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Heartland Animal Center granted fence-height variation and lot consolidation with limits on outdoor kenneling

5947482 · September 16, 2025
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Trustees approved a fence-height variation and a final plat to consolidate adjacent lots for Heartland Animal Center, allowing an 8-foot perimeter fence to secure an outdoor play area while prohibiting overnight outdoor kenneling.

The Village of Wheeling approved a zoning variation and final plat Thursday that will let Heartland Animal Center consolidate a neighboring vacant lot and increase the permitted perimeter fence height to 8 feet to secure an outdoor play area.

Planning and zoning staff told trustees the items were recommended unanimously at the Aug. 13 Planning Commission meeting with six conditions. One condition prohibits overnight outdoor kenneling or boarding in the new outdoor area (per Docket PSMIN25-0017). The organization asked to substitute the originally specified fence manufacturer — an Omega product made in…

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