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Burr Ridge trustees deny Oak Creek Club request to park second snow-removal machine
Summary
Trustees voted to deny a variance request from the Oak Creek Club homeowners association to store a second snow-removal "snowcat." The Plan Commission had unanimously recommended denial and trustees cited lack of demonstrated hardship and neighborhood impacts; vote recorded 4-0 (one trustee temporarily not voting).
The Burr Ridge Board of Trustees on April 14 denied a request from the Oak Creek Club homeowners association to amend a prior variance that would have allowed a second snow-removal machine (described in the record as a snowcat or Bobcat) to be parked in the gated subdivision.
Planning staff said the Plan Commission had unanimously recommended denial, concluding the petition did not demonstrate a land-based hardship and that approval could establish a broadly applicable precedent for other private gated communities. Petitioner Ken Carell, representing the Oak Creek Club HOA, said the gated…
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