Barrington Motor Werks (top) wants to expand to the undeveloped lot on the south side of Route 68 across from the business. | John Starks
By Steve Zalusky | Daily Herald
A proposed expansion of the Barrington Motor Werks campus made its way before the village board Monday, as did neighbors complaining about the project.
Motor Werks owner Mario Murgado wants to add a two-story, 110,000-square-foot, two-story building at the corner of Dundee Road and Grove Avenue for a Porsche dealership.
But residential neighbors are opposed, complaining the campus is already too loud and busy.
Mario Murgado addresses the Barrington Village Board Monday night, including Trustee Jennifer Wondrasek. | Steve Zalusky/szalusky@dailyherald.com
Neighbors argued for berms and different landscaping to deaden noise and lights created by the dealership.
Residents continued to raise concerns about test-driven vehicles and the propensity of drivers of car-carrying trucks parking along Grove and Dundee and pulling into their neighborhood so they can back into Motor Werks.
“I am willing to do things to help you, to accommodate you,” Murgado said. “But at the same time, it is a business.”
The village’s plan commission approved of the Porsche expansion, but recommended conditions. Those included 24-hour site management and limitations on lighted signage.
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