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Planning panel approves most UDO amendments; members exclude residential design standard changes

5778136 · September 3, 2025
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Summary

The commission approved a package of Unified Development Ordinance updates including definitions, accessory-structure clarifications, engineering standards and wetland/detention mapping, but excluded proposed changes to residential design material standards after discussion.

The Lemont Planning Commission voted to approve a set of Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) amendments presented by planning staff, while excluding proposed updates to the residential design standards concerning allowable exterior materials.

Planning staff (Jamie) outlined a multi‑chapter update that included adding a definition for “contiguous,” clarifying how attached accessory structures should be regulated (noting that when two or more accessory structures are attached, the more…

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