Planning & Zoning Board Presentation January 16, 2013

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec TECHNICAL REVIEW OVERVIEW Purpose of Tonight’s meeting… Outline issues with current Ordinance Present approaches for revisions Set drafting direction Hear your concerns

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec ORGANIZATION TECHNIQUES Consistent organization techniques… Compartmentalization Illustrations Matrices Consistent voice Full set of definitions: terms and uses The goal… User-friendly Easy to administer Logical locations for amendments

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec USE STRUCTURE Generic use approach… Specific use lists eliminated Greater flexibility to review and permit uses New uses (potentially) allowed without text amendment Rules… Use specifically listed is not part of generic use category Use interpreted as a generic use not allowed under another Definitions for every use

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec USE STRUCTURE Mitigating use impacts… Create use standards for certain uses Tailor uses (permitted and condition) to district form and function: ex. - office parks with commercial uses Specific attention paid to certain uses: Alcohol-related uses Auto repair and sales Car wash Child care Drive-through facilities Landscape business Outdoor dining Outdoor sales and storage Pawn shops/cash-for-gold Personal wireless service facility Pet day care Salvage yard Spa/massage therapist Tattoo parlor

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec USE STRUCTURE Address temporary uses… Comprehensive set of controls Address outdoor activity: sales, entertainment Address new uses: Farmer’s markets, farmstands Permissions on location, timeframe, impact management

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec DISTRICT REVISIONS Major district approaches… Eliminate FAR – sliding-scale side yard Add maximum impervious surface % to residential districts Design standards for higher intensity uses

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec DISTRICT REVISIONS Major district approaches… Revise commercial districts to reflect form and function →Create one set of bulk and yard regulations →Simplify transition yard requirements →Eliminate the C/B-2A Overlay District →Potentially eliminate the C/S-2 District →Create new districts for 6 Flags and Gurnee Mills →Simplify special use approval in C/S-3, C/B-2-EGG →Rename all commercial districts

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec DISTRICT REVISIONS →Rename all commercial districts

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS Clarify all measurement methodologies… Standards and diagrams for all measurements: building height, grade, lot width, etc. Rules for all lots… Standards of general applicability: corner visibility, etc.

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec ACCESSORY USES & STRUCTURES Address all accessory structures and uses… Comprehensive set of controls Size, location, height →Amateur (HAM) Radio Equipment (roof- and ground-mounted) →Arbor →Boathouse →Carports →Coldframes & Hoop Houses →Compost Piles →Decks →Dog Houses/Dog Runs →Exterior Lighting →Fences →Garages →Gazebos →Home Occupations →Mechanical Equipment →Ornamental Lighting, Lamp Posts, & Lawn Furniture & Decorations →Outdoor Sales →Outdoor Storage and Display, including seasonal displays (when accessory to commercial and industrial uses) →Outdoor Fireplaces →Parking Pads →Pergola →Personal Recreational Game Courts →Playground & Recreational Equipment →Refuse and Recycling Containers →Retaining Walls →Satellite Dish Antennas →Sheds & Greenhouses →Solar Panels →Swimming Pools/Hot Tubs →Trellis →Vehicle Charging Stations →Water Features & Man-Made Ponds →Wind Turbines

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec ACCESSORY USES & STRUCTURES Address all accessory structures and uses… Select updates to existing standards Permissions by land use category (residential, commercial, etc.) Distinguish “accessory” versus “ancillary” Select “sustainable” accessory uses/structures: chicken coops, apiaries, rain barrels, etc.

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec PERMITTED ENCROACHMENTS Regulate attached accessory structures and architectural features… Table of permitted encroachments into required yards Allows for architectural flexibility Encourages good design

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec OFF-STREET PARKING Parking lot and structure design standards… Location of off-street spaces, including remote lots and valet parking Parking lot design (curbing, marking, etc.) and minimum parking space dimension Permissions for compact parking spaces Required number of off-street spaces per use Required stacking spaces for drive-through facilities, including design Required bike parking for larger uses Location and design of off-street loading

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec OFF-STREET PARKING Shared Parking Allow by-right Clear calculation Reductions based on actual usage of site Creates flexibilities for multi-tenant sites

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec SITE LANDSCAPE Landscape requirements… Design/sustainability Parking lot interior and perimeter Buffer yards On-lot landscape Screening Review of Woodland Ord. Need to balance… Existing site conditions Reasonable requirements Maximization of landscape benefits

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec UPDATE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT Streamline the PUD process… Final PUD plat approval: eliminate Village Board review Clear timeframes for each step Concept plan rarely used – eliminate →Create new pre-application process with zoning staff for all applications →If retained, simpler application requirements and eliminate public hearing Update standards for approval

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec UPDATE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT Define the PUD process… Define public benefits and amenities Remove special setback standards Create thresholds and process for administrative, minor and major changes

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec CLARIFY ADMINISTRATION Reorganize administrative provisions… Three sections: →Ordinance administrators →Application procedures →Zoning application process Parallel structure: →Purpose →Applicability →Authority →Procedure and timelines →Findings/approval standards

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec CLARIFY ADMINISTRATION Additional procedures… Completeness review for submitted applications Optional pre-application review with the Zoning Administrator Clear approval standards for all applications

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec CLARIFY ADMINISTRATION Variations… Remove limitations on variation applications Create an administrative variation process, approved by Zoning Administrator with special notice provisions →Lot width →Setbacks: 10% or 2 feet →10% of off-street parking →Bike parking requirements Special Uses… Define types and process of administrative, minor and major changes to approved special uses

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec CLARIFY ADMINISTRATION Administrative Site Plan Review (SPR)… New process to review new development Three key components: →What requires SPR? Residential subdivison, townhouse, multi-family, non- residential →What are the standards for review? Site design, landscape and screening, circulation and parking, drainage →Who conducts the review? Site Plan Review Committee comprised of key staff; link to other zoning approvals

Technical Review Memorandum: Dec ORDINANCE ORGANIZATION Article 1: Title, Purpose and Intent Article 2: Definitions Article 3: Zoning Districts Article 4: Residential Districts Article 5: Commercial Districts Article 6: Industrial Districts Article 7: Special Purpose and Overlay Districts Article 8: Uses Article 9: Planned Unit Development Article 10: Site Development Standards Article 11: Off-Street Parking and Loading Article 12: Landscape Article 13: Ordinance Administrators Article 14: Zoning Application Procedures Article 15: Zoning Application Approval Processes Article 16: Nonconformities Article 17: Enforcement

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