Plan Commission

 

	A community opinion survey in 1996. 1996 Opinion Survey Summary (on-line) 1996 Opinion Survey Statistics (avail from Village office)
	An ad-hoc committee study on the Future of Tower Lakes in 1997-99.
	A series of hearings to develop recommendations on new parking restrictions in 1994 & 1999/2000. A good summary of this issue appears on pg 12 of the Feb 3, 2000 Barrington Courier-Review.
	A complete update of the 1977 Village Comprehensive Plan, in 2000-2002, incorporating the above survey and study results. Follow this link to the 2002 update of Tower Lakes Comprehensive Plan.
	Regulations pertaining to tear-downs and building height restrictions. A public hearing on the proposal was held Sept 9, 2004 at 7:30 at the Lake Barrington Village Hall.
	A modification to our zoning ordinances to regulate cell towers. The Plan Commission conducted a Town Meeting and a formal Public Hearing on the matter in Sept 2004, leading to an ordinance with new restrictions.
	A modification to our zoning ordinances to clarify and simplify the setback requirements.
	The Sept 9, 2004 regular Plan Commission meeting was replaced by the Public Hearing on the proposal pertaining to tear-downs in Tower Lakes and zoning ordinances to regulate cell towers.
	The Plan Commission held a Public Hearing on a proposed Nonconforming Use Ordinance on March 17, 2005.
	Plan commissioners Greg Valicka and Randy Spiess resigned in June 2005, leaving two vacancies. Village President Kuskowski appointed commissioner Jeff Dehnert to succeed Greg Valicka as Chairman of the Plan Commission.
	President Kuskowski appointed two residents in September 2005 to fill vacancies on the Village Plan Commission. The new Commissioners were Dan Spies and Bob Brown.
	In 2008, the Village Code was revised to incorporate zoning changes recommended by the Plan Commission as a result of several years of study. New and revised regulations and definitions concerning setbacks and maximum lot coverage ratios have been adopted as well as tightened guidance on acceptable conditions for variances.
	A 2008 Village Survey to be used as input to an update of the Comprehensive Plan.
	Dan Spies & Tom Kubala resigned in June/ July 2009.
	President Leitner appointed Jacqueline Skurla as a new Plan Commission member and she was sworn in in September 2009.
	In 2009, after careful study and recommendation by the Plan Commission, the Village Zoning Ordinances were revised to incorporate impervious surface limits on lots in the Village aimed at reducing storm water runoff issues, including the affect on lake water quality.
	In 2008-10 a project to completely rewrite the 2002 Tower Lakes Comprehensive Plan, based on input from the 2008 Village Survey and a series of Focus groups.
	President Leitner appointed Kathy Patengale as a new Plan Commission member and she was sworn in in May 2010. Dan Spies was reappointed to the Plan Commission in Sept 2010.
	2010 Update of Tower Lakes Comprehensive Plan which was adopted Oct 18, 2010.

Next Plan Commission Meeting Agenda is posted at the Village Hall door at least 48 hrs before every meeting:

2011: Communications Recommendations