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Developer scales back plans for self-storage facility near Orchard Road in Oswego · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Developer scales back plans for self-storage facility near Orchard Road in Oswego
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  Written by Eric Shellkopf. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlit. A scaled-back version of a self-storage
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  facility near Orchard Road in Oswego will head back to the Village
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  Board for another review after planned commissioners gave a positive recommendation. On
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  October eighth, the Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission voted six zero to
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  recommend approval of a special use permit for they project. Three members
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  were absent. Village trustees will review the latest plan at its Village
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  Board meeting Tuesday. Self-storage facilities require a special use permit to be
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  in the village's general manufacturing and regional business districts. Plan were scaled
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  back after village trustees in April rejected the plan because they thought
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  the land was better suited for retail use. Originally, petitioner Phil McAllister
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  wanted to develop The entire 7.5-acre vacant parcel at the southwest corner
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  of Lewis Street and Station Drive for a self-storage facility. His latest
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  plan calls for the development of a self-storage facility on 5.7 acres
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  that would contain six storage structures. The rest of
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  the 1.8 acres would be reserved for future retail or hotel use.
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  The entire property is zoned for business. Commissioners previously had voted six
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  two to recommend approval of a special use permit. It hopefully reaches
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  a happy medium for the board, Commissioner Rick Kuhn said prior to
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  the vote. Village staff, which also had rejected the previous proposal, supports
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  the new plan. The revised proposal provides for a significant portion of
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  the site to be preserved for future retail or hotel use. Oswego
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  Development Services Director Rod Zenner said. Staff confirmed with potential hotel developers
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  to determine the appropriate size of a parcel to contain a hotel
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  development. The self-storage facility is being proposed near the Whitetail Ridge Golf
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  Dome, which opened for business in late November 2023 at 3360
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  Station Drive just west of Orchard Road. Zener said the latest trend
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  in commercial uses is experiential retail, where patrons can go and experience
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  an event or activity. Here customers can eat or drink while also
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  experiencing the activity of hitting golf balls, he said. In previous talks
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  with village trustees about his proposal, McAllister said the village has a
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  storage shortage. Based on a supply ratio analysis, he said there is
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  300,000 square feet of self-storage shortage in the Oswego area. It is
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  an important need, especially when you think about some of the different
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  people that are moving into the area, McAllister said.