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McHenry County Zoning Board: rail transload use deemed legal nonconforming; large trucking operations must seek review
Summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 7–0 to modify a staff determination and find Seager’s Limited’s rail transload/intermodal activity at 25010 Illinois Route 173 a legal nonconforming use under the 2013 I-1 zoning, while affirming that long-term truck storage or maintenance that meets the UDO definition of a freight terminal would require a conditional use or rezoning.
McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals members voted unanimously on Jan. 7 to modify a zoning enforcement determination and confirm that Seager's Limited’s rail transload and short-term cargo-transfer activities at 25010 Illinois Route 173 qualify as a legal nonconforming use under its 2013 I-1 zoning, but the board also affirmed that larger-scale trucking and vehicle-storage operations meeting the Unified Development Ordinance definition of a freight terminal would require separate review.
The petition, filed by attorney Mark Saladin on behalf of Seager's Limited and Northeast Illinois Rail Truck Transfer Corporation, appealed a director of planning and development interpretation dated Oct. 30, 2025. Saladin told the board the property was rezoned to I-1 in 2013 with testimony describing a multimodal, rail-served operation and that the owners had made substantial investments — demolition,…
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