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Kendall County court narrowly approves lot-frontage relief for Ellington Acres plat revision after water-letter dispute
Summary
The court voted 3–2 to grant relief from road-frontage rules for a proposed split of Ellington Acres Lot 1A-2; commissioners debated whether the water-control district’s letter showing capacity should precede the relief and whether approval would compel the water district to serve new lots.
Kendall County commissioners voted 3–2 on Tuesday to grant a request for relief from the county’s subdivision road-frontage rules so the owner can divide Ellington Acres Lot 1A-2 into two lots served by a private easement, Sweet Mary Lane.
The property owner sought a variance to use the existing 60-foot easement and a driveway improved to fire-code standards rather than constructing a new roadway to full subdivision standards. County staff and the applicant’s surveyor said the split will create two parcels from an existing 2.526-acre lot; proposed new lot sizes were described as about 1.7921 acres and 0.733 acres. The lots already contain two structures that currently receive water and sewer service from Kendall County WCID 1.
The public hearing and debate focused on whether the water district’s letter — specifically a statement that WCID 1 has capacity to serve the two proposed lots —…
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