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Planning, Zoning & Agriculture Committee Meeting 12/19/2018 9:00 AM
B
C
B
A
Good
morning
in
your
packet,
you'll
have
a
document
that
looks
like
this.
That
is
the
building
report
for
October
2018,
for
the
building
division
of
the
planning
department
in
October
we
issued
permits
for
four
new
homes
and
issued
a
total
of
88
permits,
totaling
sixty-two
thousand
six
hundred
and
thirteen
dollars
in
revenue,
which
is
almost
three
times
what
we
collected
in
for
the
same
month
in
2017,
which
was
only
$23,000.
A
B
A
A
This
contractor
would
only
be
doing
inspections
on
the
commercial
and
industrial
permits,
and
only
when
our
existing
staff
cannot
perform
the
inspection
for
his
services,
he
would
receive
$75
per
inspection
a
$75
a
month,
stipend
which
would
allow
us
access
to
him
via
phone
and
email,
and
we
would
pay
for
his
liability
insurance
up
to
$300
I've.
The
quotes
I've
seen
is
about
220
right
now.
B
C
B
D
F
A
We
have
some
new
members
now
so
I
thought
I'd
give
a
very
brief,
quick
overview
of
the
planning
department
who
we
are
and
what
we
do.
What
is
the
planning
department?
The
term
planning
department
generally
is
generally
used
to
refer
to
the
entire,
the
the
entire
department,
but
in
fact
it's
actually
two
departments
and
an
organization.
We
have
the
planning
department,
the
GIS
department
and
the
can't
key
area
transportation
study,
also
known
as
the
MPO,
that
is
under
the
planning
department.
A
Who
is
the
planning
department,
GIS
department
in
the
NPL?
Well,
the
department
head
is
myself
I'm
in
charge
of
all
three
Michele
said:
there's
our
office
manager,
Melanie
Grubbs,
is
a
clerical
support
that
helps
Michele
Steve
Marion
heads
up
our
building
division
and
he
has
Julia's
libtech
Keith
Mosher
as
code
enforcement
officers
and
under
contract.
We
have
Mike
McGruder
for
plumbing
inspections
and
based
on
today's
vote,
Gary
Phillips
will
be
for
commercial
electrical
inspections.
Daniel
Bishop
is
our
only
employee
in
the
GIS
department
and
Jeffrey
Olson
and
Mike.
A
A
There's
a
staffing
chart,
it's
a
little
complicated
there,
but
it
shows
you
how
all
of
those
people
fit
in
underneath
each
division.
If
you
look
at
the
ones
that
are
dashed
outdoors,
those
are
open
positions.
We
are
currently
have
a
job
description
posted
for
transport,
an
economic
development
project
coordinator.
We
intend
to
post
one
for
a
permit
technician
somewhere
in
the
spring
and
I'm
currently
discussing
with
the
highway
department
about
bringing
their
GIS
duties
into
the
GIS
department
at
was
some
type
of
cost
share
for
an
employee.
A
A
What's
the
purpose
of
the
planning
department
taken
straight
out
of
state
statute,
its
promote
and
protect
the
health,
safety,
comfort
and
morals
and
general
welfare
of
Kankakee
County
and
its
inhabitants?
So
we
are
a
public
safety
department.
We
also
develop
and
maintain
the
comprehensive
plan
and
any
auxilary
plans
as
needed,
such
as
greenways
and
trails
plan,
Hazard,
Mitigation
plan,
solid
waste
plan,
etc.
How
do
we
accomplish
this
well
by
administering
and
forcing
the
county's
land
development
regulations?
A
And
there
are
quite
extensive,
the
building
and
building
regulations,
chapter
105
and
there's
a
listing
of
all
of
the
ones
that
go
under
that
contractor
registration,
which
is
also
part
of
105,
solid
waste
chapter
46,
but
we
only
partially
administer
that
we
have
not
had
any
staff
since
I
think
about
2008
full-time
staff
that
works
on
that
flood
damage
prevention,
which
is
floodplain
management.
Chapter
109
stormwater
management
is
also
chapter
109,
article
3
impact
fees,
chapter
113,
the
subdivision
code,
chapter
117,
historic
preservation,
chapter
119
and
the
one
you'll
see
probably
most
zoning
chapter
121.
A
Its
purpose
of
the
GIS
department
by
resolution
of
the
county
board,
the
GIS
department,
is
charged
with
maintaining,
updating
and
distributing
eight
framework
layers
which
are
listed
on
the
slide
up
there
for
use
by
the
county
and
its
GIS
partners,
which
are
the
about
five
municipalities.
So
it's
aerial
photography,
cadastral
data
addresses
soil
survey,
control
street
center
lines,
political
and
regulatory
boundaries
and
then
the
planimetric
sand
topography.
A
A
Requirement
of
that
program
is
to
develop
and
manage
a
long-range
transportation
plan
every
five
years
and
the
we
are
currently
in
the
process
of
updating
updating
that
plan
and
every
year
we
must
publish
a
transportation
improvement
plan
which
shows
all
of
the
projects
being
performed
for
the
next
five
years,
and
we
monitor
and
support
rural
public
transportation
program,
which
is
also
show
buses
our
provider.
Many
people
just
refer
to
it
as
show
bus
who
are
our
partners.
These
are
all
the
people
we
work
with.
To
get
this
job
done
for
planning.
A
We
report
to
the
Regional
Planning
Commission
I
work
with
them:
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
Historic,
Preservation,
Commission,
Kankakee,
County,
Enterprise
Zone
board
and
the
Kankakee
River
Valley
Enterprise
on
board
for
building
they
they
report
to
the
Board
of
Examiners
for
cats.
They
have
the
MPO
policy
committee,
the
MPO,
Technical
Advisory
Committee,
a
safety
committee,
and
they
work
with
the
river
valley.
Metro
board.
A
Gis
department
has
a
GIS
committee
and
has
formed
a
GIS
users
forum
for
our
partners
to
discuss
technical
issues
and
that's
kind
of
the
30,000
foot
overview
of
our
department
who
we
are
and
what
we
are
future
topics
for
coming
meetings.
We
will
get
more
into
the
on
some
of
this,
but
and
I
brought
up
some
possibilities.
I
will
kind
of
leave
that
up
to
the
committee
as
to
what
they
would
like
to
hear
about,
but
I
think
the
next
one
will
probably
be
the
zoning
process.
If
I
don't
have
any
other
recommendations.
A
At
every
meeting
we
asked
if
any
board
members
have
any
ex
parte
a
communications
that
they
would
like
to
bring
forward
to
the
committee,
thus
making
them
no
longer
ex
parte
communications.
So
if
you've
had
any
communications
on
any
zoning
cases
prior
to
this
meeting,
now
would
be
the
time
to
disclose
them.
If
you
would
like
mr.
wheeler.
B
D
A
Communications
between
yourselves
citizens,
applicants
or
anyone
else
outside
of
that
public
hearing
process
is
not
transparent
and
can
open
up
the
county
to
liabilities
can
get
cases
overturned
in
the
courts.
So
it's
best
not
to
do
that,
but
sometimes
it
occurs.
You
receive
a
letter,
you
don't
know
what
the
letter
MIT
says
until
you've
opened
it
and
read
it
in
those
instances,
bring
it
to
the
committee,
bring
it
into
the
public
realm
and
then
the
ex
parte
communications
has
been
removed.
A
This
is
what
Graham
has
stated
in
a
previous
meeting,
so
I
am
no
attorney,
but
that
is
my
take
on
it.
It's
really
it
it's
meant
to
be
a
very
transparent
everything
in
the
public
process,
so
we
want
to
try
to
keep
it
that
way,
and
it
certainly
does
protect
us
if
any
of
these
zoning
cases
were
to
go
in
litigation.
B
E
A
B
A
A
It's
a
I
said
2
megawatts,
there's
a
road
that
goes
or
a
access
driveway
that
goes
along
the
western
portion
of
the
property
to
access
it.
The
developer
has
worked
with
surrounding
property
owners.
Apparently
there
are
two
or
three
drainage
tiles
running
through
this
particular
area
of
this
property
and
at
their
own
expense.
A
Zba
recommended
the
approval
of
this
special
use
permit
on
December
17th
Monday
night
with
conditions
six
to
one
there
were
public
comment,
was
Tim
brower's,
who
is
the
neighbor
who
owns
the
property
to
the
north,
one
of
the
ones
that
has
the
agreement
on
it?
There
is
a
third
property
owner
that
does
not
have
an
agreement
yet,
but
they
are
still
working
on
it,
so
that
was
added
as
a
condition
down
below
the
Lisa
score
on
this
property
is
to
twenty
four
point:
six,
which
is
a
moderate
score
for
agricultural
protection.
A
There
are
three
conditions:
one
is
all
ground
cover
established
on.
The
site
shall
be
a
type
which
is
a
pollinator
friendly
to
help
support
agriculture
to
all
landscaping
shall
abide
by
any
and
all
rules
is
outlined
in
the
weed
and
grass
control
plan
and
is
subject
to
the
same
penalties
as
weed
and
grass,
and
three
and
agreement
concerning
drainage,
tile
and
tile
maintenance
be
entered
into
with
the
adjoining
property
owner
to
the
west.
The
applicant
has
agreed
to
all
of
these
conditions.
E
A
A
B
Any
other
questions
all
in
favor
say:
aye
opposed
welcome,
Carrie,
going
on
to
zba
case
18:48
request
for
special
use,
permit
121,
99
c
34
solar
farm
in
the
a1
agricultural
district,
on
a
parcel
generally
situated
in
section
17
a
moment's
Township.
The
petitioners
are
the
estate
of
Gary
thigh
fault
care,
a
Simpson,
independent
educator,
property
owner
and
sv
c
SG
moments,
LLC
applicant.
B
A
A
We've
the
county
board
has
already
approved
a
2
megawatt
solar
farm
at
that
corner
and
rezone
the
property
to
a-1
agriculture,
which
was
case
18-22.
This
would
be
an
additional
2
megawatt
facility,
immediately
east
of
that
one
and
this
time,
they've
actually
developed
a
landscape
plan
to
go
along
with
it.
As
you
can
see,
they're
going
to
landscape
the
entire
southern
boundary
of
the
site
and
the
to
northern
corners
of
the
site.
A
The
submitted
landscape
plan
shall
be
modified
to
extend
the
landscaping,
an
additional
50
feet,
north
of
its
current
location
in
the
southwest
corner
of
the
project
area.
So
if
I
back
up
here
that
southwest
corner
where
their
entrance
is
one
of
the
conditions
is
to
that
fifty
feet
farther
north.
The
applicant
agreed
to
these
conditions.
A
A
B
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
to
approve
mr.
Peyton
mr.
Feder
Ling,
any
discussion
all
in
favor,
say:
aye
opposed
motion
carried
GBA,
cakes,
18-49
request
for
special
use,
permit
121,
99
c
34
solar
farm
in
the
a1
agriculture
district,
on
a
parcel
generally
situated
in
section
14
of
st.
Anne
Township
petitioners
are
Larry
and
Linda
kleiner
property
owners
and
sve
CSG,
st.
em
LLC
is
the
applicant.
This.
A
G
A
A
A
A
A
B
D
A
Is
correct:
these
are
two
separate
solar
farms,
even
though
they're
on
the
same
property
and
right
next
door
to
each
other,
they
are
separate,
one
might
get
approved,
one
might
not
now
obviously
I
think
for
the
property
owner
there's
a
preference
as
to
which
one
they
would
prefer.
Don't
want
the
one
in
the
middle
to
get
approved,
because
then
you've
got
to
farm
both
sides
of
it.
There
was
talk
about
the
developer
being
it
once
Chuck
if
they
were
chosen
to
decide
which
one
they
wanted
to
to
build.
A
Another
request
for
a
special
use
permit
for
a
4
megawatt
community,
solar
garden
on
the
property
outlined
in
red
on
the
map
up
there
there's
the
site
plan
for
it
to
separate
solar
Gardens
one
on
the
north
and
one
on
the
east
side
of
the
property.
The
little
strip
on
the
southern
portion
would
not
be
used
for
the
community
solar
garden,
so
see
it's
like
a
backward
see
that
little
portion
at
the
bottom
would
not
be
used.
A
The
Zoning
Board
heard
this
on
December
17th
and
voted
six
to
zero
to
recommend
the
denial
of
this
proposal.
One
member
abstained
because
their
relative
lives
across
the
street.
We
had
lots
of
public
comment:
Christina
midst,
our
fir
Chad
Scanlon,
Kelly,
stilts,
Dianna,
Carlson
Webb.
All
of
this
is
in
your
funding
effect
report.
A
However,
there
was
discussion
about
conditions
which
I
did
put
up
here
in
case,
for
whatever
reason
this
would
get
approved
or
overturned
by
Planning
and
Zoning
or
the
county
board.
So
there
are
conditions
that
were
recommended
throughout
the
public
hearing
process.
Should
it
be
approved,
go
through
the
finding
of
fact
report,
which
is
the
white
document.
You
will
see
that
we
list
all
the
public
comments
on
here.
We
also
show
that
the
Zoning
Board
did
not
agree
with
number
two.
A
The
Board
finds
that
the
unique
give
well
number
two
is
that
the
special
use
will
not
be
injurious
to
the
use
and
enjoyment
of
other
properties
in
the
immediate
vicinity
for
the
purposes
already
permitted,
nor
substantially
diminished
and
impair
property
values
within
the
neighbourhood.
The
zoning
Board's
findings
on
this,
where
the
Board
finds
that,
given
the
unique
characteristics
of
the
proposal
coupled
with
the
proximity
of
residents,
that
the
proposal
would
be
injurious
to
the
enjoyment
of
other
properties.
A
E
Than
the
other
ones
that
we
approved
in
the
past,
I
was
wondering
as
to
property
owners.
Adjacent
we've
had
several
couple
already
tonight
or
today
that
have
already
had
that
many
sites
across
from
them.
It
was
at
the
least
square
that
was
the
important
part
of
that
or
it
was
there
another
reason
it.
A
A
E
E
B
A
A
That's
kind
of
subjective,
but
I
would
think
so
you
could
certainly
have
a
hog
farm
there,
cattle
farm,
various
forms
of
Agriculture
that
farm
equipment,
repair
silos
dryers.
Certainly,
yes,
and
those
are
all
permitted.
You
do
not
have
to
ask
the
board
permission
to
do
so
right.
You
could
just
walk
in
get
your
permit
and
walk
out
the
door
and
you're.
B
A
One
of
the
residential
one
of
these
citizens
I
believe
it
was
mr.
Ross
Scanlon,
submitted
these
photos
and
I
apologize
for
this
one
because
I
scanned
it
three
times
and
that's
the
best
it
would
come
out,
but
it's
a
little
washed
out.
This
is
the
view
from
his
front
porch
without
a
solar
farm.
This
is
his
view
from
Pisa
claims
from
his
front
porch
with
a
solar
farm
which
I'm
sure
in
England.
A
It's
it
doesn't
say:
there's
no
landscaping
shown
it
appears
to
be
too
close
to
the
road,
because
the
solar
panels
he's
depicting
there
cover
the
the
ComEd
Pole.
You
see
the
comment
Pole
is
actually
behind,
even
though
the
comment
pole
is
right
at
the
road
is
behind
the
solar
panels
and
I'm
not
sure
that
they
are
drawn
to
the
scale
of
about
ten
feet
tall.
A
A
The
solar
there's
dip
more
spacing
in
between
them
they're
separated
by
small
roads
for
service,
and
they
are
set
back
I
believe
it's
on.
Is
it
feet
from
the
setback
correct
a
hundred
feet
from
the
road
so
drawn
be?
Next
to
that
pole,
the
picture
appears
to
be
that
they're
like
right
on
the
line
to
me
when
I
look
at
it.
So
I
don't
really
understand
the
difference
between
this
one
and
the
forty,
some
others
that
we
approved
this
property
owner
is
obviously
chosen
to
lease
his
property.
A
He
purchased
the
property
with
the
idea
that
he
could
lease
it
leased
it
to
another
farmer.
You
can
lease
it
to
another
business
think
at
least
this
autumn.
Else'll
I
really
don't
understand
what
the
complication
is
here.
I
hate
to
put
things
on
the
board
being
that
I
was
the
chairman
of
that
board
for
many
years.
I
just
don't
see
where
this
one
falls
into
a
different
category.
Okay,.
D
It
may
sound
strange,
but
you
don't
have
a
right
to
of
you.
That
is
not
a
protected
right.
I
mean
that
landowner
could
put
up
a
ten
foot
fence,
I,
believe
or
eight
foot
or
whatever
the
height
is.
They
could
put
a
fence
around
that
property
without
any
type
of
public
hearing
or
anything.
That
would
be
just
as
detrimental
that
in
you
know,
reality
is
what
that
that
view
to
the
view
so
I
mean
it.
D
D
B
E
A
B
F
A
D
Last
thing
I'll,
say
is:
is
that
mr.
chairman
get
recognized?
Thank
you,
the
the
last
thing
I'm.
That
would
be
that
we
have
heard
multiple
times
the
testimony
of
a
independent
third
party
appraisal,
appraiser,
that's
licensed
on
a
state
and
I
believe
on
a
multi
States
and
even
maybe
on
a
federal
level.
International.
D
Level
they
lose
their
license
if
they
are
saying
what
we
want
them
to
say
or
if
the
developers
you
know
what
they
want.
The
embassy
that
there
is
no
evidence
of
property
values
devaluation
in
these
situations.
Obviously
we
can't
have
that
here
because
they're
not
built
yet
but
they've
studied
the
other
areas
and
surrounding
demographics
and
other
areas,
and
there
hasn't
been
that
negative
effect.
So
until
there
is
evidence,
there's
nothing
to
consider
locally.
There.
F
A
F
E
E
B
I'm
sorry,
there
was
public
comment
before
but
and
that's
what's
allowed,
but
I
didn't
make
an
announcement
to
that
effect.
You're
supposed
to
fill
out
a
salmon
colored
sheet
there
to
make
public
comment
because
I
didn't
mention
it
in
the
beginning.
How
I
allow
it
you
don't
have
to
just
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
microphone
the
salmon
sheet
is
in
behind
you.
H
Am
I
on
the
mic?
Yes,
okay,
my
name
is
Larry
serine,
my
wife
and
I
are
actually
co-owners
with
Chad
Scanlon
and
Tiffany
Scanlon,
which
is
the
property,
and
the
one
thing
I
would
like
to
point
out
is
there
was
a
hearing
on
Monday
night
I
happen
to
be
a
lawyer
which
I'm
not
trying
to
brag
about
that
or
anything.
But
my
concept
of
a
hearing
is
that
when
you
have
a
hearing,
you
develop
evidence,
you
develop
comment,
and
there
was
no
evidence
that
the
petitioner
or
the
applicant
met
their
burden
approved.
H
They
thought
they
were
in
their
finding
in
their
application.
They
proposed
that
there
would
be
no
detrimental,
nothing
injurious
to
the
enjoyment
of
any
neighbors
and
that
there
would
be
nothing
detrimental
to
the
value
of
their
property,
and
there
was
no
evidence
presented
to
that
effect.
They
have
the
burden,
they
are
the
applicant.
They
have
to
prove
their
case.
They
did
not
prove
their
case.
I
Solar
farm
I
want
to
share
with
you
some
facts
that
landowners
do
not
live
in
this
county
and
they
do
not
have
solar
panels.
Farms
that
surround
their
property
in
Oswego.
A
fact
is
aesthetics
is
a
very
personal
observation,
not
sure
how
someone
who
does
not
personally
have
a
solar
panel
farm
surrounding
their
personal
residence
can
decide
what
can
and
cannot
be
aesthetically
appealing.
That
includes
your
board
member.
Who
stated
that
that's
that
this
can
be
fixed.
Do
you
personally
have
a
solar
panel
farm
that
surrounds
your
property,
a
show
of
hands?
How
many
do.
I
Gonna
say:
that's
probably
no
one,
us
solar
has
25
watts
of
current
solar
panel
farms.
There
they're
proposing
a
four
watt
to
surround
my
residence.
That
is
one
six
of
their
current
use,
seems
like
a
lot
to
me.
I
mean
or
they're
very
new.
At
doing
this
fact,
loner
landowners
have
been
planning
this
panel
farm
with
us
solar
for
months
they're
their
terms
on
Monday.
We
were
given
weeks
and
the
landowners
only
reached
out
to
us
four
days
ago.
I
Fact
cannot
prove
there
will
not
be
any
depreciation
of
property
values.
Yes,
you
stated
that
there's
out-of-state
that
they're
bounded
by
law
I
get
that
I'm
a
nurse
practitioner
I
have
to
abide
by
the
law
as
well,
but
you
don't
have
a
personal,
actual
depreciation
value
of
a
property
that
has
had
a
solar
panel
in
our
Kankakee
County.
There
is
not
one
I
know,
there's
not
in
fact,
there
are
toxic
heavy
metals
and
solar
panels,
for
which
mr.
Wozniak
on
Monday
said
there
was
not
any
toxic
materials
in
the
solar
panels.
I
There
is
cadmium
is
being
the
one.
The
major
one
fact
farming
ground
on
this
Pratt
proposed
site,
has
a
Lisa
value
of
twenty
two
or
two
twenty
three
point.
Eight
one
point
two
away
from
above
moderate
rating
farm
ground,
since
my
home
was
built
in
1882
fact,
cannot
guarantee
a
tornado
will
not
hit
the
solar
panel
farm.
I
Forty
six
tornadoes
through
Kankakee
County
in
the
past
ten
years,
three
buy
my
property
alone
in
the
past
17
years
that
I've
been
there
and
final
fact
placing
a
solar
panel
around
the
two
sides
of
my
property
will
decrease
the
enjoyment
of
my
property.
My
husband
likes
to
trap,
shoot
he's
a
hunter
and
we
have
had
farmers
around
us
all
the
time.
A
fact
is
also
that
these
landowners
are
Hobby
Lobby,
our
hobby
farmers.
They
do
this
as
a
hobby.
They
have
two
other
forty
acre
properties.
I
E
J
So
I
wanted
to
bring
to
the
attention
of
the
committee
some
of
the
claims
that
were
made
against
both
closer.
Both
us
I
wanted
to
bring
to
the
attention
of
the
committee
some
of
the
claims
that
were
made
against
us.
The
applicant.
My
name
is
Nathan
Wozniak
I
work
for
us
or
the
petitioner,
its
subsidiary
USS,
Lehi
solar.
There
were
several
claims
made
against
the
owner
of
the
property
and
about
solar
in
general.
J
This
one
claim
that
was
just
mentioned
about
hobby
farmers
that
hasn't
the
label
of
being
a
hobby
farmer,
certainly
has
implications
that
could
affect
the
O'connor
family
farms
ability
to
do
business
in
the
county,
as
this
has
certain
distinctions
between
the
IRS
and
strings
attached
for
tenant
farmers
in
the
area.
This
is
a
designation
that
is
false.
J
There
were
claims
made
against
solar,
such
as
that
be
constructed,
and
operational
facilities
are
harmful
and
hazardous
to
health,
contain
toxic
materials
and
that
they
can
even
contribute
to
cancer.
These
claims
were
unsubstantiated.
No
evidence
was
presented
to
support
these
claims
and
I
had
testified
to
the
Zoning
Board
that
the
modules
and
the
equipment
that
we
use
is
not
hazardous
and
meet
safety.
Standards
of
relevant
governing
bodies
and
institutions.
J
To
touch
on
the
property
value
claim
in
our
report
we
did
reference
the
counting,
the
county's
own
findings
as
I
believe
prepared
by
Delbert
and
the
supervisor
of
assessments,
Eric
Blair
that
indicates
inconclusive
whether
property
values
are
affected
by
solar.
Now,
at
as
it
relates
to
this
petition,
no
additional
evidence
was
submitted
to
either
support
or
refute.
J
Amidst
our
fir
several
days
ago,
when
I
was
able
to
obtain
her
phone
number
through
white
pages
talked
about
how
we
would
propose
a
landscape
screening
and
would
be
happy
to
comply
with
conditions
placed
upon
us
by
the
county
board
for
doing
such
beauty
is
in
the
eye
of
the
beholder
and
I
think
it's
hard
to
regulate,
what's
quote-unquote
ugly
looks
like
a
prison
and
what
someone
might
find
appealing.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
D
D
A
E
D
E
E
E
For
you
put
any
solar
farms
in
there
with
the
setback
requirements,
so
I'm
sure
it'll
just
be
roll
crop
still
and
defect
it
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
are
allowed
to
shoot.
Let
off
into
the
farm
ground
here
and
there,
but
I
don't
know,
stand
work.
Trapshooting
has
anything
to
do
with
whether
we
allow
a
solar
farm
or
not.
If.
B
A
E
A
B
A
Would
suggest
that
if
that
is
the
motion,
you
also
include
the
conditions?
Okay,
because
they
were
not
included
in
CB,
their
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
yeah.
Would
that
be
some
of
those
we
required
of
what
they
call
it
game
fence?
So
it
didn't
look
like
a
prison,
and
some
of
that
is
one
of
the
conditions
that
an
8-foot
woven
agricultural,
okay,
boven
wire
agricultural
fence,
be
used
instead
of
a
chain.
A
Okay
and
the
ground
cover
will
be
that
contingency
with
the
area
to
promote
farming
and
agriculture
you
get
pollinator-friendly,
yes,
I
can
put
them
up
on
the
screen
for
you.
These
were.
These
were
the
ones
that
were
talked
about
ground
cover.
Steps
on
the
site
will
be
pollinator
friendly.
Landscaping
shall
abide
by
the
weekend.
Grass
control
plan
and
eight-foot
woven
wire
fence
will
be
used
instead
of
chain-link
and
the
landscape
buffer
will
be
installed
around
the
adjacent
homes,
including
the
one
across
the
street.
Yes,
I
think
include
one
through
four
in
my
motion.
Please,
okay,.
D
E
D
B
F
A
C
B
B
Cpa
case
1851
request
for
variances
to
section
sections:
121,
286,
c1,
driveway
spacing
and
120
199
34.
He
lot
width
and
a
special
use
permit
121,
99
c
34
solar
farm
in
the
a1
agricultural
district,
on
a
parcel
generally
situated
in
section
3
of
pilot
Township.
The
petitioners
are
O'connor:
family
farms,
property
owner
and
USS
Goodrich,
solar,
LLC
applicant.
A
This
one's
a
little
different,
it
is
a
special
use
request
for
a
solar
farm
on
property,
just
off
of
Goodrich
Road,
but
it's
also
asking
for
a
a
lot
with
variance
and
a
driveway
interval
variance
the
property.
As
you
see
on
the
map,
there
only
has
60
feet
of
frontage.
It's
zoned,
a1
agriculture,
in
that
district,
330
feet
of
frontage
is
required
and
you're
only
allowed
one
driveway
per
330
feet
of
Road
distance.
A
A
A
E
A
B
J
I
did
just
want
to
share
with
the
committee
that
these
landowners,
Ryan
and
rich
O'connor
did
meet
with
several
parishioners
of
the
Sacred
Heart
Church,
which
is
the
church
in
the
northeast
corner,
adjacent
to
the
property,
I
believe
last
Sunday
following
mass.
They
shared
the
plans
and
all
the
information
that
we
had
submitted
to
the
county
with
our
application
and
had
to
my
knowledge,
a
pretty
civil
and
good
discussion
with
the
parishioners
I.
J
Do
not
believe
that
the
owner
of
who
received
notice
attended,
but
I
do
believe
that
several
of
the
parishioners
were
in
attendance
as
it
got.
You
know
passed
down
the
grapevine,
but
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
with
the
committee
that
we
have
discussed
with
the
those
property
owners.
Okay,
mr.
Whelan.
D
A
It's
why
we
have
public
comment
at
the
beginning:
okay,
alright,
so
Zoning
Board
recommended
the
approval
of
the
variances
six
to
zero.
They
did
vote
separately
on
the
variances
and
the
special
use
permit
because
they
felt
the
variance
was
needed,
regardless
of
whether
the
special
use
permit
was
approved
or
denied,
and
the
special
use
permit
on
December
3rd
and
they
voted
4-2
to
to
approve
that
with
conditions.
A
They
recommended
the
following
four
conditions:
all
ground
cover
established
on
the
site
shall
be
a
type
which
is
pollinator-friendly
to
help
support
agriculture
to
all
landscaping
shall
abide
by
any
and
all
rules
is
outlined.
The
weed
and
grass
control
plan
and
is
subject
to
the
same
penalties
as
weed
and
grass.
A
Three
and
agricultural
style
fence
will
be
used
instead
of
the
required
chain-link
fence
and
landscape
screening
be
installed
along
the
roadway
landscaping
in
accordance
with
section
121
99-seat
at
34.7,
between
the
solar
farm
fence
and
the
church
property,
so
that
area
between
the
church,
property
and
the
solar
farm
will
receive
additional
I.
Believe
it's
30
feet
of
landscaping.
B
E
B
Other
questions
well
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
opposed
motion
carries
going
on
CB
a
case
1852
request
for
rezoning
from
our
whenever
our
one
single-family
residential
district
to
a
one
agricultural
district
and
a
special
use
permit
120,
1-99
c
34
solar
farm
in
the
a1
agricultural
district,
on
a
parcel
generally
situated
in
section
27
of
st.
anne
township
conditioners,
our
media
Miedema
farms,
LLC
and
Kenneth
W
and
Shirley
Amy
to
my
property
owners
and
USS
sane
and
solar
LLC
Africa.
A
Again,
this
is
a
request
for
a
special
use
permit
for
a
2
megawatt
solar
farm
and
also
for
rezoning
of
the
property
from
our
one
single-family
residential
to
a
one
agriculture.
The
property
has
been
zoned
residential
since
1967
when
the
county
zoning
ordinance
first
went
into
effect
and
it
has
not
been
converted
into
a
residential
use.
In
the
last
50
years,
property
is
outlined
on
the
map
on
the
screen.
There's
actually
two
properties
that
will
be
combined
I'm.
A
Zoning
board
recommended
approval
of
the
rezoning
from
r1
to
a
1
and
the
special
use
permit
December.
Third,
six
to
zero
with
conditions.
There
was
no
public
comment
or
objection.
Lissa
score
for
the
property
is
one.
Seventy
one
point:
seven,
which
is
a
low
category,
and
the
standard
conditions
were
imposed
upon
it
about
father
friend,
pollinator-friendly
ground
cover
the
weekend.
Grass
control
plan
and
an
agricultural
style
sense
landscaping
along
the
roadways.
B
Their
motion
to
approve
I
miss
Dunbar
second
by
mr.
Payton,
any
discussion
all
in
favor,
say
aye
I,
suppose,
motion
carried
going
on
to
zba
cakes,
18
53
requested
our
special
use,
permit
121,
99
c
34
solar
farm
in
the
a1
agricultural
district,
on
the
parcel
January
situated
in
Section
17
of
Yellowhead
Township.
Petitioners
are
Ruth's
view:
,,
property
owner
and
Paul
become
of
us
s.
A
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
recommend
the
approval
of
the
special
use
permit
sever
17th,
with
conditions
7
to
0.
There's
public
comment
from
Dale
leads
in
Kent
Erickson.
They
elites
commented
that
he
as
long
as
it
didn't
affect
drainage.
He
had
no
problem
with
it.
The
applicant
showed
how
that
drain
tile
survey
would
be
done
and
that
would
not
affect
drainage
and
that
they
would
repair
any
drain
tiles.
He
was
fine
with
that
and
mr.
B
Ok,
any
other
questions
seeing
none
all
in
favor,
say:
aye
opposed
motion
carried
and
our
last
one
GBA
cakes,
18
54
request
for
a
rezoning
from
I
to
general
industrial
district
to
a-1
agricultural
district
and
a
special
use
permit
121,
99
c
34
solar
farm
in
the
a1
agricultural
district,
on
a
parcel
generally
situated
in
section
34
of
kinky
Township.
Petitioners
are
Vincent
annoyed
and
Christine
binoy
property
owners
and
USS
bloom,
solar,
LLC.
A
That's
the
municipal
plan
for
that
area,
which
shows
that
the
property
from
1995
city
of
can't
keep
land
should
be
used
for
residential
purposes,
as
only
border
recommended.
The
approval
of
the
rezoning
and
the
special
use
permit
December
17th
with
conditions
seven
to
zero.
We
had
public
comment
from
John
greases
and
Vincent
binoy.
Mr.
greece's
is
on
the
Grinnell
drainage
district,
which
this
property
lies
within.
A
A
B
D
A
D
A
Way
to
look
at
puzzling
zoning
decisions
should
be
made
on
facts,
not
opinions,
a
not
rumors
but
actual
facts.
Now.
What
is
a
fact
is
up
to
the
board
to
decide
what's
a
fact,
generally
anything
that
is
presented
that
has
been
created
by
a
professional,
such
as
a
property
value
study
unless
there's
another
document
by
a
different
professional.
That
would
refute
that.
That
would
be
a
fact,
so
you
should
try
to
base
your
own
decisions
on
it's.
A
G
A
G
A
G
A
Think
you're,
seeing
too
many
in
Will
County,
there
were
a
few
around
Crete.
It's
been
a
while
since
I've
checked
on
any
of
it.
We
were
by
far
and
large,
the
the
highest
County
for
the
number
of
applications.
I
think
the
next
closest
to
us
was
up
by
Rockford,
with
like
30
to
35
I
can't
say
how
many
got
approved
or
denied
or
anything,
but
that
was
like
35
cases,
cattle
I,
wonder
why
us
we
were
the
top
of
the
top
three
right.
A
A
A
Occur
the
this
is
a
this
is
set
forth
in
legislation,
which
is
the
future
energy
Jobs
Act,
a
number
of
ret
credits,
they'll
be
giving
away
and
I
believe
it's
three
lettings
52
megawatts
in
the
first
52
megawatts
in
the
second
and
I
believe
it's
21
megawatts
in
the
third
okay,
so
that
that's
a
140
ish
megawatts
and,
if
you
add
all
the
bars
up,
we've
got
almost
all
of
that.
The.
A
Don't
know
if
that
number
was
arbitrary
when
they
created.
It
said
all
that
sounds
good
or
not.
I
can't
say
too
that,
but
it
seems
like
a
fairly
low
number
and
maybe
once
they
realize
the
popularity
of
the
program
that
they
might
increase
that
number
it's
last
I
heard
it
we
had
somewhere
around
statewide
was
like
800
megawatts
in
applications
for
150
to
that
140
or
something
they're,
giving
away
all.
D
Just
the
the
other
side
of
that
is
is
once
these
credits
are
determined
who's
going
to
get
them
who
wins
the
lottery,
then
it
goes
to
how
many
of
them
are
able
to
are
surrounding
a
substation,
and
then
it
goes
by.
If
there
was
only
two,
they
can
fit
to
go
up.
Take
out
a
substation
into
the
grid
and
there's
four
that
won
the
lottery,
then
it'll
be
by
application.
The
first
two
would
get
it,
and
so
then
it
has
to
pass
engineering
muster.
D
A
There
are
several
other
steps
that
must
occur,
a
little
correction
on
what
you
said
there,
if
form
around
a
substation
were
approved
or
won
the
lottery
and
on
the
substation
could
only
handle
it,
wouldn't
necessarily
knock
out
the
other.
But
at
that
point
the
developer
would
have
to
upgrade
the
substation
and
paperwork
themselves
which
is
not
like.
Okay,
yes,
so
that
they
have
to
win
the
lottery,
then
they
have
to
submit
all
of
their
construction
plans,
their
Road
use
agreement
plans
and
all
of
those
get
reviewed
for
drainage
and
construction
that
they've
got
to
meet.