G67-85 Ordinance No. G67-85
[ AN ORDINANCE
RECLASSIFYING PROPERTY AT 37 SOUTH GENEVA STREET FROM
B-I COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT TO R-4 GENERAL RESIDENCE DISTRICT
AND GRANTING A SPECIAL USE FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE FACILITY
WHEREAS, written application has been made to reclassify certain property
located at 37 South Geneva Street from B-I Community Business District to R-4 General
Residence District and for a special use for a community service facility; and
WHEREAS, after due notice in the manner provided by law the Land Use
Committee conducted a public hearing concerning said application and has submitted its
written findings and recommendation that the subject property be reclassified and a
special use for a community service facility be granted; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Elgin, Illinois, has reviewed the findings
and recommendations of the Land Use Committee and concurs in its recommendation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section I. That Chapter 19.08, Section 19.08.020, entitled "Zoning District Map"
of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and the same is hereby further
amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:
"The boundaries hereinbefore laid out in the 'Zoning District Map', as
amended, be and are hereby altered by excluding from B-I Community
Business District and including in the R-4 General Residence District the
following described property:
The South Half of Lots 4 and 5 and all of Lots 6 and 7 in Block 2 of
J. T. Gifford's Plat of Elgin, in the City of Elgin, Kane County, Illinois."
Section 2. That the City Council of the City of Elgin hereby adopts the findings
of fact made by the Land Use Committee granting a special use for a community service
facility, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
reference, subject to the following conditions:
I. The special use for a community service facility is limited to the
Child Life Intervention Center (CLIC) program to be operated from the
south half of the first floor and the basement level of the building. The
program is limited to a maximum of twenty-four (24) persons, not to
exceed eighteen years of age. The purpose of the CLIC program is to
provide a private, non-profit facility for the short term care of children
who face family crisis situations which threaten their immediate physical
or mental health or safety, particularly those chidren who but for such care
would be exposed to possible physical and/or emotional abuse from parents
or others. Further to provide a home-like atmosphere where the entire
family may receive counseling in developing stronger family structures by
using existing community agencies.
2. Submission and approval of a site plan documenting conformance
to the off-street parking ordinance and showing the following additional
improvements:
a. Remove the paving from the treebank areas and seed or sod.
b. Provide parking lot setbacks along the public rights of way
and interior lot lines, and provide a one hundred percent (100%) landscape
screen within said setbacks.
c. Remove the chainlink fence and replace with a conforming
fence, if required.
d. Bring the retaining wall into a safe condition or provide a
suitable alternative.
e. Maintain all existing healthy vegetation.
3. Compliance with all other applicable codes, ordinances and
statutes.
Section 3. The special use granted by this ordinance shall terminate and be of no
effect unless the special use granted has been established within one year of the passage
of this ordinance.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage in the manner provided by law.
s/ Richard L. Verbic
Richard L. Verbic, Mayor
Presented: August 26, 1985
Passed: August 26 , 1985
Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0
Recorded:
Published:
Attest:
s/ Marie Yearman
Marie Yearman, City Clerk