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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Wheaton City Hall, 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, Illinois, in-person and via zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yqyJCtYeQCyujvVyIJORKQ or dial (312) 626-6799, Meeting ID: 815 5674 8599, Passcode: 728614 to consider the following zoning application:
Zoning Application #26-20. A re-noticing of Zoning Application #26-20 requesting rezoning of 311, 315, 319 and 323 E. Seminary Avenue from the R-4 Residential District to the I-1 Institutional District and issuance of a special use permit to allow the construction and use of a parking lot with 53 parking spaces (including 27 limited mobility and 5 ADA spaces) on the north side of Seminary Avenue between Scott and Washington Streets, all on property commonly known as 311, 315, 319, 323, and 325 E. Seminary Avenue.
The application is further requesting a variation to Article 22.3.3 of the Wheaton Zoning Ordinance to allow the construction and use of a parking lot with a pavement setback of 5.0 feet in lieu of the required 15.0 feet from the south property line.
The application has been submitted by College Church in Wheaton, 332 E. Seminary Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187.
The subject property is legally described as: 311 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - THE SOUTH 132 FEET OF LOT 8 IN BLOCK 19 OF LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-015
315 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - THE WEST 40 FEET OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 19 IN LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 67-1/2 ACRES OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 8, 1857 AS DOCUMENT 11622, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-016
319 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - THE EAST 40 FEET OF THE WEST 80 FEET OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 19 IN LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 67-1/2 ACRES OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 8, 1857 AS DOCUMENT 11622, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-017
323 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - LOT 9 (EXCEPT THE WEST 80 FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 19 IN LYMAN E. DEWOLF AND GUY TRACY’S ADDITION TO WHEATON, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 67-1/2 ACRES OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 8, 1857 AS DOCUMENT 11622, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-018
325 E. SEMINARY AVENUE - THE WEST 55 FEET OF THE SOUTH 132 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND TO-WIT; COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF BLOCK 6 IN THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE ADDITION TO WHEATON FOR A PLACE OF BEGINNING; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 5.55 CHAINS; THENCE WEST 2 CHAINS; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL WITH GOVERNMENT LINE, 5.55 CHAINS TO SEMINARY STREET, THENCE EAST ALONG SEMINARY STREET, 2 CHAINS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTH EAST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AND THE WEST 4 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PIECE OF LAND, TO-WIT; COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF BLOCK 6 IN ILLINOIS INSTITUTE ADDITION TO WHEATON; THENCE NORTH 132 FEET; THENCE WEST 77 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 132 FEET TO SEMINARY STREET; THENCE EAST 77 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING IN THE WEST ½ OF THE NORTH EAST ¼ OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 05-16-130-019
At the public hearing, anyone wishing to make a public statement will be encouraged to do so. Written comments may be submitted to the Board prior to or at the public hearing. A copy of the application is available for review in the office of the Director of Planning and Economic Development, 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, Illinois, during normal business hours.
Nicole Aranas, Chair
Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board
Published in Daily Herald Aug. 19, 2026 (341489), posted 08/19/2026
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