MERCER COUNTY, IL

  Mercer County ZONING / NUISANCE:
  Mercer County Zoning
  100 SE 3rd St Aledo, IL 61231

Any Wells, Septic, or Sewer  would need to contact the Mercer County Health Department
309/582-3759  website: https://www.mchdil.com

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Chairman: Brandon Schurr
Dan Breitenstein
Shawn Butler
Melissa Hodges
Richard “ Dick” Nash

Enforcement Officer - Matt Lower
Email:  zoning@mercercountyil.org 
Cell phone:  309-525-3799
This office is part time, please allow up to 48 hours Monday-Friday for response time for calls and email. Thank You

MERCER COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE 

Certificates of Occupancy: see pages 69-70 in the Zoning Ordinance listed above:
fees are $1 for each $1,000 of said valuation of structure.

ZONING ORDINANCE FOR: SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES

All applications can be emailed, but the fee's will have to be mailed to:
Mercer County Zoning 100 SE 3rd St. Aledo, IL 61231.
Once zoning receives payment we will mail out the permits. Thanks

MERCER COUNTY SOIL AND WATER 
308 SE 8TH AVE ALEDO, IL 61231
309/582-5153 Ext 3 (Jessica Grissom)

BUILDING PERMITS 

• $25.00 Application Fee
• $5.00 per $1,000.00 cost of improvements
• $25.00 per foot for towers / turbines
• PLEASE INCLUDE WITH APPLICATION: The dimensions of the lot or tract of land, the exact location of all proposed buildings and
  structures, and such other information as may be required by the Zoning Officer are shown on the
  drawing marked “A”, on the reverse side of this form, and made a part of this application.
  Proposed buildings, structures, signs, changes in use or other improvements, are as follows: 

ZONING CHANGES APPLICATION
* $200.00 Application Fee
* Survey required
* Soil and Water need notified if rezoning from AG to anything else
* Notice published in Times Recorded newspaper least 15 days before Zoning meeting but not more than 30 days: Must be emailed as a  WORD document to Aledo Times Record, (Penny Doyle): legals@aledotimesrecord.com DEADLINE: Noon on Thursday before publish date the following Wednesday. Must be paid by property owner prior to publishing, ask for copy of certification.
* Letters to be sent to be sent to adjoining landowners (by zoning officer)
*Goes before Zoning board (the meetings are held 4th Thursday of the month).
* Goes before Mercer County Board (meeting held 1st Tuesday of the next month).

CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION
* $200.00 1st time Application Fee, $150 Annual renewal (if permit lapses, entire process begins again)
* Survey required
* Soil and Water need notified if rezoning from AG to anything else
* Notice published in Times Recorded newspaper least 15 days before Zoning meeting but not more than 30 days: Must be emailed as a  WORD document to Aledo Times Record, (Penny Doyle): legals@aledotimesrecord.com DEADLINE: Noon on Thursday before publish date the following Wednesday. Must be paid by property owner prior to publishing, ask for copy of certification.
* Letters to be sent to be sent to adjoining landowners (by zoning officer)
*Goes before Zoning board (the meetings are held 4th Thursday of the month).
* Goes before Mercer County Board (meeting held 1st Tuesday of the next month).

VARIANCE APPLICATION 
* $125.00 Application Fee
* NO Survey required
* NO Soil and Water need notified
* Notice published in Times Recorded newspaper least 15 days before Zoning meeting but not more than 30 days: Must be emailed as a  WORD document to Aledo Times Record, (Penny Doyle): legals@aledotimesrecord.com DEADLINE: Noon on Thursday before publish date the following Wednesday. Must be paid by property owner prior to publishing, ask for copy of certification.
* Letters to be sent to be sent to adjoining landowners (by zoning officer)
*Goes before Zoning board (the meetings are held 4th Thursday of the month).
* Goes before Mercer County Board (meeting held 1st Tuesday of the next month).

NUISANCE/COMPLAINT FORM

If you need to locate parcel #, site address, legal descriptions you can search our property tax website
Property Tax Records searched at merceril.devnetwedge.com