Committee approves zoning text amendment to extend special-use time limits and add extension process

Sep 3, 2025

The committee voted unanimously on a proposed zoning ordinance text amendment to allow some special uses to run up to three years and to create a one-year extension process with a $400 fee.

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The McLean County Land Use and Transportation Committee voted unanimously on Sept. 2, 2025 to forward a proposed text amendment to the county zoning ordinance that extends certain special-use permit time limits and creates a process for one-year extensions. The change was described as a response to longer permitting timelines for "controversial cases or large cases like wind and solar farms."

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