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Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing Monday

Posted in Agendas, Aunt Blabby, Building Department, Community Alerts, ePacket agendas, Public Hearing, Village Attorney, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, Zoning Board on March 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

PUBLIC HEARING Before the Zoning Board of Appeals Village of Barrington Hills Text Amendment – Definitions 5-2-1, Solar Energy Regulations 5-3-15, Energy System Removal 5-3-17 Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, March 10, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Barrington Hills at the Village Hall, 112 Algonquin Road, Barrington Hills, Illinois, concerning the Zoning Boad of Appeals proposed text amendments to the Village’s Zoning Ordinance, Title 5 of the Village Code, specifically to add definitions and regulations related to solar energy systems.

A copy of the Zoning Ordinance and the text amendment application is available for examination by appointment at the office of the Village Clerk at the Village Hall, weekdays during business hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All interested parties are invited to attend the Public Hearing and will be given an opportunity to be heard.

Written comments on the proposed amendment will be provided to the members of the Zoning Board of Appeals but will not be part of the public record of the public hearing, will be accepted in the Office of the Village Clerk through 3:00 PM, March 8, 2025.

By: Village Clerk
Village of Barrington Hills
clerk@barringtonhills-il.gov
847-551-3000

A copy of Monday evening’s agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

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Roads & Bridges Committee meets today

Posted in Aunt Blabby, Elections, Entertainment, FUBAR, Illinois State Board of Elections, Mac's Property Management, One Barrington Hills, Politics, Property Taxes, Riding Club Commission, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, TMI, Traffic, Village Clerk, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village President on March 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The Village Roads & Bridges Committee meets this afternoon at 4 PM. Some of the topics on the agenda include:

A copy of the agenda can be viewed here.

*Note the Village Engineer’s memo recommending seasonal road closure is addressed to the Village President with copies to the Director of Administration and Village Clerk, but not the Roads & Bridges Chair. Additionally, the Road Program 2025 Recommendation memo is addressed to the Director of Administration only. Ouch.

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Village Board of Trustees meet tonight

Posted in Agendas, Aunt Blabby, BACOG, Clown Car, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Elections, ePacket Agendas, Ethics, Financial Reports, Goat Rodeo, Going green, Home Occupation Ordinance, Illinois State Board of Elections, Land Use, Legal Expenses, Lighting Ordinance, Minutes, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Tree Preservation Ordinance, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village President, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on February 24, 2025| 1 Comment »

The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

Related to 5.4 & 10.1: “Zoning Board delivers third strike to Little Ducky Farm,” “Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing (AGAIN) tonight,” “News to us…,” “Village Board of Trustees meets tonight,” “’Agricultural Experience’ application meets a similar fate as ‘Agritourism’ did in August,” “Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing tonight,” “Village Board votes down ‘Agritourism as a Special Use’,” “August Board of Trustees meeting recording released,” “Sitting ducks,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled Tuesday”

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Zoning Board delivers third strike to Little Ducky Farm

Posted in Agendas, Home Occupation Ordinance, Public Hearing, Village Attorney, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Zoning Board on February 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Our Zoning Board of Appeals held a public hearing last night regarding the owners of Little Ducky Flower Farm’s latest proposal. After hearing testimony, the Board voted unanimously to deny the applicant’s proposed Village Code text amendment proposal(s).

Related: “Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing (AGAIN) tonight,” “News to us…,” “Village Board of Trustees meets tonight,” “’Agricultural Experience’ application meets a similar fate as ‘Agritourism’ did in August,”  “Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing tonight,” “Village Board votes down ‘Agritourism as a Special Use’,” “August Board of Trustees meeting recording released,” “Sitting ducks,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled Tuesday”

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Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing (AGAIN) tonight

Posted in Agendas, Animal Welfare, Aunt Blabby, Barrington Area Library, Board of Health, Clown Car, ePacket agendas, FUBAR, Goat Rodeo, Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Mad Cows, Plan Commission, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Public Safety, Real Estate, Taxes, Traffic, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, WTF, Zoning Board on February 18, 2025| 1 Comment »

Our Zoning Board of Appeals will be holding public hearing this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

Public Hearing 

Text Amendment to Section 5-2-1 Definitions of the Zoning Ordinance to Amend the Definition of Agriculture, filed by Chris Yamamoto
Text Amendment _Agriculture-Posted.pdf
NWDH Cert of Pub-Text Amend Ag Definition.pd

Public Meeting

[Vote] Text Amendment to Section 5-2-1 Definitions of the Zoning Ordinance to Amend the Definition of Agriculture

A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

Related: “News to us…,” “Village Board of Trustees meets tonight,” “’Agricultural Experience’ application meets a similar fate as ‘Agritourism’ did in August,”  “Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing tonight,” “Village Board votes down ‘Agritourism as a Special Use’,” “August Board of Trustees meeting recording released,” “Sitting ducks,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled Tuesday”

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Special Plan Commission meeting this evening

Posted in Agendas, Audio Recordings, Aunt Blabby, Comprehensive Plan, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Meeting Minutes, Plan Commission, Politics, Transparency, Tree Preservation Ordinance, Village Attorney, Village Director of Administration, Village Government on February 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The Plan Commission will be meeting this evening at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

  • [Vote] Appoint Secretary
  • Tree Preservation Ordinance – Discussion
  • Comprehensive Plan – Discussion

A copy of their agenda can be viewed here.

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Editorial: Want a low-stress job with lots of time off? The state of Illinois says it wants to recruit YOU!

Posted in BOHICA, Chicago Tribune, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Economy, Education, FUBAR, Look For The Union Label, New Normal?, OP/Ed, Pension Funding, Politics, Pritzker’s Rules of Order, Taxes, The Chicago Way, Unions, Village Director of Administration, WTF on January 31, 2025| Leave a Comment »

People walk the halls Jan. 8, 2025, at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield. | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune

By The Editorial Board | Chicago Tribune

The state of Illinois is seeking employees who don’t want a 40-hour workweek.

A cringey commercial you may have seen recently boasts that working for the state can mean five weeks off in your first year on the job, with flexible hours, a hybrid setup and good work-life balance, all while enjoying a 37.5-hour workweek.

This sounds like a sweet deal. Also one unavailable in most other full-time careers.

We know of course that some state workers toil long and hard at their jobs. Still, the state’s clueless ad leans into the worst critiques and caricatures of government work, maybe in an effort to appeal to a post-COVID-19 workforce that resents being called back to the office.

“What do you want from your career?” asks a voice at the start of the commercial. The faux potential recruits don’t then talk about their ambition or their desire to serve or to make Illinois better.

They talk about how much time off they want. Seriously? That’s the message?

We don’t take issue with people earning fair wages, getting breaks and having good benefits, but the commercial is tone-deaf. And it’s hard not to be miffed when you consider how state worker benefits compare with those the people paying taxes are getting.

An open administrative role for the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity pays up to $126,000 per year, and an open nurse position posted online in Elgin pays up to $102,000. State workers also retire with better benefits than the average Illinoisan. The maximum annual Social Security benefit for those in the private sector retiring at 62 for 2023 was just $30,864, while the average starting pension for career workers participating in the State Employees’ Retirement System is $52,920 (many state workers also get Social Security for private work, and some have retired as early as 55).

Read more here.

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Village Board of Trustees public hearing, monthly meeting tonight

Posted in Aunt Blabby, BACOG, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Big Red, Board of Health, Building Department, Clown Car, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Dumb and Dumber, Elections, ePacket Agendas, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Finance Committee, Financial Reports, FRVPC, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Mac's Property Management, Minutes, One Barrington Hills, Open Meetings Act, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Resident Spotlights, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, Transparency, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village President, Village Treasurer, Yabba Dabba Doo, Zoning Board on January 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting a public hearing followed by their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

PUBLIC HEARING

PUBLIC MEETING

A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

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Village Board of Trustees meets tonight

Posted in Agendas, Aunt Blabby, Big Red, Building Department, Clown Car, Dumb and Dumber, Elections, Fat Bastard, Financial Reports, Legal Expenses, Minutes, One Barrington Hills, Police Pension Board, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village President, Village Treasurer on December 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

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Barrington Hills board spurns flower farm

Posted in Board of Health, Goat Rodeo, Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Public Hearing, Real Estate, Special Use Permits, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, Village Board, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, Village President, Yabba Dabba Doo, Zoning Board on November 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

By Steve Zalusky | Daily Herald

The owners of the Little Ducky Flower Farm will have to work harder to get their ducks in a row.

Barrington Hills village trustees for the second time turned down Chris Yamamoto and wife Sarah Gul’s request for a new zoning category that would allow them to open the farm to the public as a special use.

In August, the board unanimously rejected a proposal to have zoning for agritourism in a residential district. Then on Monday, a category for agricultural experience.

The couple began operating the farm on their six-acre property on Dundee Road in 2022, letting people come in and pick flowers for a fee, until the village sent them a letter earlier this year ordering them to stop. Since then, they have operated as a delivery service.

Both the Zoning Board of Appeals and the village board took issue with having a commercial use on residential property. Yamamoto said the fees were charged to offset the cost of operating the farm, which also has sheep and ducks.

“We are a residential community,” Trustee Thomas Strauss said. “Our duty as trustees is to uphold the values of the community.”

Read more here.

Related: “Village Board of Trustees meets tonight,” “’Agricultural Experience’ application meets a similar fate as ‘Agritourism’ did in August,”  “Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing tonight,” “Village Board votes down ‘Agritourism as a Special Use’,” “August Board of Trustees meeting recording released,” “Sitting ducks,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled Tuesday”

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