Summary
Residents of Spring Valley Drive are asking the council to reverse a newly approved parking lot entrance from a Spring Street business into their sidewalk-free residential street. They cite kids on bikes, strollers, cut-through traffic and a promised commitment from decades ago that the business would never access the neighborhood street.
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Last discussed May 5, 2026.
Impact analysis
Homeowners say they personally paid roughly $20,000 toward street redo costs they now fear will be degraded by heavier traffic.
The business owner, who operates chiropractic locations in Milwaukee and Gurnee, would gain a second access point.
Families on a sidewalk-free residential street face new cut-through traffic and safety risk.
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