Lisle Watchdog

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Lisle Zoning Committee Fizzles Out




The Lisle Subdivision and Zoning Code Task Force was established in 2011 and held meetings for about 2 years and then  - *POOF*  - they were gone.

The Task Force appears to have disappeared before completing their assigned task of reviewing and making recommendations for revisions to the Village's Zoning and Subdivision Codes. There have been no meetings for the past 2 years. The Task Force did not even approve the minutes of their last meeting.

Records of the Committee were provided by the Village on Apirl 14, 2015 in response to a FOIA submitted on April 2.  About 500 pages of records were provided one day before a scheduled Public Hearing on a complete re-write of Title 5 Ch 14 Planned Unit Development section of the Village Zoning Code.  A notice for the code change public hearing was placed in the classified section of the Daily Herald 15 days in advance during Spring Break week. The public was caught off-guard.

These "Task Force" records were previously available on the Village website and were removed in Nov 2014.


The Subdivision and Zoning Task Force was scheduled to hold a "Community Workshop" to inform the public before bringing any changes to the Planning & Zoning Commission.

It never happened.






Nine Task Force Members were appointed by the Village Board:

  • Steve Bauer
  • Pat Caweizel
  • Carl Fiedler
  • Jim Kozoil
  • Charlie Rego (PZC Chairman)
  • Bret Richter
  • Tony Buzikowski (Staff)
  • Josh Potter (Staff)
  • John Wonais (Staff Intern) 





Post in progress. More to come...