Public Notices & Hearings

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 26, 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_CkQ_BOmERgCp7l15JBvvAg, Meeting ID: 885 1390 3923, Passcode: 314790 to consider the following zoning application: Zoning Application #25-20. An application requesting rezoning from the R-4 Residential District to the I-1 Institutional District and special use permit approval to allow the demolition of the existing structures and the construction and use of a parking lot with 116 parking spaces (including 12 ADA spaces) at the northeast corner of Scott Street and Seminary Avenue, all on property commonly known as 301, 305, 311, 315, 319, 323, and 325 E. Seminary Avenue. The application is further requesting variations to Article 22.3.3 of the Wheaton Zoning Ordinance to allow the construction and use of a parking lot with pavement setbacks of 7.2 feet in lieu of the required 50.0 feet to the north property line, and pavement setbacks of 5.0 feet in lieu of the required 17.0 feet to the south and west property lines. The application has been submitted by College Church in Wheaton, 332 E. Seminary Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187. The subject property is legally described as: 301 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - LOT 6 (EXCEPT THE NORTH 50 FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 19 IN LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 3 OF SCHOOL TRUSTEE’S SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-013 305 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - LOT 7 (EXCEPT THE NORTH 50 FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 19 IN LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF WHEATON, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE EAST ½ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUY 8, 1857 AS DOCUMENT 11622 IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-014 311 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - THE SOUTH 132 FEET OF LOT 8 IN BLOCK 19 OF LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-015 315 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - THE WEST 40 FEET OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 19 IN LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 67-1/2 ACRES OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 8, 1857 AS DOCUMENT 11622, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-016 319 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - THE EAST 40 FEET OF THE WEST 80 FEET OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 19 IN LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 67-1/2 ACRES OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 8, 1857 AS DOCUMENT 11622, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-017 323 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - LOT 9 (EXCEPT THE WEST 80 FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 19 IN LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 67-1/2 ACRES OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 8, 1857 AS DOCUMENT 11622, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-018 325 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - THE WEST 55 FEET OF THE SOUTH 132 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND TO-WIT; COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF BLOCK 6 IN THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE ADDITION TO WHEATON FOR A PLACE OF BEGINNING; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 5.55 CHAINS; THENCE WEST 2 CHAINS; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL WITH GOVERNMENT LINE, 5.55 CHAINS TO SEMINARY STREET, THENCE EAST ALONG SEMINARY STREET, 2 CHAINS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTH EAST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AND THE WEST 4 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PIECE OF LAND, TO-WIT; COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF BLOCK 6 IN ILLINOIS INSTITUTE ADDITION TO WHEATON; THENCE NORTH 132 FEET; THENCE WEST 77 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 132 FEET TO SEMINARY STREET; THENCE EAST 77 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING IN THE WEST ½ OF THE NORTH EAST ¼ OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-019 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