CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Option A: Concur with the petitioner and direct staff to prepare ordinances and an OAA agreement approving the requested entitlements for Dutch Bros at 1230 S. Naper Blvd. - DEV-0068-2025; or
Option B: Deny the requested entitlements for Dutch Bros at 1230 S. Naper Blvd. - DEV-0068-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Anna Franco, AICP, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) conducted the public hearing regarding DEV-0068-2025 on August 20, 2025. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the PZC's vote to approve DEV-0068-2025 failed (vote 4-4).
BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of approximately 1.3-acres and is located just north of the Naper Boulevard entrance to the Market Meadows Shopping Center, which is located at the northwest corner of 75th Street and Naper Boulevard. The property is zoned B2 PUD (Community Shopping Center District Planned Unit Development) and is currently improved with a US Bank and a triangular-shaped parking area north of the bank. The property is uniquely shaped with the widest portion of the property along the Naper Boulevard entrance to the shopping center and the narrowest portion at the north end of the property.
Adjacent uses include Jewel-Osco to the west and McDonald's to the south (both located in the Market Meadows Shopping Center and on property owned by the petitioner), and the Fox Run Square shopping center across Naper Boulevard to the east.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner and property owner, SDG Market Meadows LLC, is requesting approval of a major change to the Market Meadows PUD, deviations to eliminate the required bypass lane and reduce the required parking spaces in the PUD, and a preliminary/final plat of subdivision to construct a Dutch Bros drive-through coffee shop on the triangular shaped parking area north of the US Bank. Dutch Bros is a popular drive-through coff...
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