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Cook County Zoning and Building Committee met March 20. 

Here is the agenda as provided by the committee:

      NOTICE AND AGENDA

There will be a meeting of the Committee or Subcommittee of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County at the date, time and location listed above to consider the following:

      PUBLIC TESTIMONY

Authorization as a public speaker shall only be granted to those individuals who have submitted in writing, their name, address, subject matter, and organization (if any) to the Secretary 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Duly authorized public speakers shall be called upon to deliver testimony at a time specified in the meeting agenda. Authorized public speakers who are not present during the specified time for public testimony will forfeit their allotted time to speak at the meeting. Public testimony must be germane to a specific item(s) on the meeting agenda, and the testimony must not exceed three minutes; the Secretary will keep track of the time and advise when the time for public testimony has expired. Persons authorized to provide public testimony shall not use vulgar, abusive, or otherwise inappropriate language when addressing the Board; failure to act appropriately; failure to speak to an item that is germane to the meeting, or failure to adhere to the time requirements may result in expulsion from the meeting and/or disqualify the person from providing future testimony.

                                                      19-2345

COMMITTEE MINUTES

Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 1/23/2019

                                                      19-2240

Presented by: JAMES WILSON, Secretary, Zoning Board of Appeals

RECOMMENDATION OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Request: Special Use & Variations SU18-06 & V18-26

Township: Barrington

County District: 15

Property Address: 36 E. Dundee Road, Barrington Illinois, 60010

Property Description: The Subject Property is approximately 1 acre located on the north side of Dundee Road approximately.7 miles from the intersection of Barrington Road and Dundee Road in Barrington Township, Unincorporated Cook County, Illinois.

Owner: Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District, 22222 N. Pepper Road, Lake Barrington, Illinois 60010

Agent/Attorney: Richard J. Curran, Jr. Esq., Cowlin, Naughton & Curran , 20 Grant Street, PO Box 188, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60039-0188

Current Zoning: R-3 Single Family Residence District

Intended use: Applicant seeks a Special Use to operate a Fire/EMS substation with a companion Variance (V 18-26). The Variance request seeks to reduce the lot area from the minimum required 40,000 square feet to 34,892 square feet (if granted under the companion Special Use).

Recommendation: ZBA Recommendation is to Grant with Condition

Conditions: The Condition is that the BCFPD will not use the sirens on the Subject Property.

Objectors: On 10/1/2019 the ZBA did receive a Written Protest from the Board of Education, Barrington Community Unit School District No. 220.

Ms. Barbara Romano, Early Learning Center (ELC), Gregory Stahler, Cashman Stahler Group Architects, Michael S. MaRous, MAI, CRE & President of MaRous & Company and Angela Wilcox, Barrington Community Unit School District No. 220.

On 1/9/2019, ZBA received 10 objection letters from parents of children that attend ELC.

History:

Zoning Board Hearing: 10/3/2018, 12/5/2018, 1/9/2019 and 2/6/2019

Zoning Board Recommendation date: 3/6/2019

County Board extension granted: N/A

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