Burr Ridge Dealership Struggles For Village OK On Request
BURR RIDGE, IL – A Burr Ridge dealership wants to store cars outside at night, but it has been unsuccessful in persuading the village so far.
Earlier this month, the village’s Plan Commission unanimously voted down a request for the overnight, outdoor storage of cars at Coda Motors, 60 Shore Drive.
Members said they were concerned that the two other tenants would lack adequate parking.
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On Monday, Coda’s Joseph Naddaf brought the proposal to the Village Board, which has the final say.
“This is a sign of our business being successful,” Naddaf told the board. “It’s not a sign of defying the village. You should be happy for us as we’re happy to be in Burr Ridge, so it’s a good thing. We’d like to find a solution for this.”
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Coda is an online-based car sales business. It is by appointment only, Naddaf said.
Trustee Russell Smith seemed sympathetic to the request.
“If there are 27 cars there, does that really hurt the village or the residents or are we just going to have open spots doing nothing on private property? So I’m more of a moderate,” he said. “There’s a way to have the Plan Commission and yourself work to have an equal understanding.”
He wondered whether Coda was planning on moving away in the long run because it appeared to be outgrowing its space.
Naddaf said he has told his landlord he wanted to buy the building if it went up for sale.
“Our plan is to stay here. We like being in Burr Ridge,” Naddaf said.
At the beginning of the discussion, Trustee Joe Snyder, an insurance agent who said he “works for” Coda, said he would not take part in the discussion and would recuse himself from the vote.
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But Snyder did speak up when Trustee Guy Franzese said another tenant in the building does not park cars outside at night.
“That’s not true,” Snyder said in defense of Coda. “The other tenant in the building leaves cars outside, up in front.”
Franzese asked village staff to address that issue.
The trustees voted to send the issue back to the Plan Commission. No Coda representatives attended the commission meeting in which members rejected the dealership’s request.
Franzese said Naddaf could not present the same plan again because it would result in the same commission vote. And he said it would take a supermajority of five of the seven board members to override the commission.
“It’s a steep hill to climb,” Franzese said.
He said Naddaf might want to provide something in the way of security such as a fence or screening to hide the cars.
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