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Will County committee seeks clearer zoning notices and better signage after residents miss mailings

Will County Land Use and Development Committee · December 31, 2024
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Summary

Committee members criticized handwritten or unreadable zoning signs and a mailing process that sometimes sends notices to HOAs rather than current residents; staff described existing templates, affidavit requirements and GIS limitations and agreed to explore signage and notification improvements.

Will County’s Land Use and Development Committee discussed ways to improve how the county notifies neighbors about zoning cases and how it posts signs on affected properties.

A committee member said signs she visited were often handwritten, illegible and lying in weeds, and that some residents received no mail notice because mailings were sent to an HOA rather than to current homeowners. “They didn't get anything in the mail. It was sent to the HOA,” she said, describing a recent case where neighbors were surprised by the scale of a…

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