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The Lake County Plan Commission met on October 23, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. UTC) to address agenda adjustments, approve routine items, deliberate on land-use applications, and discuss enforcement and regulatory updates. Key actions included approvals for two subdivisions, a special exception recommendation for a battery energy storage facility, and tabling a data center ordinance amendment for further review.
You good? All right. Good evening, everyone. I would like to call this uh plan commission meeting to order. Um if we can all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, please. Pledge of the United States of America. And individual delivery adjustments for all. The following is the emergency exit announcement. In case of an emergency, exit the commissioner's courtroom, proceed to the stairs, go to the second floor and exit the building. Do not enter an elevator in an emergency. You require assistance, a plan commission employee will escort or assist you. Please silence any cell phones during this meeting. If you receive a call during this meeting, please excuse yourself with as little disruption as possible to these proceedings. All right, thank you. Uh uh roll call. Randy Neymar. Rebecca Coates? Here. Christina Miller. Jim Metro. Ken Husman. Here. Paul Panzay. Here. Frank Calmarius. Here. Bill Anderson. Here we have a quorum. Uh communications. Under communications, I got some adjustments to this evening's agenda. Uh under new business, items number three, four, five, six, seven, and eight, are all gonna be deferred naturally because it wasn't advertised properly. I'll read those petitions so if anybody's here, you'll hear which petitions are not going to be heard because they weren't advertised properly. Uh item number three twenty six W-11, Andy James' owner petitioner, Clark Street Ridge is a subdivision, located in the southeast quarter of the intersection of U.S. I'm sorry, intersection of West 141st Avenue and Clark Street, aka 14105 Clark Street in Center Township. This is request for a waiver from the unincorporated county unified unified development ordinance, article 12, subdivision design and improvements, chapter 40 lots, Section A. General 4. Lots may not exceed a depth width ratio of 3.5 to 1. The purpose was to allow lots with an excessive lot depth width ratio greater than 3.5 to 1. Item number 4, same petitioner, same property. This is a request also for a waiver from title 154 of the unincorporated unified development ordinance. Article 12, subdivision design and improvements. Chapter 40, lots, section B. Access to subdivisions.