HomeMy WebLinkAboutG23-94 Ordinance No. G23-94
Revised
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ENTITLED "ZONING" OF THE
ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED
WHEREAS, written application has been made to amend the
provisions of the zoning ordinance relating to antennas; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Commission held a
public hearing concerning the proposed amendment after due
notice in the manner provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Commission has
submitted its written findings and recommendation that the
requested amendment be granted; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Elgin, Illinois,
concurs in the findings and recommendations of the Planning
and Development Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1 . That Title 19, entitled "Zoning" of the Elgin
Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further
amended by adding the following to the list of permitted uses :
"Commercial antennas and antenna structures as mounted on
existing structures" (SR) .
TO: 19 .20 . 630, A. , 14 . RENUMBER: 14-20 as 15-21
TO: 19 . 25 . 730, A. , 13 . RENUMBER: 13-21 as 14-22
TO: 19 . 30 . 130, A. , 9 . RENUMBER: 9-19 as 10-20
TO: 19 . 35 . 230, A. , 55 . RENUMBER: 55-72 as 56-73
TO: 19 . 35 . 330, A. , 79 . RENUMBER: 79-97 as 80-98
TO: 19 . 35 .430, A. , 101 . RENUMBER: 101-123 as 102-124
TO: 19 . 35 .530, A. , 84 . RENUMBER: 84-104 as 85-105
TO: 19 . 35 . 730, A. , 91 . RENUMBER: 91-112 as 92-113
TO: 19 .40 .530, A. , 141 . RENUMBER: 141-169 as 142-170
Section 2 . That Title 19, entitled Zoning" of the Elgin
Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further
amended by adding the following to the list of permitted uses:
"Commercial antennas and antenna structures mounted on
existing structures" (SR) .
"Commercial antenna tower" (SR)
TO: 19 .40 . 130, A. , 53 . RENUMBER: 53-74 as 55-76
19 .40 . 130, A. , 54 .
TO: 19 . 40 . 330, A. , 102 . RENUMBER: 102-130 as 104-132
19 . 40 . 330, A. , 103 .
Section 3 . That Title 19, entitled Zoning" of the Elgin
Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further
amended by adding the following to the list of conditional
uses :
"Conditional commercial antennas and antenna structures
mounted on existing structures" (SR) .
"Conditional commercial antenna tower" (SR)
TO: 19 . 20 . 130, B. , 3 . RENUMBER: 3-9 as 5-11
19 . 20 . 130, B. , 4 .
TO: 19 .20 . 330, B. , 3 . RENUMBER: 3-9 as 5-11
19 .20 . 330, B. , 4 .
TO: 19 .20 . 630, B. , 3 . RENUMBER: 3-9 as 5-11
19 .20 . 630, B. , 4 .
TO: 19 . 25 . 130, B. , 3 . RENUMBER: 3-9 as 5-11
19 . 25 . 130, B. , 4 .
TO: 19 . 25 . 330, B. , 3 . RENUMBER: 3-9 as 5-11
19 .25 . 330, B. , 4 .
TO: 19 .25 .530, B. , 3 . RENUMBER: 3-9 as 5-11
19 . 25 .530, B. , 4 .
TO: 19 . 25 . 730, B. , 5 . RENUMBER: 5-13 as 7-15
19 . 25 . 730, B. , 6 .
TO: 19 . 30 . 130, B. , 21 . RENUMBER: 22-41 as 23-42
19 . 30 . 130, B. , 22 . see delete section below
TO: 19 . 35 .230, B. , 14 . RENUMBER: 14-21 as 16-23
19 . 35 . 230, B. , 15 .
TO: 19 . 35 . 330, B. , 14 . RENUMBER: 14-21 as 16-24
19 . 35 . 330, B. , 15 .
TO: 19 . 35 . 430, B. , 37 . RENUMBER: 37-52 as 39-54
19 . 35 .430, B. , 38 .
TO: 19 . 35 .530, B. , 23 . RENUMBER: 23-38 as 25-40
19 . 35 .530, B. , 24 .
eift TO: 19 . 35 . 730, B. , 41 . RENUMBER: 41-55 as 43-57
19 . 35 . 730, B. , 42 .
TO: 19 .40 . 130, B. , 11 . RENUMBER: 12-24 as 13-25
19 .40 . 130, B. , 12 . see delete section below
TO: 19 . 40 . 330, B. , 24 . RENUMBER: 25-39 as 26-40
19 . 40 . 330, B. , 25 . see delete section below
TO: 19 . 40 . 530, B. , 39 . RENUMBER: 40-56 as 41-56
19 . 40 .530, B. , 40. see delete section below
Section 4 . That Title 19, entitled Zoning" of the Elgin
Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further
amended by deleting the following from the list of conditional
uses :
"Commercial towers and antennas" (SR) .
FROM: 19 . 30 . 130, B. , 21 . RENUMBER: see add section above
Section 5 . That Title 19, entitled Zoning" of the Elgin
Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further
amended by deleting the following from the list of conditional
uses :
emik DELETE: "Commercial antennas and antenna structures" (SR) .
FROM: 19 . 40 . 130, B. , 11. RENUMBER: see add section above
FROM: 19 . 40 . 330, B. , 24 . RENUMBER: see add section above
FROM: 19 . 40 .530, B. , 39 . RENUMBER: see add section above
Section 6 . That Chapter 19 . 90, entitled "Supplementary
Regulation" of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976 , as amended, be
and is hereby further amended by adding the following:
19 . 90 . 073 Commercial Antennas .
"Commercial Antennas" shall mean any "antenna" (SR) or
"antenna structure" (SR) , which is not used exclusively for
broadcast radio and television reception, which is not an
"amateur radio antenna" (SR) or antenna structure, which is
not a citizen band radio antenna or antenna structure, and
which is not a "microcellular commercial antenna" (SR) .
19 . 90 . 075 Antennas and Antenna Structures Mounted on Existing
Structures, Commercial .
"Commercial Antennas and Antenna Structures mounted on
Existing Structures" shall mean any "commercial antenna" (SR)
or commercial "antenna structure" (SR) , which is not a
eft. "commercial antenna tower" (SR) , and which is located on an
existing structure.
Any type, size, or number of commercial antennas or
antenna structures, except a "commercial antenna tower" (SR) ,
may be mounted on any existing structure provided that each
antenna and antenna structure is located a minimum of 60
linear feet above the average grade at the foundation of such
existing structure. Accessory equipment shall be either roof
mounted or located within an "enclosed building" (SR) .
Where the commercial antenna or antenna structure is
located a minimum of 24 linear feet, but less than 60 linear
feet above the average grade at the foundation of such
existing structure, the commercial antenna or antenna
structure shall be subject to the following supplementary
regulations :
A. Size. The maximum dimension of the commercial
antenna, whether height, length, width, or diameter shall not
exceed 15 linear feet. The maximum height of the antenna
structure shall not exceed 20 linear feet.
B. Number. There shall be a maximum of one array or
system of commercial antennas or antenna structures for each
existing structure.
C. Location. Commercial antennas and antenna structures
located on the face of an existing structure shall not project
more than two linear feet from the vertical plane of the face
of such structure, as measured perpendicular to such vertical
plane. No commercial antenna or antenna structure located on
the face of a structure shall cover or interupt any major
architectural feature, such as doors, windows, or decorative
architectural elements, nor extend above the highest point of
the structure face on which it is located.
Accessory equipment shall be either roof mounted or
located within an enclosed building.
Where the commercial antenna or antenna structure is
located less than 24 linear feet above the average grade at
the foundation of such existing structure, the commercial
antenna or antenna structure shall be subject to the following
supplementary regulations :
A. Size. The maximum dimension of the commercial
antenna and antenna structure, whether height, length, width,
or diameter shall not exceed two linear feet.
em. B. Number. There shall be a maximum of one array of
commercial antennas or antenna structures for each existing
structure.
C. Location. Commercial antennas and antenna structures
located on the face of an existing structure shall not project
more than two linear feet from the vertical plane of the face
of such structure, as measured perpendicular to such vertical
plane. No commercial antenna or antenna structure located on
the face of a structure shall cover or interupt any major
architectural feature, such as doors, windows, or decorative
architectural elements, nor extend above the highest point of
the structure face on which it is located.
Accessory equipment shall be located within an enclosed
building.
19 . 90 . 077 Antennas and Antenna Structures Mounted on Existing
Structures, Conditional Commercial .
"Conditional Commercial Antennas and Antenna Structures
Mounted on Existing Structures" shall mean any type of
"commercial antenna and antenna structure mounted on existing
structures" (SR) , which does not conform to all of the
provisions of Section 19 . 90 . 075 Commercial Antennas and
Antenna Structures Mounted on Existing Structures or any other
of the provisions of this title. Conditional commercial
antennas and antenna structures mounted on existing structures
shall be considered a "conditional use" (SR) and shall be
subject to the provisions of Chapter 19 . 65, Conditional Uses .
19 . 90 . 102 Antenna Tower, Commercial .
"Commercial Antenna Tower" (SR) shall mean a "commercial
antenna" (SR) or commercial "antenna structure" (SR) mounted
on any type of structure which exceeds 20 linear feet in
combined height, where the sole purpose of such structure is
to increase the height of the commercial antenna or antenna
structure. Commercial antenna towers shall be subject to the
following supplementary regulations :
Any type, size, or number of commercial antennas or
antenna structures may be located on a commercial antenna
tower. Any type, size, or number of commercial antenna towers
may be located on a "zoning lot" .
Commercial antenna towers shall be located a minimum
distance in an amount equal to the height of the commercial
antenna tower from any residence conservation district, any
residence district, any community facility district, any
business district, or the CI Commercial Industrial District.
No commercial antenna tower shall be located within a
transition landscape yard.
All accessory equipment shall be located within an
enclosed building or where such equipment is located on the
ground shall be screened on all sides, as may be approved by
the Development Administrator.
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19 . 90 . 103 Antenna Tower, Conditional Commercial
"Conditional Commercial Antenna Tower" shall mean any
type of "commercial antenna tower" (SR) which does not conform
to all of the provisions of Section 19 . 90 . 102 Commercial
Antenna Tower or any other provision of this title.
Conditional commercial antenna towers shall be considered a
"conditional use" (SR) and shall be subject to the provisions
of Chapter 19 .65, Conditional Uses .
19 . 90 . 074 Antennas, Microcellular Commercial .
"Microcellular Commercial Antennas" shall mean an
"antenna" (SR) or "antenna structure" (SR) utilized
exclusively for telephone communications systems .
Microcellular commercial antennas and antenna structures shall
be considered "treatment, transmission, and distribution
facilities : poles, wires, cables, conduits, laterals, vaults,
pipes, mains, and valves" (SR) , subject to the following
supplementary regulations :
A. Mounted on Existing Structures. Where a microcellular
commercial antenna or antenna structure is located on an
existing structure, the maximum dimension of the antenna
eft structure, whether height, length, width, or diameter shall
not exceed two linear feet. No microcellular commercial
antenna or antenna structure located on the face of a
structure shall cover or interupt any major architectural
feature, such as doors, windows, or decorative architectural
elements . Accessory equipment shall be either roof mounted or
located within an enclosed building.
B. Mounted on Poles . Where the microcellular commercial
antenna or antenna structure is pole mounted the maximum
height of the antenna, the antenna structure, and the pole
shall nct exceed 30 linear feet above the average grade at the
foundation of such pole. Accessory equipment shall be located
within enclosed cabinets .
19 . 90 . 095 Antenna, Satellite Dish.
"Satellite Dish Antenna" shall mean the disc type of
"antenna structure" [SR] . Satellite dish antennas shall be
subject to the following supplementary regulations :
A. Size and Number. The maximum dimension of a satellite
dish antenna, whether height, length, width, or diameter,
shall not exceed 12 linear feet. In the residence
conservation districts and the residence districts, a maximum
of one satellite dish antenna shall be allowed for each
rft "principal building" [SR] on a "zoning lot" [SR] . In all
other standard zoning districts, a maximum of two satellite
dish antennas shall be allowed for each "principal building"
[SR] on a "zoning lot, unless the antenna complies with all of
the provisions of Section 19 . 90.075 Commercial Antennas and
Antenna Structures Mounted on Existing Structures or Section
19.90. 102 Commercial Antenna Towers.
B. Location - Building Mounted. Satellite dish antennas
mounted on a building shall be located on the roof, and the
"antenna structure" [SR] shall not extend above the highest
point of a hip, gable, or mansard roof. No antenna structure
shall be mounted on that portion of a sloping roof which is
visible from an adjoining public right of way. An antenna
structure mounted on a flat roof shall be located at that
point which is the farthest distance from an adjoining public
right of way. No satellite dish antenna structure shall be
mounted to any other type of "structure" [SR] , unless the
antenna complies with all of the provisions of Section
19 .90.075 Commercial Antennas and Antenna Structures Mounted
on Existing Structures or Section 19 .90. 102 Commercial Antenna
Towers.
C. Location - Ground Mounted. Satellite dish antennas
mounted on the ground shall be located within the rear yard of
a zoning lot. The antenna structure shall be located a
minimum of ten linear feet from any "lot line" [SR] . Any
portion of a ground mounted satellite dish antenna structure
located within 20 feet of . a zoning lot within a residence
conservation district or a residence district shall be
screened from view by such adjoining zoning lot with a solid
fence constructed and maintained at a minimum of five linear
feet in height, or with a densely planted, solid evergreen
hedge planted and maintained at a minimum of five linear feet
in height.
Section 7 . That Chapter 19 .90, entitled "Supplementary
Regulation" of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be
and is hereby further amended by deleting the following:
19.90.075 Commercial Antennas and Antenna Structures.
19 .90. 102 Commercial Antenna Tower.
19 .90. 095 Satellite Dish Antenna.
Section 8. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and are
hereby repealed.
Section 9 . That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect after its passage in the manner provided by law.
Georg anDeV.00rde, Mayor
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Presented: May 11, 1994
Passed: May 11, 1994
Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0
Recorded: May 12, 1994
Published:
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