421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Development Committee  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, April 18, 2023  
10:30 AM  
ROOM 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
10:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Sam Tornatore at 10:35 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Chaplin, Gustin, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
Krajewski, and Ozog  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
3.  
CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS- CHAIR TORNATORE  
No remarks were offered.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
Dan Geary spoke on behalf of his Zoning Petition 23-000015.  
5.  
MOTION TO PULL ITEMS 6.A. AND 6.B. FROM AGENDA  
Chair Tornatore entertained a motion to amend the agenda to pull items 6.A and 6.B.  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Liz Chaplin  
Patty Gustin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
Krajewski, and Ozog  
ABSENT:  
5.  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
5.A.  
Development Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, March 21, 2023  
Attachments:  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Sheila Rutledge  
Liz Chaplin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
Krajewski, and Ozog  
ABSENT:  
6.  
REGULATORY SERVICES  
6.A.  
ZSE-23-000001 International Swaminarayan (I.S.S.O): To approve the special event  
action item:  
Parade from U-Haul parking lot located off Irving Park Road to the Midwest Shree  
Swaminarayan Temple, to be held on Saturday, August 5, 2023, from 2-4 PM.  
(Bloomingdale/ District 1) (Generally located on Irving Park Road, between Medinah  
Road and N. Rohlwing Road)  
WITHDRAWN  
Attachments:  
RESULT:  
6.B.  
ZSE-23-000002 International Swaminarayan (I.S.S.O): To approve the special event  
action item:  
Traditional and folk music concert, to be held on Friday, July 28, 2023, from 8-11:30  
PM. (Bloomingdale/ District 1) (Generally located northeast of Medinah Road and Irving  
Park Road, on the north side of Irving Park Road)  
WITHDRAWN  
Attachments:  
RESULT:  
6.C.  
ZONING-23-000015 – Geary: The Zoning Hearing Officer recommended to bifurcate the  
following zoning relief:  
The Zoning Hearing Officer recommended to approve the following zoning relief:  
1. Variation to reduce the corner side setback from 30 feet to approximately 9 feet, to  
build a 440 sq. ft. detached garage.  
ZHO Recommendation to Approve  
The Zoning Hearing Officer recommended to deny the following zoning relief:  
2. Variation to reduce the corner side setback from 30 feet to approximately 15 feet, to  
build a roofed patio. (Winfield/District 6)(Located at the southwest corner of Cantigny  
Drive and Flanders Lane)  
ZHO Recommendation to Deny  
Chair Tornatore asked Paul Hoss for more information on the Zoning Hearing Officer's  
recommendation to deny the second request. Mr. Hoss explained when the house was  
built the corner side yard setback was 15 ft. This has since been changed to 30 ft. The  
septic field location is on the southwest side of the property. The ZHO found that the  
location for detached garage was acceptable. He recommended to deny the variation for  
the screened in lean to, because he felt there was no practical difficulty or hardship  
demonstrated.  
Member Chaplin moved and Member Rutledge seconded 1. Variation to reduce the  
corner side setback from 30 feet to approximately 9 feet, to build a 440 sq. ft. detached  
garage. All ayes, motion carried.  
Member Chaplin moved and Member Rutledge seconded 2. Variation to reduce the  
corner side setback from 30 feet to approximately 15 feet, to build a roofed patio. All  
ayes, motion carried.  
Attachments:  
APPROVED AT COMMITTEE  
Liz Chaplin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Sheila Rutledge  
SECONDER:  
6.D.  
ZONING-22-000065 – Aliyeva: The Zoning Hearing Officer recommended to deny the  
following zoning relief:  
Variation to reduce the required lot width from required 165 feet to approximately 143.55  
feet for Lot 2. (Downers Grove/ District 3) (Generally located southwest of 91st Street  
and Garfield Avenue, on the west side of Garfield Avenue)  
ZHO Recommendation to Deny  
Paul Hoss gave some information on the recommendation to deny the petition. The  
proposed development would divide the subject property into two lots. This subject  
property is unique and irregularly shaped and has wetlands on it. The petitioner in  
dividing, wanted to keep all the wetlands on one property. The ZHO felt the petitioner  
didn't present a hardship or practical difficulty for the width variation of 165 ft. to 143 ft.  
for Lot 2.  
Attachments:  
APPROVED AT COMMITTEE  
Liz Chaplin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Sheila Rutledge  
Chaplin, Gustin, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
Krajewski, and Ozog  
ABSENT:  
6.E.  
ZONING-23-000011 – Oak Brook Lakes: The Zoning Hearing Officer recommended to  
approve the following zoning relief:  
Amendment to the Conditional Use PDD (Z08-099A) to allow the height and size of the  
multi-tenant sign as proposed:  
1. Proposed sign area from permitted 192 sq. ft. (per Z08-099A) to approximately 375  
sq. ft.  
2. Proposed sign height from permitted 10 feet to approximately 30 feet. (York/District  
2) (Located at the northeast corner of Butterfield Road and Oak Brook Lakes Boulevard)  
ZHO Recommendation to Approve  
Attachments:  
APPROVED AT COMMITTEE  
Liz Chaplin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Patty Gustin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
Krajewski, and Ozog  
ABSENT:  
7.  
8.  
9.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:58 a.m.