Rockford Sun

City of Rockford Zoning Board of Appeals met Feb. 15.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

The Mayor has determined that an in-person meeting is not practical or prudent because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the board will not be physically present but want to hear all comments on each item, the following procedure will be in place:

Interested Parties for ZBA:

∙ Written public comments can be submitted through 5:00 pm, February 15, 2022.

o Please submit written comments via email to Leisha.Kury@rockfordil.gov.

o Comments can also be hand delivered to City Hall at the Permit Center located on the first floor at 425 East State Street. Envelopes must be addressed to Scott Capovilla, Planning & Zoning Manager, Dept. of Community & Economic Development.

∙ Meeting will be live streamed via this link:

https://rockfordil.webex.com/rockfordil/j.php?MTID=med95136e831c24127c96c3d0c97 5aae9

ZBA 060-21 2308 20th Avenue

Applicant Gidion Solanki

Ward 11 Special Use Permit for outdoor storage of a shipping container in an I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District

Laid over from January

ZBA 001-22 5924, 5926, 5942, 5944, and 5972 Apawamis Was and 910 North Mulford Road

Applicant Attorney Mario Tarara for Joseph Fanara

Ward 1 Zoning Map Amendment from C-1, Limited Office Zoning District to R-2, Two-family Residential Zoning District

ZBA 002-22 412 North Church Street

Applicant Jennifer Smith for Emmanuel Episcopal Church Ward 3 Variation to allow two (2) dumpsters in the front yard along North Court Street, a Variation to allow a dumpster enclosure six (6) feet in height in the front yard along North Court Street, and a Variation to allow a shed in the front yard along North Court Street in a C-1, Limited Office Zoning District

ZBA 003-22 3303 North Main Street

Applicant Attorney Sherry Harlan for Stephen Beers

Ward 12 Special Use Permit for residential self-storage buildings; and a Variation to reduce the required side yard setback from six (6) feet to zero (0) feet, a Variation to eliminate the four (4) foot open green space along the north and south sides of the property and a Variation to allow two freestanding monument signs on one lot in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District

ZBA 004-22 5075 28th Avenue

Applicant Richard Webster for Home City Ice

Ward 14 Variation to eliminate the four (4) foot open green space along the west side of the property, a Variation to eliminate interior landscape island and foundation landscaping as shown on submitted landscape plan, a Variation to reduce the required 11 shade trees to four (4) shade trees and a Variation to eliminate the required frontage landscape units in an I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District

Applicant Attorney Marvin Keys for 2018DT Sandy Hollow, LLC Ward 6 Special Use Permit for an indoor residential self-storage facility in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District

ZBA 005-22 1321 Sandy Hollow Road

Applicant Attorney Marvin Keys for 2018DT Sandy Hollow, LLC

Ward 6 Special Use Permit for an indoor residential self-storage facility in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District

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