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Lee County forwards two zoning petitions to hearing officer, approves Grace Fellowship Church special‑use permit
Summary
The county board voted to send two petitions to the zoning hearing officer — a map‑amendment request for a 79.22‑acre parcel and a special‑use petition for a 3.47‑acre parcel — and approved a special‑use resolution for Grace Fellowship Church in Sublette.
The Lee County Board voted to send two zoning petitions to the zoning hearing officer and approved a separate special‑use permit for an existing church property.
The board voted to move petition 25‑P‑1649, filed by JW King Family Limited Partnership, to the zoning hearing officer. The petition seeks a map amendment for the parcel commonly known as 1215 Institute Boulevard in Dixon Township — approximately 79.22 acres — changing the zoning from R‑2 (single‑family residential) to AG‑1 (rural agricultural district). The motion to forward the petition was called and carried.
Separately, the board moved petition 25‑P‑1650, filed by the Gregory Lehi Husser Trust for property commonly known as 582 U.S. Route 52 in Sublette Township, to the zoning hearing officer. That petition requests a special‑use permit to allow “skilled trades” uses on an approximately 3.47‑acre parcel currently zoned AG‑1.
The board also approved petition 25‑P‑1646, a special‑use permit requested by Grace Fellowship Church for 504 West Main Street, Sublette (Sublette Township). The parcel is zoned R‑2 and is approximately 0.09 acres. The board recorded a motion to approve the resolution; the chair noted the zoning‑hearing officer, Tim Zollinger, submitted a report recommending approval and described the approval as a formality to allow the church to make property changes to comply with R‑2 special‑use requirements.
Discussion versus decision: the board’s votes to forward the two petitions to the zoning hearing officer are procedural referrals for future hearings and determinations. The Grace Fellowship Church special‑use resolution was approved at the meeting; the board did not discuss conditions or amendments beyond noting the zoning‑hearing officer’s recommendation.
Less critical details: the petitions and the hearing‑officer recommendation are on file with the county building and zoning department and will be considered at subsequent zoning‑office proceedings.
