf of Capitol Growth-Buchalter.

Dollar General request: Continued from last months P&Z meeting.

Village of Bradley Attorney reported the Public Hearing was published in the Daily Journal and mailing within 250 feet is in order. Jeffery W. Paulson, 2800 S. 11th Street Kalamazoo, MI 490009 P.E. Senior Engineer for Hurley &Stewart was Sworn

Jeff stated he was here last month seeking Special Use approval and was granted by the village board and we are moving foreword with our site plans, due to the parking code we submitted a letter from Dollar General corporate office about the frequency of the trip people make going into Dollar General and the people ihat shop there have very quick transactions, it's a quick stop on peoples way home they don't walk around, they run in and grab a couple things and leave. There is usually six to ten cars in the parking lot at one time. Dollar General likes to have between twenty-five and thirty parking spaces for a nineiy to one hundred square foot store as what we have here. We can provide twenty-seven at this location. Jeff stated we are allow to have the twenty percent reduction in parking if it is approved by the Mayor and Village Trustees, The have two handicapped parking spaces in front that are required by law. After making some changes the only variance request the Mayor and Trustee need to make a decision on is the variance for parking. They have submitted the request to IDOT for a curb cut into Dollar General, it is under review, they hope to hear back from them in two to three weeks.

Public Comment: Resident Bob Redmond 248 S. Blaine, Bradley, IL was sworn in, he stated we have a lot of older people in our community and he would like to see more then two handicapped parking spaces.

Pam Hirth The police and fire department have both reviewed the plans with no concerns, the police department hoped that Dollar General would install a security video system in the store and around the parking lot. Pam also said they are looking at a monument type of sign for the front of the building, they might need to make a code change to allow it. In the interest of Dollar General they are looking at taking over Lot two however Lot two under the original subdivision included the detention area and drainage access easement, Dollar General has requested that the detention and general access area be removed from Lot two. Fastenal will be on Lot one. Dollar General will be on Lot 2, the detention area will be Lot 3.

There could also be a change in the driveways between Fastenal and Dollar General so that cross traffic could be made between building without going out onio Rt. 50 in the future, but Dollar General is asking to have that eliminated. Because this location is a gateway into the Village of Bradley Dollar General will add additional landscaping and add additional architectural elements to the front and two sides of the building.

See the attached information from Pain for Lot changes and variance requirement changes, note that item number six was removed.

Public Hearing 60-368 (b) subsection 1-6 from our Planning and Zoning Handbook with the additions of the nine (9) item recommended by staff. Molion to approve Gregoire, 2nd Guiss, roll call vote 7 yes O No.

Motion to close the Public Hearing McGinnis, 2nd Guiss, all in favor.

Plat of re-subdivision: Lots one (1) through three (3). Motion to approve Gagnon, 2nd by Gregoire, all in favor,

Motion to adjourn Guiss, 2nd Dauphin, II in favor.

The findings of these meetings will be presented to the Mayor and Village Board for their consideration at the June 10, 2019 meeting in this room at 6:30pm.

https://il-bradley.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06042019-610