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Residents tell McHenry County board to deny Sunbury Farms slaughterhouse permit, citing safety and lack of local benefit
Summary
Multiple residents told the county board they oppose a conditional use permit and five variances for a proposed slaughterhouse at Sunbury Farms, noting prior Zoning Board of Appeals denial (6–1), traffic and emergency‑access problems, and limited local economic benefit.
At the Jan. 15 McHenry County Committee of the Whole meeting, several residents urged the board to honor a recent Zoning Board of Appeals denial and reject a conditional use permit and related variances for a proposed slaughterhouse at Sunbury Farms.
Susan Smith, who said she lives on Crabapple Lane in Deerpath Subdivision, told the board she strongly opposes the proposal and asked the…
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