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Hinckley planners review Title 11 changes, schedule public hearing for July 8
Summary
Commissioners reviewed proposed amendments to Hinckley Town Code Title 11 (Land Use) — including where multi‑family and two‑family dwellings are permitted, accessory dwelling unit rules, mobile‑home placement, agricultural feed‑lot language, wind energy lot restrictions, adult entertainment radius rules, and telecom as conditional use — and scheduled a public hearing for July 8, 2026.
Town Council Member Ron Black told the Hinckley Planning and Zoning Commission on June 10 that proposed revisions to Title 11 of the Hinckley Town Code require a public hearing because they alter the Code’s structural text.
Key changes reviewed by the Commission and Council Member Ron Black include: listing multi‑family dwellings as permitted only in the R3 zone and two‑family dwellings (duplexes) as permitted in R2 and R3; changing detached accessory dwelling units from permitted to conditional in applicable zones; explicitly noting internal accessory dwelling units are subject to lot size restrictions in the Master Land Use Table; adding the phrase "and feed lots" to agricultural zone language for "animals and livestock" and inserting setback language that commercial livestock feeding operations or dairies cannot be located within 200 feet of an existing non‑owned dwelling or residential zone boundary; and adding "subject to lot size restrictions" to Small Wind Energy Systems across applicable fields.
Council Member Black also recommended that the Town clarify that mobile homes may be placed only in areas zoned for mobile homes or through a Conditional Use Permit, and that the Code explicitly recognize mobile homes used permanently as commercial structures (offices, restrooms, labs or manufacturing) may need case‑by‑case review. The Commission agreed adult entertainment businesses should remain subject to radius restrictions from churches, schools and playgrounds.
On telecommunications, the Commission accepted Council Member Black’s recommendation to change the current text in Section 11.11.20 (Wireless Services & Telecommunications) from "shall not be permitted in any zone" to language allowing wireless facilities "only as a conditional use in any zone within the Town," and to apply the same conditional‑use approach to Commercial Lattice Towers (Section 11.11.20 F1) to provide placement flexibility.
Because these edits alter the Town Code’s structure, the Commission agreed to schedule a public hearing at the next Planning & Zoning meeting on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, to take public testimony and consider final wording before any adoption vote. The Commission also noted maintenance staff support for infrastructure verification in permit reviews and thanked Town Maintenance Man Dillon Lewis for that assistance.
The public hearing is the next procedural step; the Commission did not adopt final ordinance language at this meeting.
