Shorewood Sues Business For Violating Zoning On Amendodge Drive
SHOREWOOD — The village of Shorewood has decided enough is enough surrounding its ongoing zoning dispute with the Onsite Truck & Trailer Repair. The business is tucked away at the end of the industrial park along Amendodge Drive at Route 59, near the Interstate 55 entrance ramp.
On Friday, Shorewood filed a civil lawsuit at the Will County Courthouse against Onsite Truck & Trailer Repair.
Shorewood wants Will County’s judges to order Onsite to stop using the two properties in violation of the village’s zoning ordinances. The judges are being asked to fine Onsite $325, plus $10 per day that Onsite has operated a truck and trailer repair business at 304 Amendodge Drive.
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Shorewood also wants a judgment declaring that Onsite cannot operate a trailer and truck repair business at either 301 or 304 Amendodge Drive.
“This case involves a company operating a truck and trailer repair business in violation of the village of Shorewood’s zoning ordinances,” the lawsuit states. “Onsite has been operating a truck and trailer repair business out of two properties in Shorewood that are not suited for and not zoned to allow a truck and trailer repair business.”
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According to the lawsuit, 301 and 304 Amendodge Drive are both within Shorewood’s general industrial zoning district, and the I-2 District “is intended for intensive industrial activities. As such, automobile repair facilities are not permitted within the I-2 District.”
Factual Background For Shorewood’s Lawsuit
Onsite opened its truck and trailer repair business at 301 Amendodge on Nov. 16, 2018.
The business was granted a conditional-use permit by Shorewood on July 14, 2020 just to operate a trailer and truck repair business at 301 Amendodge Drive.
The conditional use permit was valid for one year, according to the lawsuit.
Shorewood pointed out that Onsite’s website advertises 24 hour a day truck and trailer emergency repairs, 24-hour luxury RV and motorcoach repairs, round-the-clock heavy equipment repairs, as well as mobile and shop welding and fabricating and heavy-duty towing and winch-outs. In addition to that, Onsite provides mobile fueling and lock-out services and Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration inspections, as well as diesel emissions testing.
As part of the initial condition use permit that was granted, Shorewood imposed a number of stipulations on the business as part of the permit including the installation of a privacy fence along part of the property, staffing requirements and prohibiting the storage of junk and regulating the use of vehicle parts being stored there.
Onsite Expands And Takes Over Second Property: Lawsuit
Problems for Onsite with Shorewood village officials developed after the business expanded its operations, “sometime prior to March 9, 2021 … and began running its truck and trailer repair business at 304 Amendodge Drive. Onsite has never obtained a business license or a conditional use permit for 304 Amendodge Drive,” the lawsuit explained.
Onsite’s conditional use permit expired in Shorewood on April 26, 2022, and “Onsite violated many of the conditions set forth in the ordinance … Onsite employees parked trucks and trailers in the front of the property and along the street in violation of the parking restrictions; and stored vehicle parts, pallets and garbage in prohibited areas,” the court case reflects. “The village received complaints from neighboring residents and business owners regarding Onsite’s use of the property.”
On March 12, Shorewood’s Village Board declined to approve any conditional use permits for 301 and 304 Amendodge, the lawsuit noted.
“Onsite continues to operate its truck and trailer repair business out of 301 and 304 Amendodge,” the village’s lawyers outlined at the courthouse.
On Sept. 9, Shorewood Director of Economic Development Natalie Engel inspected both properties and “she observed a sign with the inscription ONSITE hanging from the building at 304 Amendodge,” the lawsuit noted.
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