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Roscoe Zoning Board recommends text changes on accessory structures, asks for clearer setback language
Summary
The Village of Roscoe Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the Village Board consider text amendments clarifying when small accessory structures need permits, increasing allowed accessory structures on larger lots and distinguishing detached decks from attached ones; the board requested clearer setback language before final adoption.
The Village of Roscoe Zoning Board of Appeals on a December 2024 meeting reviewed a proposed text amendment (CBA 2024-015) to the Village of Roscoe zoning ordinance that would change how the code treats accessory buildings and accessory structures and recommended sending the draft to the Village Board with a minor clarification to setback wording.
The amendment would exempt some temporary items—examples cited during the discussion included trampolines and movable basketball hoops—from the ordinance’s definition of accessory structures. It would remove draft language that let accessory buildings of 100 square feet or less be built without a zoning permit, and instead allow accessory…
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