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Board approves special use and subdivision variance to split 15.5-acre Brookfield Township parcel into two lots

5789873 · August 15, 2025

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Summary

LaSalle County Board on Aug. 14 approved a special use to split a 15.5-acre Brookfield Township parcel into two roughly equal lots and granted a subdivision variance to treat a zero-frontage 7.745-acre tract as a legal lot.

The LaSalle County Board on Aug. 14 approved a special use (25-14) requested by property owners David Both and Alex Spicer to split a 15.5-acre parcel in Brookfield Township (2477 East 28 Fiftieth Road) into two lots of roughly 7.75 acres each. The east lot will have road frontage; the west lot will rely on an easement through the east lot for access. County staff said the petition received a unanimous recommendation from the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Following the special-use vote, the board considered a related resolution granting a variance from the LaSalle County Subdivision Ordinance so that a 7.745-plus/-acre tract with zero feet of public road frontage (the west lot) may be considered a legal tract. The village of Seneca indicated it had no objections to the request, and the County Development Committee recommended approval. The board approved the subdivision-variance resolution (motion by Mister Emmett, second by Mister Aubrey) by roll call.

County staff said the owners intend to build one house on each lot; no additional conditions or county funding were recorded in the minutes. The actions recorded were approval of the special use to allow lots under 35 acres and approval of the subdivision-variance resolution to consider the zero-frontage tract legal.