PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing for 595 and 601 W 5th Avenue (Naperville CUSD 203 Transportation Building) - DEV-0166-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
1. Revocation of the M.O.V.-Ross Joint Venture PUD as it relates to the subject property (City Council review only).
2. A variance to Section 5-10-3:4.3.2 and Section 5-10-3:5.2.4 to eliminate the requirement for a continuous fence and landscape buffer measuring 6 ft. tall along the north property line.
3. A variance to Section 6-6E-7 to eliminate the required 15 ft. interior side yard along the east property line.
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for DEV-0166-2025 was published in the Naperville Sun on Sunday, March 29, 2026.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located at 595 W 5th Avenue and 601 W 5th Avenue and is approximately 3.9 acres in size. It is owned by Naperville CUSD 203 and operated as a transportation facility for the school district. Naperville CUSD 203 (the School District) plans to demolish the existing transportation building on the site and construct a new transportation building and garage.
The City's Land Use Master Plan (LUMP) designates the subject property as Urban Center and Institutional. No changes in land use or zoning are being requested with the petitioner's proposal.
DISCUSSION:
The School District plans to improve their transportation facility with a new, modernized building and improved parking facilities. The petitioner indicates that the proposed transportation building will be approximately 12,400 square feet in size, and surface parking areas will provide parking for approximately 146 drivers and staff, as well as visitors. The existing bus garage will be demolished, and the bus parking lot will be reconfigured to accommodate the entire fleet of buses.
To implement this project, N...
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