By Press Times Staff HOWARD – A site plan to expand the BCS Supply building at 1510 Brookfield Ave. was approved Aug. 17 by the village’s Plan Commission. Community Development Director Dave Wiese said BCS Supply plans to expand the building with several options to add more than 50,000 square feet and a new product …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – After the village’s Plan Commission held three public hearings Monday, Oct. 28, the Howard village board gave final approval to two conditional use permits and a rezoning request. Board members unanimously approved a conditional use permit for Enterprise Rent-A-Car to locate a truck rental facility where the company …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The site of the former North Star Motel at 1111 N. Military Ave. is being purchased by New Freedom Church for $145,000. The Howard village board approved selling the 3.1 acres of village-owned land at its meeting Monday, Sept. 9. The board’s motion includes a provision the village …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Property along Riverview Drive used as a game farm where deer no longer are being raised received backing Monday, May 20, from the Plan Commission for a conditional use permit to raise birds. The village first received complaints about the birds last winter. Community Development Director Dave Wiese …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The village’s Plan Commission gave its unanimous support Monday, May 20, to revising the village code to allow residences as a conditional use in business districts zoned B-1 or B-2. Commission members held a public hearing on the issue after having discussed at their previous meetings the past …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The village’s Plan Commission has decided to hold a public hearing next month to consider revising the village code to allow homes damaged by more than 50 percent of their current local assessed value to be rebuilt in non-conforming districts. At their meeting April 15, commission members spent …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – A site plan to construct an 80,000-square-foot building for manufacturing and converting paper products at 1480 Brookfield Ave. in Howard was approved Monday, April 15, by the village’s Plan Commission. The plan conditions approved for Soar Manufacturing/KSR Holdings LLC include having additional masonry on the full front of …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The possibility of revising the village code to allow homes damaged by more than 50 percent of their current local assessed value to be rebuilt in non-conforming districts is under consideration by the Howard Plan Commission. Commission members agreed at their March meeting to table the issue for …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – A preliminary step to construct three 20-unit apartment buildings at the corner of Riverview Drive and Maywood Avenue was approved Monday, Jan. 28, by the village board. Board members backed a recommendation from the Plan Commission to approve a request from Keith Duquaine for a preliminary Planned Development …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The Howard Plan Commission recommended Monday, Jan. 21, that the village board establish new conditional use standards for mini-warehousing, also known as self-storage units. The proposed new standards for the I-3 Industrial Park Light Industry and the I-4 Industrial Park Heavy Industry zoning districts were developed after months …
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