Planning board advances two development requests
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The board recommended approval of a special use permit for Wheaton College’s library expansion and a planned unit development amendment for a new Seven Brew coffee stand, with conditions aimed at reducing traffic and limiting site impacts.
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What this means
The board moved two projects forward in Wheaton. One would allow Wheaton College to expand and renovate its library at 510 Irving Avenue after demolishing part of the older building; the other would allow a 900-square-foot Seven Brew coffee stand in the Rice Lake Square Shopping Center parking lot. The Seven Brew recommendation included conditions to keep traffic and vehicle queues on-site, reduce the exit to one drive-thru lane, and add landscaping.
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- Recommended approval of ZA #26-03 for a special use permit for Wheaton College’s library expansion at 510 Irving Avenue, subject to further staff review of the preliminary engineering plan before a site development permit is issued.
- Recommended approval of ZA #26-04 for a planned unit development amendment and special use permit for a 900-square-foot Seven Brew coffee stand at Rice Lake Square Shopping Center, with conditions limiting on-site queueing, requiring staff to manage traffic, raising the parapet wall to screen rooftop mechanical units, reducing the dual drive-thru exit to one lane, and adding landscaping on the north and west sides.
- Approved the January 13, 2026 minutes as presented.
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Planning & Zoning Board Meeting on January 27, 2026
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