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Champaign County Board Zoning Board of Appeals met Oct. 16

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 - none

5. Audience Participation with respect to matters other than cases pending before the Board**

6. Continued Public Hearings - none

7. New Public Hearings

*Case 177-S-25 Petitioner: Somer Township Solar 1 LLC, c/o New Leaf Energy LLC

Request: Authorize a Community PV Solar Farm with a total nameplate capacity of 4.99 megawatts (MW), including access roads and wiring, in the AG-2 Agriculture Zoning District, and including the following waivers of standard conditions:

Part A: A waiver for locating the PV Solar Farm less than one and one-half miles from an incorporated municipality with a zoning ordinance per Section 6.1.5 B.(2)a.(a).

Part B: A waiver for not entering into a Roadway Upgrade and Maintenance Agreement or waiver therefrom with the relevant local highway authority prior to consideration of the Special Use Permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals, per Section 6.1.5 G.(1).

Other waivers may be necessary.

Location: 27.68 acres lying north of East Ford Harris Road West of North Lincoln Avenue and east of the Canadian National Rail line with PIN 25-15-20-300-006, described as The South Third of that part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, situated in Somer Township in Champaign County, Illinois, lying East of the Center Line of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, now Canadian National Railroad, being tax parcel 25-15-20-300-006 containing 27.68 acres, commonly known as farmland owned by James M. Heimburger Trust.

Case 178-AT-25 Petitioner: Zoning Administrator

Request: Amend the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance as follows regarding a temporary moratorium on Carbon Sequestration Activity.

1. Amend Section 5.5 as follows:

This Safety Moratorium on CARBON SEQUESTRATION ACTIVITY will expire 12 six months, or 365 180 days, after its effective date.

5.5.2 Duration of this Moratorium

5.5.3 Activities Impacted by this Moratorium

A. Any CARBON SEQUESTRATION ACTIVITY, as defined in this moratorium, that is proposed after the effective date of this moratorium will not be approved by Champaign County until the expiration or revocation of this temporary moratorium.

B. Any CARBON SEQUESTRATION ACTIVITY that is pending, as of the effective date of this moratorium, will be held in abeyance until the 12 six month-long moratorium has expired or been revoked.

8. Staff Report

A. Email from Ted Hartke with IPCB presentation

9. Other Business

A. Review of Docket

10. Adjournment 

https://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/ZBA/2025/251016/251016_AGENDA.pdf