Planning & Zoning Board Presentation January 16, 2013 TECHNICAL REVIEW OVERVIEW Purpose of Tonight’s meeting… Outline issues with current Ordinance Present approaches for.
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Planning & Zoning
Board Presentation
January 16, 2013
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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
Outdoor sales and storage
Auto repair and sales
Pawn shops/cash-for-gold
Car wash
Personal wireless service facility
Child care
Pet day care
Drive-through facilities
Salvage yard
Landscape business
Spa/massage therapist
Outdoor dining
Tattoo parlor
Technical Review Memorandum: Dec. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
DISTRICT REVISIONS
→ Rename all commercial districts
Technical Review Memorandum: Dec. 2012
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. 2012
ACCESSORY USES & STRUCTURES
Address all accessory structures and uses…
Comprehensive set of controls
Size, location, height
→ Amateur (HAM) Radio Equipment (roofand 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
Technical Review Memorandum: Dec. 2012
→ 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
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
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. 2012
CLARIFY ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Site Plan Review (SPR)…
New process to review new development
Three key components:
→ What requires SPR?
Residential subdivison, townhouse, multi-family, nonresidential
→ 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. 2012
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
Technical Review Memorandum: Dec. 2012
THANK YOU!!
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?