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Peoria County committee removes cap on consecutive building permits after court ruling

Peoria County Land Use Committee · November 24, 2025
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The Land Use Committee approved a text amendment removing a two-permit limit from the Unified Development Ordinance after a circuit court ruled the restriction belonged in the building code; staff said a separate amendment to Chapter 12 will follow to address permit sequencing and possible fee changes.

The Peoria County Land Use Committee voted unanimously to remove a numerical limit on consecutive building permits from the county’s Unified Development Ordinance.

Andrew, a county planning staff member, told the committee the text amendment (KCBA20250058) deletes language in Chapter 20, Article 3, Section 3.2 that had limited any single project to two permits before requiring a zoning-board-of-appeals variance. He said a 2022 variance denial was later…

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