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Residents urge McHenry County Board to affirm ZBA denial of proposed Greenwood/Wonder Lake slaughterhouse
Summary
At the Feb. 12 meeting, multiple residents asked the county board to uphold a zoning board denial of a conditional-use permit for a proposed slaughterhouse near Greenwood and Wonder Lake, citing UDO access standards, lack of McHenry County DOT permits, proximity limits and concerns about property values and operations.
Several McHenry County residents used the board's public comment period on Feb. 12 to press the board to affirm the Zoning Board of Appeals' denial of a conditional‑use petition for a proposed slaughterhouse near Greenwood and the Wonder Lake area.
Linda Haimbach, the first public commenter on the petition, argued the ZBA's decision rests on clear ordinance grounds. She told the board the petition seeks a variance eliminating required road frontage (reducing frontage from 330 feet to zero) and therefore undermines access standards in the Unified Development Ordinance. Haimbach cited…
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