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Committee approves Townsend rezoning, petitioner and neighbors clarify longstanding river-access easement
Summary
The committee approved a rezoning and a lot-width variance for a Fox River parcel; a Silver Ridge Subdivision representative asked that a decades-old pedestrian easement to the river be shown on the combined plat and staff and the petitioner said the easement appears on updated survey and title.
Kane County Development Committee approved a rezoning and a lot-width variance for petition 4659, a Fox River parcel owned by John Townsend, after staff recommended rezoning the property from F (farming) to E1 (estate) and the Zoning Board of Appeals recommended approval.
Mark Van Kerkhoff of the Development Department described the lot as long, with substantial flood‑plain area, and said the department’s approach is to rezone to the district with the larger lot size to reduce the chance of unintended future subdivision. “One of our approaches when rezoning is to have them rezone to the zoning district with the largest lot size,” Van Kerkhoff said.
During public comment a representative of Silver Ridge Subdivision raised a concern about a pedestrian easement to the river that the representative said is not currently recorded in the plat book for the parcel. The representative asked that the easement be noted on the combined plat when parcels are merged. An attorney for the petitioner, Kate McCracken, said an updated survey “clearly reflects the easement,” that Townsend was aware of the easement and that it is reflected in title.
Committee member Linder moved to approve the rezoning and variance; Garcia seconded. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from Jordy, Garcia, Iqbal, Linder, Roth and Williams and the committee approved the petition. The Zoning Board of Appeals had approved both the rezoning and the requested lot variance but conditioned the variance on the county board’s full approval of the rezoning.
Staff reported recommended stipulations from Water Resources that new buildings be located outside the flood plain, and health‑department conditions that wells and septic remain on the parcel containing the home. Van Kerkhoff also noted that KDOT (state highway) had a note regarding a future half right‑of‑way.
The committee approved the rezoning and directed staff to ensure stipulations, flood‑plain setbacks and the updated survey information are carried forward into the final plat and record.
