CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance approving variances to permit a wall sign for Charles Schwab at 19 W. Chicago Avenue - DEV-0133-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Anna Franco, AICP, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission considered DEV-0133-2025 on November 19, 2025, and recommended approval of the request (approved 7-2). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The 2,731-square foot subject property is zoned B4 (Downtown Core District) and is improved with a two-story brick and stone building, located between The George at 245 S Washington Street and Einstein Bros. Bagels at 22 Jackson Avenue in downtown Naperville. The building has frontages on both Chicago Avenue and Jackson Avenue with the main entrance to the building located on Chicago Avenue. The north and south fa?ades of the building feature windows, lighting, wall signage and other design features, and the east and west facades are windowless. The east and west facades are viewable over the one-story The George and Eisenstein Bros. Bagel buildings from Washington Street and Main Street.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., has leased the entire building for approximately 20 years and is considering a lease extension and renovation to the Downtown Naperville branch to host events for clients and the general community to foster educational programming and community engagement. As part of this renovation effort, Charles Schwab will replace the existing signage on the Chicago and Jackson Avenue facades to reflect the updated branding.
Charles Schwab is also proposing to install a 36 square foot, illuminated wall sign on the upper portion of the east fa?ade of the building, which will be the same type and sign size as those to be installed on the Jackson Avenue and Chicago Avenue facades, to address ongoing business identification issues. According to the petitioner, Charles S...
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