Public Notices & Hearings

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Wheaton City Hall, 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, Illinois, in-person and via zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fNxDl6BnSmiVPQCRXI0Z4w or dial (312) 626-6799, Meeting ID: 813 0126 9825, Passcode 152913 to consider the following zoning application: Zoning Application #25-07. An application requesting a special use permit pursuant to Article 14.1.3 of the Wheaton Zoning Ordinance to allow the construction and use of four (4) solar carports in the existing parking lot of the Billy Graham Center at 500 College Avenue. Each carport will measure 44.69 feet by 180.56 feet. The property is zoned I-1 Institutional District. The application has been submitted by Continental Energy Solutions, 815 Commerce Drive, Suite 280, Oak Brook, IL 60623 on behalf of the property owner, Wheaton College, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187. The property that is the subject of the special use permit is legally described as: LOTS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10(EXCEPT THE WEST 137.94 FEET AS MEASURED ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH LINES THEREOF), AND 12 IN COUNTY CLERK'S ASSESSMENT DIVISION OF LANDON'S SURVEY, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOGETHER WITH A STRIP OF LAND 16 FEET IN WIDTH, LYING IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS 6 AND 12, THE EAST AND WEST LINES BEING THE PROLONGATIONS OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 12 AND THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 6 AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID STRIP COINCIDING WITH THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE UNION AND PACIFIC RAILWAY, ALL IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. ALSO, ALL OF MCGINNIS'S SUBDIVISION (LOTS 1 THROUGH 9 AND LOT A THROUGH G), BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39, NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MEDIAN, EXCEPT FOR THOSE PARTS OF SAID LOTS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 TAKEN FROM RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES PER DOCUMENT R87- 89017, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.: 05-16-222-070 The subject property is commonly known as the Billy Graham Center, 500 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187. At the public hearing, anyone wishing to make a public statement will be encouraged to do so. Written comments may be submitted to the Board prior to or at the public hearing. A copy of the application is available for review in the office of the Director of Planning and Economic Development, 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, Illinois, during normal business hours. Nicole Aranas, Chair Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board