WOODSTOCK – County government and its zoning board are holding four meetings to give its proposed unified development ordinance a top-to-bottom review.

The McHenry County Board Planning and Development Committee and the Zoning Board of Appeals will meet jointly starting next week to review the ordinance. The meetings, from 1 to 5 p.m., are scheduled for Wednesday and Sept. 20, 26 and 27 at the county Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The County Board agreed in late 2010 to pay Chicago-based Camiros Ltd. up to $248,000 to help draft the ordinance over about two years. The ordinance updates and combines all of the county’s development-related ordinances – for instance covering zoning, signs and subdivisions – into one to make the rules easier to follow and enforce. The ordinance applies only to unincorporated areas and does not supersede municipal planning and zoning regulations.