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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE:
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Site Improvement Progress Report
1200 N. Prince Crossing Road FILE NUMBER:
Forming America
COMMITTEE AGENDA DATE: May 13, 2019
COUNCIL AGENDA DATE:
STAFF REVIEW: Tom Dabareiner AICP SIGNATURE
APPROVED BY CITY ADMINISTRATOR: Michael Guttman SIGNATURE
ITEM SUMMARY:
The owner of Forming America, LTD., James Langkamp, received approval of his original Special Use
Permit for an outside storage yard in August of 2007. That Special Use Permit approval included sev-
eral site improvements to be completed by specific dates. Mr. Langkamp did not meet many of those
original completion deadlines. After four amendments to the Special Use Permit, some work remains
unfinished. A July 31, 2019 final deadline was adopted by City Council earlier this year.
In addition, Mr. Langkamp is currently non-compliant with the most recent work completed on-site. Of
the 153,824 square feet (3.5 acres) of pavement required in Zones 7 and 8, approximately 39,000
square feet was modified at the end of September 2018 and was inspected by City staff on October 3,
2018. City staff is of the opinion that the recent work, using a dust control binding agent rather than
asphalt or concrete, does not conform to the City’s minimum pavement standards. The City’s Code,
and that adopted by the Fire District, requires explicitly concrete or a minimum of a 6-inch base plus at
least two inches of asphalt.
Staff has reached out to the owner of Forming America but has not learned of any updates so far this
year.
ACTIONS PROPOSED:
Review of Forming America’s current site improvement completion status.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: