Maywood holds public hearing on proposed 180-day moratorium for certain new businesses

The Village of Maywood held a public hearing March 22 regarding an ordinance to establish a temporary 180-day moratorium on the location, development, installation, construction, licensing and operation of new barber shops, hair salons, nail shops, banquet halls/event spaces, tobacco shops and fast-food restaurants in the village.

The item was presented with a cover memo dated March 16, 2022 from Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd. The transcript records that the public hearing item was on the March 22 agenda and that discussion occurred (the item was noted as discussed at 7:00 p.m.), but the meeting minutes do not record a vote to adopt the moratorium ordinance during this special meeting.

Because the transcript does not include the substance of all public testimony on the moratorium nor a recorded board action to adopt the ordinance, no conclusion on adoption can be drawn from these minutes alone. Any future action to enact a moratorium would have to be documented in subsequent board minutes or in an adopted ordinance.