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Lee County board forwards five zoning petitions to Zoning Board of Appeals, sends tech-overlay proposal to Planning Commission

3130570 · April 25, 2025
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Summary

The Lee County Board voted to move five property petitions — including several community solar project requests and a mini-storage plan — to the Zoning Board of Appeals and sent a proposed technology overlay district to the Planning Commission. An ordinance to replace the Zoning Board of Appeals with a zoning hearing officer was tabled.

LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Board voted to send five land-use petitions to the Zoning Board of Appeals and to forward a proposed technology overlay district to the county Planning Commission at its meeting.

The most immediate items were five separate petitions filed with the Lee County zoning office: a request from Clay and Elizabeth Partington to build mini-warehouse storage units at 601 Rock Island Road (petition 25P1641) and four petitions from Pivot Energy subsidiaries seeking special-use permits for community solar facilities (petitions 25P1642, 25P1643, 25P1644) located along the south side of Rock Island Road in Nelson Township. The board also moved a variance request from the Compton Community Fire Protection District (petition 25P1645) seeking relief from setback requirements…

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