421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Development Committee  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, February 20, 2024  
10:30 AM  
ROOM 3500B  
1.  
2.  
CALL TO ORDER  
ROLL CALL  
PRESENT  
Chaplin, Gustin, Krajewski, Ozog, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
3.  
CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS- CHAIR TORNATORE  
Chairman Tornatore entertained a motion to move item 6.A. to the end of the meeting. The  
motion was made by Member Chaplin, seconded by Member Krajewski and unanimously  
approved.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
Phil Luetkehans, attorney, spoke on behalf of Lamar Advertising, petition Zoning-23-000098.  
They are asking for an LED sign, on the east side of an already existing sign at the northwest  
corner of North Avenue and Swift Road.  
Keith Meiser spoke in support of beekeeping and encouraged less restrictions.  
Dennis Wisnosky, also spoke in support of beekeeping and gave a handout to the Committee  
Members, titled, "Honey Bees vx. Native Bees", which can be found at the end of the minutes  
packet after electronic comment.  
***Public Comment submitted electronically can be found at the end of the meeting minutes  
packet.  
5.  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
5.A.  
Development Committee - Regular Meeting - January 16, 2024  
Attachments:  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Sheila Rutledge  
Liz Chaplin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Krajewski, Ozog, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
6.  
REGULATORY SERVICES  
6.A.  
Informational Item: Bee Keeping Regulations in DuPage County and Collar Counties  
The agenda packet provided a table of the municipalities and collar counties with their  
status on allowing beekping. Paul Hoss, reviewed some of details of other community  
ordinances, including registration with the State, number of hives, size of property,  
flyaway zones, setback and signage requirements. He stated that many of the  
municipalities follow state guidelines.Mr. Hoss informed Members how the County  
currently allows beekeeping through the 4-H program on properties 40,000 sq. ft. or  
larger and agriculture exempt properties.  
With the Members encouragement, Paul Hoss said zoning will come back with several  
iterations to allow beekeeping.  
Attachments:  
6.B.  
To approve a resolution to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement between the  
Winfield Park District and the County of DuPage, to enable the County to make use of a  
Minibus from the Winfield Park District for the County’s March 20, 2024 field trip,  
relative to the County’s Grounded Solutions Network/Housing Solutions program.  
Attachments:  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Brian Krajewski  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Liz Chaplin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Krajewski, Ozog, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
6.C.  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to Veritext LLC, to furnish professional  
services to provide court reporting for the DuPage County Zoning Board of Appeals  
hearings, for the period of January 22, 2024 through December 23, 2024, for a contract  
amount not to exceed $22,350; per renewal option under bid award #20-138-BZ, third  
and final option to renew.  
Attachments:  
APPROVED  
Mary Ozog  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Brian Krajewski  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Chaplin, Gustin, Krajewski, Ozog, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
6.D.  
Z20-078 Maywood Sportsman’s Club (Addison/ District 1): To Approve as “Essentially  
in Accordance” that the proposed revised landscaping plan is essentially in accord with  
the site plan granted per Z20-078 Maywood Sportsman’s Club.  
Attachments:  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Mary Ozog  
Patty Gustin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Krajewski, Ozog, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
6.E.  
ZONING-23-000097 – Gaffney: To approve the following zoning relief:  
Variation to reduce the interior side setback from required 10' to approximately 5' for an  
aircraft hangar in Aero Estates Fly-in Community. (Naperville/ District 5)  
ZHO Recommendation to Approve  
Development Committee VOTE (to Approve): 6 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent  
Attachments:  
APPROVED AT COMMITTEE  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Patty Gustin  
Liz Chaplin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Krajewski, Ozog, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
6.F.  
ZONING-23-000098 – Lamar Advertising: To approve the following zoning relief:  
1. Variation to increase the overall height of the new relocated electronic message center  
sign, from the permitted 20 feet overall height to approximately 60 feet;  
2. Variation to increase the sign square footage from the permitted 50 square feet to  
approximately 672 square feet per face (1,344 square feet total); and  
3. Conditional Use to permit the installation of a 14' x 48' LED digital display panels  
(electronic message center sign) on the newly re-located sign structure. (Bloomingdale/  
District 4)  
ZHO Recommendation to Approve  
Development Committee VOTE (to Approve): 6 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent  
Attachments:  
APPROVED AT COMMITTEE  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Mary Ozog  
Liz Chaplin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Krajewski, Ozog, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
6.G.  
ZONING-23-000099 – Bonadeo: To approve the following zoning relief:  
Variation to reduce the rear yard setback from 25' to approximately 20' for an  
unconditioned sunroom. (Naperville/ District 5)  
ZHO Recommendation to Approve  
Development Committee VOTE (to Approve): 6 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent  
Attachments:  
APPROVED AT COMMITTEE  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Patty Gustin  
Liz Chaplin  
Chaplin, Gustin, Krajewski, Ozog, Rutledge, and Tornatore  
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 11:07 a.m.