Friday, September 21, 2012
After numerous public hearings, a new intergovernmental agreement, and numerous limiting conditions, the Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals forwards a recommendation for rezoning and a PUD.
At Thursday's final ZBA public hearing on the request by the Dimucci family for rezoning to commercial and a planned unit development (PUD) for their property at Old McHenry Road and Route 12, the ZBA voted unanimously in favor of forwarding a favorable recommendation to the County Board. Between the Lake County Regional Planning Commission (RPC) and the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), peitioners, Lake County staff and objectors attended some 37 hours of public hearings. See Dimucci Property at Rte. 12 and Old McHenry Road Before taking the vote, the ZBA added conditions to the proposal on top of an extensive list of conditions negotiated in an intergovernmental agreement between the county, Hawthorn Woods and North Barrington. "I want …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Public hearing continues with more opposing voices tonight.
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will continue public comment on rezoning of the Dimucci property at Rte. 12 and Old McHenry Road, tonight. The hearing will be held at 5 p.m., at Concorde Banquets, 20922 N. Rand Road, Kildeer. The ZBA has yet to complete public comment and the objectors’ and petitioner’s closing statements, according to Eric Waggoner, director of Lake County Planning Department. Once those are completed, the ZBA will discuss possible conditions of approval, deliberate and ultimately vote on the proposal. Given those remaining steps, it is more likely that the ZBA won’t be voting until Thursday, Waggoner said. The Zoning Board of Appeals hearings are for rezoning the 109-acre site from residential to general commercial and…
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Discussions between Lake County, Hawthorn Woods and Barrington need more time; next hearing scheduled for Sept. 6.
The Lake County Planning, Building and Zoning Department sent a notice announcing the continuance of the public hearing regarding rezoning of the Dimucci property at Rte. 12 and Old McHenry Road, until Sept. 6. The first Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) public hearing on rezoning and a Planned Unit Development, or PUD, for the Dimucci property was held on July 18. It was primarily devoted to presentations by the petitioner, in a four-hour meeting that drew about 200 residents. The next scheduled meeting was on July 25, and was to include public comment. However, the County requested a continuance of the Dimucci hearings until Aug. 15, to give the County time to meet with Hawthorn Woods and North Barrington, who have opposed the Dimucci plan. …
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
County staff agrees to meet with Hawthorn Woods and North Barrington officials to discuss controversial rezoning at Old McHenry Road and Rte. 12.
The Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is scheduled to meet for the second public hearing on rezoning and PUD of the Dimucci property on Rte. 12, on Wednesday, July 25. However, the meeting may be very short as the County will request a postponement until Aug. 15. The County sent this communication, this afternoon, to media and residents on the County's email update list regarding the Dimucci property: “Throughout the Dimucci property development review process, numerous public calls have been made for the County and the Villages of Hawthorn Woods and North Barrington to meet and discuss the project. Prior to the villages making comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), the County and the villages have agreed to meet and …
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The Lake County ZBA held first of several public hearings on the controversial rezoning from residential to commercial and PUD of land at Rte. 12 and Old McHenry Road.
The majority of the first Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) public hearing on rezoning and a Planned Unit Development, or PUD, for the Dimucci property was devoted to presentations by the petitioner, in a four-hour meeting that drew about 200 residents, July 18. John Dimucci, his family, and attorney Mark Eiden presented their case for commercial rezoning and a PUD on their property. Dimucci told ZBA members that the 109-acre property, on the southeast corner of Rte. 12 and Old McHenry Road, has been in his family for three generations and it has jurisdictional issues, which has made it difficult to sell. “The stain placed on the property would remain unless we were able to do something about it. We’re in the jurisdiction of Lake County; we’…
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