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AUGUST 13, 2014
Vol. 6 No. 37
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Council looks at sign ordinance exemptions By Daniel Smrokowski For The Bugle The Westmont Village Board considered restricting parking on Wilmette Avenue, from Rosewood Court to Traube Avenue, during its Aug. 7 meeting. “The issue is the vehicles of [Napleton Porsche] employees, approximately 20 to 26 on a daily basis, with exemption of the weekends, park in a residential area,” said Westmont Police Chief Tom Mulhearn. If parking restrictions were put into place, they would affect local businesses such as Napleton Porsche, which is on the corner of Wilmette and Ogden avenues, as well as nearby residents. Mulhearn said residents on Wilmette Avenue were concerned that any special events at Napleton Porsche would further restrict, or possibly eliminate, parking during those events. Mulhearn also said that residents were concerned Porsche employees’ vehicles and trucks unloading vehicles spill onto the residential area on Wilmette Avenue, adding to traffic congestion. Prior to the Aug. 7 meeting, the parking issue had been addressed at a public safely meeting and a public boards meeting. Although time restrictions, which ranged from two to four hours, were on the agenda for the meeting, the board did not address if there would be any time restrictions put into place.
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Village Manager David Fieldman to provide more information at next meeting By Christine M. Foushi for the bugle
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Public comments received the attention of the village council Tuesday when a business owner expressed his concern about replacing his sign that faces the Metra railway to comply with the village’s sign ordinance. Business owner Bob Peterson, owner of Leibundguth Moving & Storage, and Laura Crawford, president and CEO of Chamber 630, expressed concern about changing signage for Peterson’s business, which faces the railway. Metra is a public way and should be treated similar to a toll way for signage, Crawford said. Peterson, whose family opened this business in 1928, said he receives approximately 10 to 15 calls per month from those who see his sign from the railway. That’s approximately $50,000 to $60,000 worth of profit per year, according to the business owner. “Historical value has gone to the wayside in >> see sign | page 17