Champaign County Board Zoning Board of Appeals met July 17
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call and Declaration of Quorum
3. Approval of Minutes – None
4. Correspondence
5. Audience Participation with respect to matters other than cases pending before the Board**
6. Continued Public Hearings
*Case 130-AT-24 Petitioner: Zoning Administrator
Request: Amend the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance to add “Battery Energy Storage System” as a new principal use under the category “Industrial Uses: Electric Power Generating Facilities” and indicate that a Battery Energy Storage System may be authorized by a Special Use Permit in the AG-1 Agriculture, AG2 Agriculture, B-1 Rural Trade Center, B-4 General Business, I-1 Light Industry and I-2 Heavy Industry Zoning Districts; add requirements and fees for “Battery Energy Storage Systems”; add any required definitions, and make certain other revisions to the Ordinance as detailed in the full legal description
7. New Public Hearings
*Case 167-AT-25 & 171-V-25 Petitioner: Ehler Bros. Co., PO Box 546, Thomasboro, with President/Director Kristofer Ehler, Secretary Sherri Bateman, Director Aaron Ehler, Treasurer Randi Justus and Shareholder holding more than 20% share David Ehler, represented by Dustin Ehler
Request: Case 167-AM-25
Amend the Zoning Map to change the zoning district designation from the AG-1 Agriculture District to the B-1 Rural Trade Center District in order to expand operations of a Farm Chemicals and Fertilizer Sales business including storage and mixing of blended fertilizer.
Case 171-V-25
Authorize a variance from Section 4.3.10 of the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance which requires compliance with the Champaign County Storm Water Management and Erosion Control Ordinance, which requires a Storm Water Drainage Plan and review for more than one acre of impervious area within a lot of 2 to 6.25 acres, for the property in related Zoning Case 167-AM-25.
Location: A 3 acre tract in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Fractional Section 19, Township 20N Range 11E of the Third Principal Meridian in Ogden Township with PIN 17-17-19-200-011, located immediately east of the existing Ehler Brothers facility with an address of 2475 E CR 2100 N, St. Joseph
8. Staff Report
9. Other Business
A. Review of Docket
10. Adjournment
https://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/ZBA/2025/250717/250717_AGENDA.pdf
