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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission
DATE: October 23, 2025
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving a Final Plan for Scooter's Resubdivision, Located at 1329 North Lake Street. (Scooter's Coffee - 25-0627 / AU10/3-25.238-CUPD/FSD/FPN - SB - Ward 6)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Koru Group, is requesting approval of a Final Plan for Scooter's Resubdivision, which includes construction of a new two (2) tenant commercial building that includes a drive-through restaurant on Lot 1, as well as a new layout for the existing parking lot on Lot 2 to accommodate the new commercial development.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is currently zoned B-2, Business District - General Retail. The Subject Property is approximately two (2) acres. The Comprehensive Plan designates the Subject Property as Quasi-Public, while the adjacent block of N Lake St is designated as Arterial, and the adjacent block of Sullivan Rd is designated as Major Collector. The Subject Property received its B-2 zoning at the time of its incorporation to Aurora in 1967. The Subject Property was subdivided per PDFNL10-018, which established the Subject Property as Lot 2 of Dolan Subdivision.
The Subject Property is currently occupied by the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center, which is operated by the State of Illinois's Department of Corrections. This existing use has been in place since at least April of 1972. The existing building, which was built in 1920, is four (4) stories: the first floor is utilized for approximately six thousand, nine hundred (6,900) square feet of offices and meeting space, while the remaining upper three (3) stories are utilized for residents, who are transitioning to the community via discharge from parole. There are sixteen (16) striped parking spaces that serve the transition center. The Subject Property has three (3) existing full access points: the first along the property's midpoint on N Lake St, the second is on Sullivan Rd, and the third is a shar...
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