Residents near the 50-year-old zoo are concerned about flooding and drainage issues, property values and public safety.
Cars pass by the south parking lot at Cosley Zoo in Wheaton on July 5, 2024. A plan to add more parking across Gary Avenue has some neighbors concerned about safety issues. For the past year, plans for additional parking space to serve overflow visitors to Wheaton’s Cosley Zoo have drawn the ire of neighbors, who worry about the impact the proposal will have on the mostly residential area.
Park District representatives have said that studies have shown that on more than one-third of the days each year, the zoo’s parking lot is full at some point during the day. Neighbors contend that the project would jeopardize safety, as more potential zoo visitors would have to cross Gary to reach the park. They also expressed concerns about flooding and drainage issues and potential negative impacts on their property values. The new lot would be closer to homes than the current 30-car lot, residents point out.
“The Park District will maintain well over 50 percent of the property closest to the neighbors as permanent green space outside of the fence line,” Luetkehans said. “And after listening and watching two experts who testified on property values, there can be no doubt that the only credible testimony is of the … Park District’s expert, who testified conclusively and strongly that there would not be a diminution of property values especially when compared to the uses already allowed.
“What has bothered me the most is the lack of data that the Park District is using to show that the parking lots … filled for one third of the year,” Patterson said. “That is simply not true. A small portion of our group started monitoring parking lots for employees and zoo patrons since December, and we proved that the parking lots have not been full.”
Councilwoman Erica Bray-Parker, who also voted in support of the plan, expressed concerns about the Park District’s actions throughout the process, but noted that the city’s role was narrow and strictly confined to zoning.
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