ZONING-26-000007 – ORDINANCE – NGHC, Inc.: The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended to deny the following zoning relief: 1. Conditional Use for a Planned Development for three (3) uses on the subject property: a Group Home, a greenhouse with accessory retail/wholesale crop sales on the subject property, and an Accessory Dwelling Unit. 2. Variation to increase the total area of permitted detached accessory buildings from 1,241 sq. ft to approximately 6,989 sq. ft. (3,850 sq. ft. ADU, 2,880 sq. ft. greenhouse, and 259 sq. ft. existing shed). 3. Variation to exceed the maximum permissible area for detached accessory buildings in the R-3 Single Family Residential District from 2,600 sq. ft. to approximately 6,989 sq. ft. 4. Variation to allow the total area of detached accessory buildings (proposed accessory dwelling unit, proposed greenhouse, and existing shed) to be larger than the principal building (existing house is 4,745 sq. ft.). 5. Variation to allow an Accessory Dwelling Unit to be more than 1,000 sq. ft. in size (approximately 3,850 sq. ft.). 6. Variation to allow an Accessory Dwelling Unit to be located in a new detached accessory building. 7. Variation to increase the maximum number of permitted occupants on the property—from five (5) occupants to 12 occupants total—allocated as eight (8) occupants in the existing principal single-family /proposed group home and 4 occupants in the accessory dwelling unit. 8. Variation to allow neither the legal or beneficial owner to be an occupant on the property with an ADU. 9. Variation to allow the exterior of the converted dwelling to not retain the appearance of an existing accessory building containing the accessory dwelling unit. 10. Variation to increase the height of a detached accessory building from permitted 24 feet to approximately 28 for the proposed greenhouse and 36 for the proposed accessory dwelling unit. (Lisle/District 5) (Generally located southwest of Naper Boulevard and Plank Road, on the south side of Plank Road) ZBA VOTE (to Deny): 5 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent

Committee

Zoning Board of Appeals

Requested by

Building and Zoning

Introduced

May 13, 2026

On agenda

May 19, 2026

Where it was heard

Development Committee May 19, 2026 Deferred Pass