Planning commission recommends larger wall signs for Club Car Wash at Orchard Way PUD

The Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a major amendment to the Orchard Way preliminary planned unit development that would allow Club Car Wash to place larger wall signs on a 1.28-acre outlot at the west side of Orchard Road.

At a public hearing, a staff presenter summarized the request and recommendation. The petitioner asked to place an identical "Club Car Wash" wall sign on each building facade; each sign would measure 11.25 feet wide by 6 feet tall for a total area of 67.5 square feet. The site’s primary access is off Station Drive and the proposed building would total about 4,389 square feet.

"Staff recommends the plan commission accept the findings of fact and recommend approval of a major amendment to the Orchard Way preliminary PUD to allow for wall signs measuring up to 6 feet in overall sign height and 67.5 square feet in area on all four sides of the building," the presenter stated.

Staff told the commission that the preliminary PUD limits out-lot tenant wall signage to 4 feet in overall height and that the village’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) sets different area allowances by facade (front 40 sq ft, rear 20 sq ft, corner side 136 sq ft, interior side 68 sq ft). Staff noted that a nearby Valvoline had been approved for a sign with an overall height of 5 feet 11 inches in 2024 and said substituting corner-side signage for front/rear signage leaves the project roughly 6 square feet over normal UDO allowances.

No members of the public spoke in the hearing. After a motion to accept the staff findings and recommend approval was moved and seconded, the commission completed a roll-call vote and the motion carried.

The commission’s recommendation will go to the village board for final action; the staff presentation said the applicant will later seek village board approval for a final PUD.