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  Oswego Village Board approves revised plans for Orchard Road self storage facility.
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  Written by Eric Shelkov. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlet. Oswego trustees approve a self storage
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  facility after the developer agreed to hold back part of the site
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  for future retail or a hotel months after the board rejected his
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  original plan. At the October 20th Oswego Village Board meeting, trustees voted
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  6-0 to approve a special use permit for a self-storage facility on
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  5.7 acres at the southwest corner of Lewis Street and Station Drive.
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  Village trustee Karen Novi was absent. Self-storage facilities require a special use
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  permit to be in the village's general manufacturing and regional business districts.
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  They facility is expected to contain six storage structures. In revising his
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  plans, petitioner Phil McAllister is now reserving the adjacent 1.8 acres for
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  future retail or hotel use. Plans were scaled back after village trustees
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  in April rejected the plan because the thought the land was better
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  suited for retail use. Originally McAllister wanted to develop the entire 7.5
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  acre vacant parcel for a self-storage facility. After the meeting, Oswego Village
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  President Ryan Kaufman said he was happy that McAllister decided to set
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  some of the land aside for future commercial or hotel use. We
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  know that Oswego really has three commercial hotspots right now, he said.
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  Route 34 is obviously the big one. Orchard Road is up and
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  coming, and then you have downtown Oswego. We're really fortunate in the
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  sense we're getting a whole lot of new restaurant developers there. Village
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  staff, which had recommended rejecting the previous proposal, supports The
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  new plan. The revised proposed provides for a significant portion of the
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  site to be preserved for future retail or hotel use. Oswego Development
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  Services Director Road.
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  Zenner said Staff confirmed with potential hotel developers to determine the appropriate
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  size of a parcel to contain a hotel development. The self-storage facility
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  is being proposed near the Whitetail Ridge golf Dome, which opened for
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  business in late November 2023 at 3360 Station Drive, just west
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  of Orchard Road. Zener said the latest trend in commercial uses is
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  experiential retail, where patrons can go and experience an event or activity.
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  Here customers can eat or drink while also experiencing the activity of
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  hitting golf balls, he said. In previous presentations to village trustees about
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  his proposal, McAllister said the village has a storage shortage. Based on
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  a supply ratio analysis, he said there is a 300,000 square feet
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  of self storage shortage in the Oswego area. It is an important
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  need, especially when you think about some of the different people that
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  are moving into the area, McAllister said.