PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider variances for a private gym and lacrosse training facility for the property located at 655 N. Washington Street (Jax Lax) - DEV-0170-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Anna Franco, AICP, Community Planner
ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
1. A variance to Section 6-9-2:4.3.2 (Off Street Parking Facilities) of the Naperville Municipal Code to decrease the required 5-foot minimum parking facility setback to 0 feet along the north property line.
2. A variance to Section 6-9-3:6 (Schedule of Off Street Parking Requirements) of the Naperville Municipal Code to decrease the minimum number of required off-street parking spaces for a fitness facility from 26 spaces to 9 spaces.
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for DEV-0170-2025 was published in the Naperville Sun on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is approximately 0.28-acres (12,500 square feet) and is located on the west side of Washington Street between 7th and 8th Avenue. The property is zoned B3 General Commercial District and is improved with a 6,405 square foot, 1-story, vacant building, previously used as an auto body shop, and a gravel parking and outdoor storage area. Adjacent uses include a multi-tenant office building to the south, which shares a wall with the building on the subject property, single-family residential across the public alley to the west, an auto shop and U-Haul facility to the north, and retail and multi-family uses across Washington Street to the east.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner and property owner, Throw Me a Bone, LLC, requests approval of a variance to the minimum parking facility setback and minimum number of required off-street parking spaces to renovate the vacant building for a private gym and lacrosse training facility and construct a paved parking area adjacent to the building.
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