ePacket Agenda Item 6.3
- Legal Notice of Public Hearing & Public Hearing Dates
- Full Unified Development Ordinance Public Hearing Draft [321 pages]
1.1 TITLE
This Ordinance and the official Zoning District Maps, are known and may be cited and referred to
as the “McHenry County Unified Development Ordinance,” “Unified Development Ordinance” or “Ordinance.”
1.2 PURPOSE
Pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/5-12001 et seq., as amended, the purpose of the Unified Development
Ordinance is:
A. To promote the public health, safety, morals, and welfare.
B. To conserve the values of property throughout the County.
C. To lessen or avoid the congestion in the public streets and highways.
D. To lessen or avoid the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm or flood waters
E. To preserve and maintain the unique and irreplaceable natural resources within McHenry
County and the environmental benefits of open space, clean air, clean water (rivers, streams,
lakes, and wetlands), groundwater recharge, and wildlife preservation.
F. To direct the timely and orderly development of McHenry County.
G. To preserve and maintain the unique and irreplaceable historic resources of McHenry
County.
H. To implement the policies of the McHenry County 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
I. To implement the policies of the McHenry County Water Resources Action Plan.
J. To implement the policies of the McHenry County Green Infrastructure Plan.
K. To implement the policies of watershed plans that have been accepted or adopted by the
County Board.
Link to McHenry County UDO Website