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Entrepreneur seeks to rent e-bikes from trailheads; zoning staff says home-occupation special-use likely required
Summary
John Zimmer, founder of Trailblazers, told the trails committee he intends to rent and sell e-bikes from a mobile setup and an on-site barn; county zoning staff said operating from an unincorporated agricultural parcel with a residence would require a home-occupation special-use permit and offered to schedule a ZBA hearing.
An entrepreneur told county trail and zoning officials on Aug. 12 he plans to launch Trailblazers, a mobile e-bike rental and sales business that would operate from a barn and occasional trailhead popup sites. John Zimmer said he plans to run rentals from an SUV and a pop-up tent at trailheads on the Jane Addams and Pecatonica Prairie trails as well as sell e-bikes from a retail space in an antiques barn on his property. "What we're looking at doing is trying to do this in a…
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