Draft UDO Hinders New Directions Addiction Recover Services Third Local Group Home Neighbors from Walkup Woods flooded Nunda Township to express concerns for development of a 10 to 12 person group home. Plans for New Directions to open an addiction … Continue reading
Category Archives: UDO
The Chicago Sun-Times ran an article yesterday that took three years to write. It was about how UNO, the charter school outfit backed by House Speaker Mike Madigan, spent money provided by governments. Since UNO doesn’t operate in our back … Continue reading
There aren’t any strip joints in McHenry County right now, but note was made during the Unified Development Ordinance debate by Wonder Lake’s John Hammerand that it language was not good enough. Deputy County Administrator Scott Hartman brought up the … Continue reading
The following letter was sent to the McHenry County Board: October 21, 2014 TO: James Heisler Peter Austin FROM: Chief Rich Tobiasz RE: UDO The McHenry County Fire Chief’s Association created a committee to review issues and questions, posed to us, … Continue reading
The UDO continues to show its warts as the McHenry County Board works through the process. Here is a letter that was sent by a friend of the McHenry County Blog. — October 13, 2014 TO: Vice Chair, J. Heisler … Continue reading
Because I mixed up the two “McC’s” on the County Board, I have moved this article to the top. It was Mary McClellan who joined Michele Aavang in sponsoring the amendment, not Mary McCann. I apologize for the mistake. One … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member Mike Walkup has identified a problem that resulted from taking the unpopular RV, boat, snowmobile storage restrictions out of the proposed new zoning ordinance. You can see what was voted down below: Walkup’s observations are below: … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board has posted a notice of the next meeting for consideration of its Unified Development Ordinance. It will be Wednesday, October 1st at 6:30 PM. … Continue reading
The agenda for last Tuesday’s McHenry County Board meeting is below: The room was pretty full for the fourth straight meeting. Here’s how County Board member John Hammerand saw the meeting: The County Board Meeting Room was packed with citizens … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member John Hammerand has been actually reading the proposed Unified Development Ordinance. His most recent observations appear below: This ordinance is faulty in its construction and premise. We restrict what should be unrestricted and free that which … Continue reading
The Unified Development Ordinance–proposed future zoning rules–was again a big draw at Tuesday’s McHenry County Board meeting. At the last meeting, the room was packed with recreational vehicle owners. From the number of snowmobilers, one might conclude that they are … Continue reading
This popped in a comment to one of the articles on the restrictions included in one of the previous articles about restrictions proposed in the County’s Unified Development Ordinance: Why would the county decide what you can and can’t have … Continue reading
Hasn’t been anything in the Northwest Herald about the McHenry County Board’s attempt to impose restrictions on recreational vehicles and boats, so I guess the efforts of McHenry County Board member John Hammerand of Wonder Lake’s District 4 can be … Continue reading
Someone sent me a link to this house in Holiday Hills. The address matches where McHenry County Board member Mary McClellan lives. I thought she lives in the Village of Holiday Hills and would not be affected by the proposed … Continue reading
If you store your recreational vehicle or boat in your driveway in the off season, you are in for some serious changes. The McHenry County Board is considering a Unified Development Ordinance. One of the significant differences between today’s rules … Continue reading
McHenry County Board members are working their way through the proposed Unified Development Ordinance, known as “UDO” by anyone talking about it. Wonder Lake member John Hammerand found something he doesn’t like at all on page 242. The topic is … Continue reading
I have not read the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) being considered by the McHenry County Board, but member John Hammerand has. He turned up an anomaly that caught my interest. Looking at summary pages, he discovered that it is harder … Continue reading
To: Tina Hill, Chair, McHenry County Board, County Board Members and Representatives of the People of McHenry County, Illinois From: The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water (ALAW) Re: Comments on Final Draft of Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) currently on … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Board: Public Hearings and Public Comment Period for the McHenry County Unified Development Ordinance WOODSTOCK, IL – The McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will conduct a public hearing for the purpose … Continue reading