The Village Board of Trustees propose to amend the Village code. The changes include additional restrictions on fences (4A-2012), and changes to the definitions of “height/setback ratio plane.”
The SCPOC opposes changes incorporated in “4A” to for the following reasons:
1. The Village Board refuses to identify the resident who requested the fence restrictions. Therefore we cannot evaluate whether a conflict of interest exists with the Trustee’s or the Administration.
2. The fence restrictions in Bill 4A are an overreaction designed to cure one resident’s complaint with more restrictions on the entire village.
3. Bill 4A is a “Robin-Hood” scheme, where the law is designed to benefit one resident at the expense of another without compensation.
4. Property owners will not be compensated for loss of use of property and loss of privacy that fencing can provide.