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Board denies septic special exception and density variances for Eagles Rest expansion
Summary
The Zoning Board denied a special exception to place an individual septic system within the Aquifer Protection Overlay District and refused variances to increase density at the Eagles Rest manufactured housing community. The applicant had sought permission to add two units to a 57‑acre park currently cited as having 55 dwellings.
The Alton Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to deny a special exception and related variances for application Z25‑15, a proposal by the Borowski Trust to add two manufactured‑home units to the Eagles Rest community at 30 Eagles Way.
Attorney Sean Dunphy, representing trustees Walter and Janice Borowski, told the board the proposal would increase the park from 55 units to 57 on a 57‑acre parcel. He said the owners hoped to replace a long‑standing RV occupancy with a HUD‑approved manufactured home and that both new units would be similar to existing homes in the community. Dunphy said roughly 36 units connect to a state‑approved community septic system and 19 units (phase 2) use individual systems; he proposed two additional individual septic systems, one of which…
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