Special Use Permit for Storage Facility on Agenda for Tuesday Night Meeting

A self-storage facility is seeking a special use permit at the southwest corner of Lewis Drive and Orchard Road (photo credit / Village of Oswego)

The Village of Oswego will decide the future of a special use permit for a self-storage facility at Lewis Drive and Station Drive in Oswego at Tuesday night’s Village Board meeting.

The memo for the agenda item says that “the petitioner, Phil McAlister, is requesting approval of a special use permit to allow for a self-storage facility to be located on a 7.5-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Lewis Drive and Orchard Road in the Orchard Way commercial development.”

The self-storage facility would contain six storage structures with a parking lot. The need for the special use permit stems from the petitioner’s need for the facility to be in a general manufacturing and regional business district. However, the Orchard Way development is intended for commercial retail and service uses throughout the development.

Currently, the Orchard Way development includes businesses like Jewel, Walgreens, and the Whitetail Golf Dome.

The memo says that the Village Board has two options. The first option is that the board can “concur with staff and deny the Special Use Permit.” The second option is that the board may “concur with the Planning and Zoning Commission and approve the Ordinance.”

Village staff believes the “proposed use does not meet the intent of the Orchard Way commercial development or other retail corridors within the Village,” the memo stated.

However, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a motion by 6-2 to approve the special use permit.

The Village Board meeting is on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. at Village Hall.