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ZBA recommends Sam Beets & Sons’ 74-foot grain bin, new dump pit and setback variance in Mendota Township
Summary
The Zoning Board recommended approval of a special-use permit for a commercial grain storage facility (a 74-foot-diameter bin, ~350,000-bushel capacity) and a variance to reduce one road setback from 70 to 50 feet for a new dump-pit building at 4798 East Fifth Road; the petitions will go to the County Board March 10.
The LaSalle County Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 19 recommended that the County Board approve a set of permits for Sam Beets and Sons to expand on an existing grain-receiving site at 4798 East Fifth Road in Mendota Township.
Petitioner Barry (Barry) Beets said the owner, Sam Beets and Sons, leases the site to Meriden Grain and plans to construct a single new grain bin and receiving pit with conveyors. “We’re gonna construct one bin. It’s 74‑foot diameter. Storage capacity is 350,000 bushels,” Beets told the board. The proposed receiving pit and a covered building will…
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