The Zoning Board of Appeals meets this evening at 6:30 PM. They will be holding a public hearing followed by a public meeting and possible vote regarding:
Text Amendment – Anja Foundation — Amending Section 5-6-4(C) of the Zoning Ordinance to add to the list of special uses allowed in B-3 Zoning District “Religious Institutions: Athletic fields and playgrounds on the grounds of religious institutions, Churches, Chapels and synagogues, Columbariums associated with religious institutions, Rectories, parsonages and parish houses.”
“We like the coolness factor and the history,” says Brian Thompson, who is joined inside their new home by his wife, Gabby, and a couple of the dogs they train. (Ryan Rayburn for the Daily Herald)
Gabby Sloan and Brian Thompson were interested in the star-shaped house in Grayslake because it stood on 30 acres of land overlooking a pond, woods and a prairie.
The married couple were searching for a new home for themselves and their Happy Pup Manor dog training and boarding business. The sprawling property seemed an ideal place to live and for their canine clients to run free.
Making it more interesting, they soon discovered the house was designed by the son of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright and had two noteworthy owners: a wartime industrialist and an eccentric millionaire known for raising exotic animals.
“We loved the property because there were a lot of acres for the pups to run, and it had a fence,” Thompson said. “Then we saw the house, and we realized it was a piece of art with a lot of history.”
Sloan, 36, and Thompson, 35, recently purchased the house for $2.3 million with hopes that by March, Happy Pup Manor will move from its current location in Barrington Hills to its new home near Route 60 and Fairfield Road in Grayslake.
The Village Zoning Board of Appeals meets this evening at 6:30 PM. A public hearing immediately followed by public meeting regarding a, “Special Use Application (Non-Commercial Event Facility): Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo – 789 Plum Tree Road,” is the topic.
A copy of the agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
The Zoning Board of Appeals meets this evening at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
Public hearing and meeting: Text Amendment – MKES Investments, LLC – Amending Section 5-6-4(C) Special Uses, B3 District, to add Canine Daycare and/or Doggy Daycare with Grooming, Training and Boarding; Day Care/Child Care/After School Care; and Church/House of Worship, and
The Islamic Center of Naperville has proposed constructing a more than 26,000-square-foot mosque in the first phase of its 40-year plan for a new religious, educational and community center. (Courtesy of the Islamic Center of Naperville)
The parking layout has been tweaked and a crossing guard was added to the Islamic Center of Naperville’s plans for a new religious facility on the southwest side of town.
The adjustments aim to address a few of the concerns raised by residents — in a flood of messages — who live near the site of the proposed mosque and multipurpose center, which is expected to be built out in five phases over the next 40 years along 248th Avenue, attorney Len Monson said.
By relocating 53 parking spaces, project leaders have proposed increasing the distance between the Islamic Center’s parcel and the south property line to 28 feet from 10 feet, with no parking available within 54 feet of the residences to the south. In addition to adding green space, the change orients cars away from those adjacent houses, mitigating the potential impact of headlights, Monson said during a public hearing last week.
While the proposal has received an abundance of support from the community, others have voiced strong opposition, citing concerns over traffic, crowds and the potential impact on nearby subdivisions.
The proposal has garnered what city staff members have called an “unprecedented” volume of public interest, with roughly 500 people signed up to speak during an ongoing public hearing that has now spanned five planning and zoning commission meetings. Thousands have also sent in written comments or submitted their position through an online form.
Before the April 21 meeting, 71 speakers had been heard — a rate that would require at least 18 more public hearings to complete testimony on the case, according to a staff memo. Commissioners, in turn, instituted a six-minute time limit for individuals and 20 minutes for group presentations in hopes of moving the process along.
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The Village Board of Trustees will be holding their monthly meeting this evening at 6:30 PM. Some of the topics for discussion and/or vote include:
[Vote] A Resolution Approving the Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement with Cook County for the Donlea Road Drainage Investigation Resolution 20 –
[Vote] A Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of ALPR Equipment and Related Services and Software for use by the Village Police Department Resolution 20 –
[Vote] An Ordinance Granting an Amendment to the Existing Special Use Permit for an Expansion of the Parking Lot at 160 Hawthorne Road Ordinance 20 –
[Vote] An Ordinance Adopting by Reference of the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance 20 –
[Vote] A Resolution Consenting to an Amendment of the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Hurstbourne Subdivision Resolution 20 –
[Vote] Resolution of Proclamation Congratulating Janet Agnoletti Upon Her Retirement From the Barrington Area Council of Governments Res 20 –
A copy of the agenda can be viewedhere. Those wishing to try to listing in on the meeting can phone 508-924-1464.
