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Zoning Petition ZONING-25-000016 McMaster
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WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on May 21, 2025 in the DuPage County Administration Building, 421 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois at 2:30 P.M. before the DuPage County Zoning Hearing Officer and notice of said hearing was duly given; and
WHEREAS, a petition was presented at this hearing requesting the following zoning relief:
Variation from Section 37-704.3 to reduce the lot width from 75 to 50 feet for lots served by sewer and water to create two buildable lots on the property, on the property hereinafter described:
LOT 47 IN GIBONS AND NEPIL'S JEWELL ROAD SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 8 AND 17, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 7, 1923 AS DOCUMENT 167355, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Hearing Officer, having considered in relation to the above requested zoning petition presented at the above hearing and at the recommendation meeting held on June 4, 2025 does find as follows:
FINDINGS OF FACT:
A. That petitioner testified that the subject zoning relief is to reduce the lot width from 75 to 50 feet for lots served by sewer and water to create two (2) buildable lots on the property.
B. That petitioner testified that they intend to build one (1) house on each fifty (50) foot wide lot, for a total of two (2) houses.
C. That petitioner testified that the practical difficulty and unique circumstance for the subject zoning relief is that most lots in the neighborhood are fifty (50) feet wide and that the subject property was originally platted larger than the majority of lots in the neighborhood.
D. That the Zoning Hearing Officer finds that neighbors testified during the public hearing that some fifty (50) foot wide lots in the neighborhood have been developed and that there...
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