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County Board approves front-setback variance for Rutland Township property at 629 Forest Road

5789873 · August 15, 2025
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Summary

LaSalle County Board approved a zoning variance reducing the front-yard setback from 70 feet to 27 feet to allow construction of a pole building at 629 Forest Road (Rutland Township). The zoning board had unanimously recommended approval.

The LaSalle County Board on Aug. 14 approved petition 25-03, a variance requested by property owner Sonya Lutz to reduce the front-yard setback on a property in Rutland Township (commonly known as 629 Forest Road) from 70 feet to 27 feet from the center line of Forest North 2820 Fifth Road to allow construction of a pole building.

LaSalle County Development staff read the Zoning Board of Appeals' recommendation; the ZBA had held a public hearing on July 16 and gave a unanimous recommendation in favor of the variance. County staff explained that the petitioner seeks to locate the pole building to the north of the home and needs the reduced setback to do so. The board moved to approve petition 25-03 (mover Mister Torres, second Mister Bailey) and the motion carried with no recorded dissenters in the meeting minutes.

The approval references LaSalle County zoning ordinance procedures and states the ordinance is effective upon passage and publication in pamphlet form. No conditions beyond those in the standard ordinance language were recorded in the minutes.