Posted in Agendas, ePacket agendas, Going green, Public Hearing, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Zoning Board on June 9, 2025| Leave a 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 – Definitions 5-2-1, Solar Energy Regulations 5-3-15, Energy System Removal 5-3-17
Public Meeting
[Vote] Text Amendment – Definitions 5-2-1, Solar Energy Regulations 5-3-15, Energy System Removal 5-3-17 Recommendation
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Posted in Agendas, Aunt Blabby, ePacket agendas, Going green, Public Hearing, Village Attorney, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Zoning Board on March 10, 2025| Leave a 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 – Definitions 5-2-1, Solar Energy Regulations 5-3-15, Energy System Removal 5-3-17
Solar Code Text Amendments.pdf
Public Meeting
[Vote] Text Amendment – Definitions 5-2-1, Solar Energy Regulations 5-3-15, Energy System Removal 5-3-17
Zoning Amendment Submission Discussion
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Related: “Village updates Zoning services fee schedule”
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.
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”
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”
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Audio Recordings, Board of Health, Building Department, Conflict of interest, ePacket agendas, Goat Rodeo, Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Mad Cows, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Public Safety, Real Estate, Special Use Permits, Taxes, Traffic, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Engineer, Village Government, Zoning Board on November 12, 2024| 2 Comments »
Our Zoning Board of Appeals will be holding their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
Public Hearing
Text Amendment to Section 5-5-3(A) Special Uses, R1 District of the Zoning Ordinance to include in the list of Special Uses, Agricultural Experience, filed by Chris Yamamoto
Text Amendment Appl for Agricultural Experience_Redacted.pdf
Cert of Pub – Text Amendment Agricultural Experience.pdf
Public Meeting
[Vote] Text Amendment to Section 5-5-3(A) Special Uses, R1 District of the Zoning Ordinance to include in the list of Special Uses, Agricultural Experience, submitted by Chris Yamamoto
[Vote] Code Modification to Public Hearing – Solar Energy
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Related: “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”
Posted in Agendas, ePacket agendas, Privacy, Public Hearing, Real Estate, Topics Of Interest, Village Attorney, Village Code, Zoning Board on September 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Our Zoning Board of Appeals will be holding their regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
Public Hearing
Public Meeting
A copy of the agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Posted in Agendas, Barrington Area Library, Board of Health, Building Department, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Don't Change Barrington Hills, ePacket agendas, Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, New Normal?, OP/Ed, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Public Safety, Real Estate, Resident Spotlights, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, Zoning Board on August 20, 2024| 7 Comments »
Our Village Code states a Home Occupation may be allowed if the general public is, “…unaware of its existence.” | March 23, 2023 Little Ducky Flower Farm Facebook photo seen above
Our Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will hold a special public hearing on a relatively new resident’s request to add “Agritourism“ to the list of allowed uses in the R-1 Residential District this evening. We’d like to share what we’ve learned about the resident, and “Agritourism.“
Background
The applicant is a newcomer to Illinois it seems. He closed on his property at 315 Dundee Road on December 30, 2021. A month later, on January 27, 2022, he filed with the Illinois Secretary of State’s office to register a Limited Liability Company (LLC) under the name of, “YAMAMOTO FAMILY FARMS LLC.”
Weeks later (when presumably the ground was still frozen), Yamamoto registered a Facebook account: “Little Ducky Flower Farm.” On May 3, Little Ducky Flower Farm launched an Instagram page.
With his plans progressing so quickly, one might wonder if he happened to check to see if Village Code allowed for his commercial his plans? Apparently not.
Little Ducky Flower Farm website
According to Little Ducky Flower Farm website, they sell bulbs, t-shirts, wool products, ducks and sheep and, of course, flowers. Marketing of Little Ducky Flower Farm has included television coverage on WGN9, CBS2 Chicago and NBC5.
Country Magazine featured Little Ducky Flower Farm in a piece and there was a “Lunch and Learn” seminar at Barrington’s White House conducted on September 28th of last year.
Things progressed quickly with marketing and sales based at 315 Dundee Road, however the Village issued a stop to it with a cease and desist order in May of this year. Tonight our Zoning Board of Appeals has been asked to consider “Agritourism“ businesses to be allowed in our R-1 Residential community.
So, what is agritourism?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Library defines it as follows:
“Agritourism is a form of commercial enterprise that links agricultural production and/or processing with tourism to attract visitors onto a farm, ranch, or other agricultural business for the purposes of entertaining or educating the visitors while generating income for the farm, ranch, or business owner.”
The National Agricultural Law Center cites some examples of agritourism, including:
In the “Agritourism” filing submitted to our ZBA (seen here), the applicant has proposed a plan for parking for cars and presumably other “vehicles” seen below:
He has also posted a “Roadmap” for his zoning approval plans for the business on his website:
Our thoughts
It’s unclear how or when this homeowner communicated his plans with the Village or when the Village became aware of what was occurring at 315 Dundee Road. The answer to both it appears is too late, and that is unfortunate. Now it is clear that the property owner is asking the ZBA to forgive the violation(s) and allow him to reopen his “Boutique Flower Farm,” business.
Our Comprehensive Plan states, “Barrington Hills is a unique single-family residential community….” Little Ducky Flower Farm’s commercial operations did not and will not fit that description. And, if our ZBA approves the applicant’s requests, we fear homeowners in the Village might become sitting ducks to commercialization of neighboring properties.
We implore the members of our Zoning Board to deny this application, thus protecting our residential community.
– The Observer
Related: “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled Tuesday,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing August 20th”
Posted in Agendas, Animal Welfare, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Clown Car, Commercial Horse Boarding, Cook, County, ePacket agendas, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Horse Boarding, Land Use, LeCompte/Anderson Commercial Horse boarding amendment, Mad Cows, Mówimy po polsku, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Save 5 Acres, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, Transparency, Unions, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, WTF, Zoning Board on August 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Our Zoning Board of Appeals will be holding their regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
Public Hearing
Public Meeting
A copy of the 100-page agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Editorial note: The two (2) public hearing notices published in the Daily Herald listed the PIN for 350 Bateman Road as 01- 07-200-001. The agenda for tomorrow’s meeting also states, “350 Bateman Road, PIN 01- 07-200-001.”
However, the notice sign (seen at top) on the subject property we photographed Friday clearly reads, “350 Bateman Road, PIN 01-06-401-014.” Not to pick at nits, but that isn’t even close.
Related: “Zoning Board Public Hearing (Take two) scheduled August 19th,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting tonight,” “Special Zoning Board Public Hearing scheduled for July 17th”
Posted in Agendas, Commercial Horse Boarding, Community Alerts, Deception, Goat Rodeo, Land Use, New Normal?, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Real Estate, Special Use Permits, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, WTF, Zoning Board on July 31, 2024| 29 Comments »
“PUBLIC HEARING Before the Zoning Board of Appeals Village of Barrington Hills Text Amendment – Special Uses, Section 5-5-3(A), R1 District Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 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 an application filed by Chris Yamamoto, 315 Dundee Road, Barrington Hills, Illinois, which requests a text amendment to section 5-5-3(A) Special Uses, R1 District, of the Zoning Ordinance to include, in the list of Special Uses, Agritourism.
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 comment on the proposed amendment to be made part of the record of this proceeding will be accepted in the Office of the Village Clerk through 3:00 PM, August 20, 2024.
By: Village Clerk Village of Barrington Hills clerk@barringtonhills-il.gov 847-551-3000.”
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