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Indian Head Park to draft fence ordinance after planning commission recommends fences along busy roads
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended allowing fences along major roads including Wolf, Joliet, Plainfield, Willow Springs and 65th Street; the board voted to receive and file the report and directed staff to engage engineers to draft specifications (height, materials, setbacks) with a draft ordinance expected in March or April.
Indian Head Park — The Village Board on Feb. 12 received and filed a Planning & Zoning Commission report that recommended allowing fences along several major roadways and asked staff to return with a draft ordinance.
Trustee Saldana and the planning and zoning liaison thanked the commission for months of work and citizen questionnaires that informed the report. The report recommends allowing fences adjacent to Wolf Road, Joliet Road, Plainfield Road, Willow Springs and 65th Street, and identifies design preferences (for example black architectural aluminum) and standards to consider such as height, materials, openness and setbacks.
Trustees directed staff to engage an engineering firm or other technical experts to draft fence specifications and to include analysis of enclosed dog runs and the existing municipal code sections (42‑14 and 42‑15) that regulate enclosures for domestic animals. Trustees emphasized a clear permit process with penalties for non‑compliance and asked that the village use its new communications contractor to educate residents about any proposed changes.
Village staff said that, depending on the speed of consultant responses, a draft ordinance could be presented to the board in March but more realistically by April for public review and further deliberation. Receiving and filing the report does not adopt new rules; it starts a process of technical review, ordinance drafting and future board consideration.
