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Hearing officer recommends approval for River Forest Country Club flagpole height variance
Summary
Zoning Hearing Officer Robert Kartthal recommended approval of a variance to increase a new flagpole's height from the permitted 24 feet to about 160 feet for River Forest Country Club (petition 25O57) and will forward the recommendation to the County Development Committee.
Zoning Hearing Officer Robert Kartthal recommended approval on Sept. 17, 2025 of petition 25O57, seeking to increase the permitted height of a new flagpole at River Forest Country Club from 24 feet to approximately 160 feet.
"The petitioner satisfied the requirements for to obtain the variation and presented factual basis for that request. And so I'm inclined to approve that recommended that petition, and I will make that recommendation to the county development committee and transmit the matter accordingly," Kartthal said at the recommendation meeting.
The transcript records the requested increase from the permitted 24 feet to approximately 160 feet. Kartthal indicated the petitioner presented evidence sufficient for his recommendation. The hearing officer will forward the recommendation and the hearing record to the DuPage County Development Committee, which will make the final decision; no public comment was offered during the recommendation meeting.
The item was recorded on the agenda as petition 25O57 and identified with the River Forest Country Club.
