File #: 25-0521    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/10/2025 In control: Planning and Zoning Commission
On agenda: 4/16/2025 Final action: 4/16/2025
Title: Conduct the public hearing to consider a fence variance pursuant to Section 6-2-12:1.7 to allow a fence to exceed the height limit on the properties located at 2909-3017 Saganashkee Ln - DEV-0015-2025
Attachments: 1. Project Narrative, 2. Application, 3. Legal Description, 4. Plat of Subdivision with Improvements, 5. Response to Standards, 6. Fence Style, 7. Fence Contract, 8. Disclosure of Beneficiaries
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM

ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a fence variance pursuant to Section 6-2-12:1.7 to allow a fence to exceed the height limit on the properties located at 2909-3017 Saganashkee Ln - DEV-0015-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development

SUBMITTED BY: Brad Iwicki, Assistant Planner

ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
A fence variance pursuant to Section 6-2-12:1.7 to allow a 10' tall subdivision perimeter fence where the height limitation is 9.

BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for DEV-0015-2025 was published in the Naperville Sun on March 30, 2025.

BACKGROUND:
The subject properties, 2909-3017 Saganashkee Ln. (Lots 966-977 of Tall Grass of Naperville Unit 8), are located on the east side of IL Route 59, north of Rollingridge Rd. and zoned R3A (Medium Density Multiple-Family Residence District). The subject properties are common areas in Tall Grass of Naperville Unit 8 established by subdivision plat in 2002 and are each improved with four townhomes . The common areas surrounding the townhomes are owned, insured, and maintained by the Tallgrass Homeowner's Association. Upon establishment of the subdivision, a 10-foot subdivision fence was installed along the east subdivision boundary adjacent to IL Route 59 to provide screening for residents.
Recently, the original 10-foot subdivision perimeter fence was removed and replaced with a new 10-foot privacy fence prior to receiving a fence permit.

Project Timeline
Northwest Fence, Inc., applied for a fence permit on behalf of the Tallgrass Homeowner's Association the first week of December 2024, which was subsequently rejected by the plan review team shortly after as the proposed 10-foot fence exceeded the 9-foot height limit. Following rejection of the permit, Nicole Abdallah, representing the Tallgrass Homeowner's Association, reached out to Transportation, Engineering and Development staff regardin...

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