LITH Continues Annexation Process for Asphalt Recycling Facility

The next step in Lake in the Hills’ efforts to annex the Krueger property — with hopes of building a proposed asphalt-shingle recycling plant on the land — is to set a public hearing.

At its Thursday meeting, the Lake in the Hills Village Board is expected to set a public hearing date regarding a 20-year annexation agreement for 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 10.

The 18.7-acre Krueger property is at 8813 S. Route 31, just north of Trinity Drive.

Southwind RAS of Bartlett has requested annexation into the village of Lake in the Hills. The company plans to operate an asphalt-shingle recycling plant on the land where used shingles would be ground into small particles and sold off for use in building new roadways.

As part of its annexation request, Southwind is seeking a zoning map amendment to make the parcel an M-1 zoning district, a conditional use permit to build the recycling plant and to allow outside storage of its vehicles, as well as exceptions to the zoning ordinance.

The company also seeks development-plan approval and a variance to the village’s “Airport Hazard Zoning Regulations” code, according to village documents.

Under the village’s draft agreement, Southwind would pay impact fees of 80 cents per ton of recycled material produced at the facility to the village. The fees would be paid on a quarterly basis, Community Development Director Dan Olsen said.

In earlier meetings with the Lake in the Hills Planning and Zoning Commission, attorneys for Southwind said about 10 trucks per day would drop off shingles at the recycling facility. The shingles would be salvaged from single-family homes, according to a.

The plant would operate from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Any asbestos found on the site would be quarantined and sent to a landfill, according to a . 

Cary's mayor and Cary residents have expressed concern over the proposed facility, fearing it would have a negative effect upon the village’s water supply.

Officials for Southwind have said that would not happen.