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DuPage hearing reviews rear-yard setback variance for house addition in Milton Township
Summary
An applicant requested a reduction of the required 25-foot rear-yard setback to about 11.35 feet for a residential addition on a roughly one-quarter-acre lot; the Village of Glen Ellyn submitted advisory comments noting potential future restrictions if the parcel is annexed.
Robert Carthell, DuPage County zoning hearing officer, called case 25O32 concerning a request to reduce the required rear-yard setback for a house addition from 25 feet to approximately 11.35 feet on a property in Milton Township.
Carthell said the parcel is nearly one-quarter of an acre and that notices were published in the Daily Herald on June 3, 2025. He said he had received an advisory communication from the Village of Glen Ellyn noting that, if the property were later annexed into the village, the house could become a preexisting nonconforming structure and that further development might then be restricted.
The applicant and a neighbor—who identified himself as Francheus Tice and said he lives two houses over—were sworn and testified. The applicant said the house’s current layout places living space on one side and bedrooms on the other; with a growing family, she said, an addition on the proposed side is the only reasonable option. The hearing officer observed the lot’s irregular shape and the existing house placement and said those factors supplied the practical difficulty necessary for a variation under county standards. The neighbor stated at the hearing that he was "good with it."
Carthell closed the record and said he would issue a written recommendation at the July 2 recommendation meeting; that recommendation will then be considered by the County Development Committee and the full county board before any building permits are issued.
Discussion vs. decision: the hearing recorded testimony and supporting exhibits (survey and site plan); no formal approval was issued. The Village of Glen Ellyn’s advisory letter remains part of the record and may bear on future development if annexation occurs.
Ending: Carthell will circulate a written recommendation on July 2; the applicant need not attend that meeting to receive the written decision.
