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Commissioners approve reduced side setbacks for Becker Lane business park to site fire‑suppression tanks
Summary
The court granted a variance to reduce interior side setbacks from 25 to 10 feet for the proposed Becker Lane Business Park, enabling placement of rainwater storage and emergency well infrastructure for fire suppression.
Kendall County Commissioners voted to grant a variance from the county Development Rules to allow 10‑foot interior side setbacks (in place of the standard 25 feet) at the proposed Becker Lane Business Park.
County staff and the project engineer said the reduced interior setback was requested so developers could place rainwater storage tanks and an emergency well house adjacent to building gutters for efficient gravity‑fed rainwater capture and to create a centralized fire‑suppression location accessible to emergency responders. Assistant County Engineer…
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