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PAGE 10 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1979 vacation and Klontz arrived for the second hearing. Following the vote, Mrs. Cuda explained that the B-l blanket request was too broad. "Had the petition been more specific toward proposed uses, I would have considered it," she explained. Blake explained there were five homes between the den­ tist's office on Front street and the restaurant and the property in question is one of the five. "Our responsibility is to the residents first, the business second," he said, in reference to the blanket zoning. He also indicated he would have considered a more specific use for the property. Both decisions will be for­ warded to the City Council to be acted on at a later date. ZONING VOTES DIVIDED (Continued from page 1) the board because it was too broad. Klontz made another motion, recommending the property be rezoned to B-l, with a limited use for professional offices only, which the board members voting unanimously accepted. Another board member Anna Cuda did not participate in the hearing, because her work as a real estate agent involved the selling of the property in question. The first decision made by * the ZBA Friday was the con­ tinuation of a hearing recessed one week early. Board members had heard testimony asking that property at 409 Front street be rezoned B-l, from its present R-2. The petition asked that service stations and indoor theaters be excluded from the petition. A variation was requested to allow additional uses including motels, air conditioning sales and service/ auction rooms, clubs, laboratories, painting and decorating shops, printing shops, radio broadcasting station and undertaking establishments. Ms. Kauss.explained that B-l would be adequate zoning, because Route 31 is a major artery through the city, without any of the variations requested. Fouse was in agreement, adding the variations requested by the petitioner were not substantiated. Suzanne Kauss moved the board recommend the granting of the B-l zoning with no variations being granted and Spruth seconded the motion. Fouse voted in agreement, while Blake and Mrs. Cuda voted against the change. The board will report to the Council the 3-2 vote, although an affirmative recom­ mendation cannot be offered because of the lack of five "yes" votes. The board was hampered by the absence of Chairman Ron Wilkins and Bryce Klontz. Wilkins is reportedly on Pregnant, iNEEDHELP? CALL BIRTHRIGHT OfFICt OPEN FROM 9 To II AM AND FROM 7 To 9 P M MOM thru FRI 24 HOUR MIMf tIM SERVICE 815-385-2999 CRYSTAL LAKE OFFICER DEMS' SHERIFF CHOICE (Continued from page 1) * Nygren is currently assigned to the Crystal Lake depart­ ment's investigation unit and is pursuing his master's degree in law enforcement ad­ ministration. He has a BA degree from Northern Illinois university, with a con­ centration in criminology and has 240 hours of credit at the University of Illinois Police Training institute. COUNTY ZONING HEARING DRAWS CROWD OF 250 (Continued from page 1) or muck soils. Any concerned county citizen could recognize that Barrett considered all soils a tremendously valuable natural resource that was not here by any political force nor should be considered available to the highest bidder in the next twenty years. He is convinced that there is enough land for all purposes if only people don't insist on either a 'stick tight' or a 'grab it' policy. At the conclusion of this presentation, interested members of the audience who had previously indicated that they wanted a chance to question the witnesses were given that opportunity. Some clarification came of it although the chairperson did have to remind a few that their questions should be limited to the discussion at hand. During the break, citizens were encouraged to study the zoning maps on display although it was explained that some minor changes may have taken place since the maps were made. Individual clarification could be made at the conclusion of the meeting. ; People who were eligible to testify for their own personal reasons, or for a group, were sworn in. They included: D o n n a P e t e r s o n , representing the Horse Council of McHenry county, who reaffirmed Council backing for the proposal. Bob Prendergast, executive director of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce, who read the following position statement: "The board of directors of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce opposes adoption of the proposed comprehensive amendment to the McHenry county zoning ordinance in its present form. "We do not argue the necessity of a new zoning or­ dinance and appreciate the diligent efforts of the special zoning committee; however, without a completed McHenry County Land Use plan and completed McHenry County Zoning district maps as required in both the authorization and Article One, Title and Purpose, of the proposed amendment, we contend that the entire proposed comprehensive amendment to the McHenry county zoning ordinance is an incomplete document. "Consideration of the proposed amendment without its accompanying integral parts is unrealistic and un­ necessarily misleading." Hugh Kirk asked if a 40-acre piece of land was partly sub­ divided but a considerable part of it was used to produce corn, would the land be assessed at the higher rate? He was in­ formed that land should be assessed according to use. Robert Mosteler, now of the Lake County Regional Plan­ ning commission, but who four years ago worked for lVfe years on the second draft of the McHenry county proposal, expressed the opinion that the proposal was1 not only reasonable but that It also met the county motto: Zoned for your protection, not for just a special few--be they agriculturists or realtors but for the people of the county. Don Gerstad, developer, expressed the ideas that the soil classification was too general and would lead to discrimination. He felt that it might even lead to 'cheap land' for the farmer and challenged the board that if they could so readily define one area as agricultural, they could also set commercial, industrial and residential areas. Jim Green, attorney for the McHenry County Board of Realtors, had a number of witnesses sworn in and preceded to draw out their testimony. William Essex, president of the McHenry County Board of Realtors, informed the audience that he represented approximately 900 realtors whose dollar volume of business^ one of the largest in the courfty. They recognize that the present zoning ordinance needs Change. They are in favor of a good ordinance. They are willing to offer help in the form of consultants to the County board. State's Attorney Cowlin raised the question as to where the help had been while decisions were being made in the past. Robert Teska, professional urban planner with an im­ pressive number of articles published plus speaking engagements for colleges and interested groups, who is now working with Barrington Hills village, spent a considerable amount of time analyzing the proposal in light of his ex­ perience. Although he found a number of things that he liked about the proposal, he was quite interested in more ab­ solute definitions. Under Green's questioning, many details of the proposal were exposed. However, Cowlin's inquiries brought to light the fact that Teska had no time to make an indepth analysis of the problem. Green's next witness had so much material to present that it was suggested the hearing be halted--to be continued Tuesday, Feb. 13. Chairperson Girard informed those present that on Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. in the courthouse, the County board would meet. At that time the Special Zoning committee would make use of the information gained from the open meetings to date to suggest changes in the zoning proposal. McHENRY YOUTH AMONG NOMINEES FOR ACADEMY (Continued from page 1) nominations on grades, marks on standard examinations, sports, and other extra­ curricular leadership factors. In making the an­ nouncement, the congressman said, "These young people can be proud of this achievement. I want to extend my sincere congratulations on this ̂ fine accomplishment". 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Abe Lincoln's ONE DAY ONLY BIRTHDAY SALE FOR ONE DAY ONLY MONDAY, FEB. 12 We Will Add An ADDITIONAL 10% OFF On Our Sale. MONDAY ONLY - STORE HOURS 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABE! -- CATALOG OUTLET STORE • JEWEL CATALOG OUTLET STORE • JEWEL CATALOG OUTLET STORE - J MCHS Speech Team Wins High Honors West campus principal, Greg Johnson, congratulates second place conference champion speech team members, who proudly display their trophies. In front row, from left, are Derek Gilbert, Mary Higgins, Teri Landis, Debra Maris, Peter Bender and Mr. Johnson; top row, from left, Doug Maris, Jill Hutchinson and Steve Parisi. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD McHenry high school's Speech team captured second place sweepstakes trophy at the recent Fox Valley con­ ference speech team tour­ nament. Battling in the year's worst blizzard as well as all the other conference schools in s p e a k i n g c o m p e t i t i o n , McHenry's total team points won second place in con­ ference. Speech team members who took home first place trophies in individual events include Jill Hutchinson winning first place in Oratorical Declamation; Terry Landis, a sophomore at East, winning first place in Original Comedy; and Derek Gilbert, a junior at West, winning first place in Radio Speaking. Winners of second place trophies included Peter Ben- alternate candidate to the Naval academy, to be selected if the principal candidate is not accepted or chooses not to attend the academy. der, captain of the team and a senior at West, for his dramatic interpretation of "A Man For All Seasons" ; Sandy Fuller and Debra Maris, both seniors at West, for their dramatic duet acting. Doug Maris and Mary Higgins, both freshmen at East, captured third place trophy for their humorous duet acting of "Barefoot in the Park". Several fourth place cer­ tificates were also awarded McHenry's team. These were awarded to Jeannette May for Oratory; Steve Parisi and Lori Robertson in humorous duet acting; Eileen Ahern in prose reading: and Eileen Ahern and Tami Gunder in dramatic duet acting. Speech team coach. Gloria Burke, is a teacher at East campus. v McHenry's team will be traveling to a ^National Forensic league tournament in late January and preparing for IHSA district competion in February. Dairy Goat Seminar Rescheduled Feb. 7 The McHenry County Cooperative Extension service, as well as the interested McHenry and Lake County Goat Breeders, will sponsor a Dairy Goat seminar Wed­ nesday, Feb. 7, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Farm Bureau auditorium. The seminar is designed to inform 4"-H'ers and other in­ terested people about feeding, housing and management of dairy goats. Showing will also be discussed as well- as veterinary aspects, different b r e e d s a n d a r t i f i c i a l i n - semenation. 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