Planning Commission Meeting

Town of Cortland Planning Commission Meeting Town Hall, 59 S. Somonauk Road Cortland, IL 60112 March 05, 2026 at 7:00 PM AGENDA CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SWEARING IN OF NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF AGENDA PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve Planning Commission Minutes of February 5, 2026 PUBLIC HEARING 2. Apex Clean Energy, LLC, as applicant, has filed with the Town of Cortland a request for a Special Use Permit in accordance with Title 9, Chapter 10, Section 6B of the Cortland Town Code regarding a property located at Somonauk Road, DeKalb County, Illinois. The 116.9-acre site is located on the east side of Somonauk Road, generally bounded by East Meadow Lane on the north and East North Avenue on the south and comprised of PIN 09-20-401-006 and PIN 09-20-426-002. The applicant is requesting a Special Use Permit on the subject property to, upon annexation, construct, operate, and maintain a Solar Farm as set forth in Title 9, Chapter 4, Section 34 of the Cortland Town Code. PUBLIC HEARING 3. Raymond Soto of SOTOMAYN LLC, as applicant, has filed a request for text amendment in accordance with Title 9, Chapter 9, Section 2B of the Cortland Town Code. The proposed amendment consists of modifying Title 9, Chapter 2, Section 2 to define “Outdoor Storage, Commercial”. The proposed amendment also includes the addition of “Outdoor Storage, Commercial” as a permitted use in C-2 General Commercial zoning as indicated in Section 9-3-7 Permitted Uses by District. STAFF REPORTS REPORT OF THE CHAIR UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION NEW BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ADJOURNMENT