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Wood Family Living Trust seeks reduced frontage and lot-size variances for Walkup Road parcel
Summary
Dan Wood, representing the Wood Family Living Trust, asked McHenry County to allow a 21-foot road frontage and a reduced lot-area (about 2.8 acres) to build a pole barn with living quarters ('barndominium'); Hearing Officer McGurney said he would be in favor and will forward the item to the County Board on Dec. 16.
Dan Wood said he intends to build a pole barn with living quarters on a Walkup Road property owned by the Wood Family Living Trust and requested variances to allow a frontage of 21 feet (versus the 250 feet cited by staff) and a minimum lot area of about 2.8 acres (versus a 3-acre minimum).
The hearing officer described the parcel as an unusual remainder lot created when surrounding subdivisions were…
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