G22-00 .,, CITY OF ELGIN
ORDINANCE NO. G22-00
AN ORDINANCE
MAPPING THE CCP CENTER CITY PRESERVATION
OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
ADOPTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN
ON THIS 26TH DAY OF APRIL 2000
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Published in pamphlet form by authority of the
City Council of the City of Elgin, Kane and
Cook Counties, Illinois, on this 28th day of
April 2000.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.
COUNTY OF KANE )
CERTIFICATE
I, Dolonna Mecum, certify that I am the duly appointed and acting
municipal clerk of the City of Elgin, Cook and Kane Counties, Illinois.
I further certify that on April 26, 2000, the Corporate Authorities of such
municipality passed and approved Ordinance No. G22-00 entitled An Ordinance
Mapping the CCP Center Cilty Preservation Overlay Zoning District, which provided by
its terms that it should be published in pamphlet form.
The pamphlet form of Ordinance No. G22-00, including the Ordinance and
a cover sheet thereof, was prepared, and a copy of such Ordinance was posted in the
municipal building, commencing on April 28, 2000, and continuing for at least ten days
r1'' thereafter. Copies of such Ordinance were also available for public inspection upon
LY request in the office of the municipal clerk.
DATED at Elgin, Illinois, on April 28, 2000.
unicipal Clerk
(SEAL)
Ordinance No . G22-00
AN ORDINANCE
CLASSIFYING PROPERTY IN THE CENTER CITY
PRESERVATION OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City has undertaken a study of its Center
City and adjoining Riverfront through a comprehensive planning
process that was initiated in September, 1999; and
WHEREAS, as part of that comprehensive planning process,
the City has commissioned City Vision Associates of Madison,
Wisconsin and Hitchcock Design Group of Naperville, Illinois
to prepare a comprehensive Master Plan for Elgin' s Fox River
and Center City that will create a vision and implementation
strategy for the physical and economic revitalization of the
City' s downtown and riverfront ; and
WHEREAS, as part of the planning process in preparing the
Master Plan for Elgin' s Fox River and Center City, a thorough
public review process consisting of four public input
sessions, four community input sessions, nine review meetings
and work sessions with the Elgin Riverfront Steering
Committee, and three meetings with various focus groups has
been conducted to insure that information developed during the
Center City and Riverfront master planning process was made
(ow available to the general public; and
WHEREAS, written application has been made to classify
certain property located in the Center City in the CCP
Preservation Overlay Zoning District pending the adoption of
the final comprehensive Master Plan for Elgin' s Fox River and
Center City; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Commission has
conducted a public hearing after due notice and submitted its
written findings and recommendations to the City Council ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the recommendations
of the Planning and Development Commission and concurs in such
recommendations .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS :
Section 1 . That Chapter 19 . 07 , Section 19 . 07 . 600
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 hereinafter laid out in the
emik ' Zoning District Map ' , as amended, be and are hereby
altered by including in the CCP Preservation Overlay
Zoning District, the following described property:
,.m COMMENCING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTER
LINES OF EAST CHICAGO STREET AND CHAPEL STREET;
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF CHAPEL STREET
TO THE CENTER LINE OF PARK STREET; THENCE WEST ALONG
THE CENTER LINE OF PARK STREET TO THE INTERSECTION
OF THE CENTER LINE OF PARK STREET AND ACADEMY PLACE;
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF ACADEMY PLACE,
EXTENDED NORTH, TO THE CENTER LINE OF FRANKLIN
BOULEVARD; THENCE WEST ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF
FRANKLIN BOULEVARD TO THE CENTER LINE OF DOUGLAS
AVENUE; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF
DOUGLAS AVENUE TO THE CENTER LINE OF ANN STREET;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF ANN STREET TO
THE CENTER LINE OF BROOK STREET; THENCE NORTH ALONG
THE CENTER LINE OF BROOK STREET TO THE CENTER LINE
OF SENECA STREET; THENCE WEST ALONG THE CENTER LINE
OF SENECA STREET TO THE CENTER LINE OF NORTH GROVE
AVENUE; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF NORTH
GROVE AVENUE TO THE CENTER LINE OF JEFFERSON AVENUE;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF JEFFERSON
AVENUE TO THE EAST LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO AND
NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY 9 NOW OWNED BY
THE CITY OF ELGIN; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE
TO THE WEST LINE OF RIVER BLUFF ROAD; THENCE WEST
ACROSS THE FOX RIVER TO THE CENTER LINE OF MABEL
STREET; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE CENTER LINE TO THE
sow CENTER LINE OF OWASCO AVENUE; THENCE WEST ALONG THE
CENTER LINE OF OWASCO AVENUE TO THE CENTER LINE OF
THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY;
THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF THE CHICAGO
AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CENTER
LINE OF WEST HIGHLAND AVENUE; THENCE WEST ALONG THE
CENTER LINE OF WEST HIGHLAND AVENUE TO THE CENTER
LINE OF CRYSTAL STREET; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE
CENTER LINE OF CRYSTAL STREET, EXTENDED
SOUTHEASTERLY, TO A POINT 200 FEET SOUTH OF THE
SOUTHERLY LINE OF WALNUT AVENUE; THENCE EAST
PARALLEL TO AND 200 FEET FROM THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF
WALNUT AVENUE / NATIONAL STREET, CONTINUING EAST
PARALLEL TO AND 200 FEET FROM THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF
NATIONAL STREET TO THE CENTER LINE OF VILLA STREET;
THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF VILLA
STREET TO THE CENTER LINE OF CHAPEL STREET; THE
NORTH ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF CHAPEL STREET TO THE
CENTER LINE OF EAST CHICAGO STREET, THE PLACE OF
BEGINNING; CITY OF ELGIN; ELGIN TOWNSHIP; KANE
COUNTY; ILLINOIS (PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE
STUDY AREA FOR CENTER CITY / RIVERFRONT MASTER
PLAN) . "
Section 2 . Sunset Clause . The creation of the CCP
Preservation Overlay District within the Center City is being
enacted to provide the City with an opportunity to review and
solicit comment before adopting the final comprehensive Master
eli•. Plan for Elgin' s Fox River and Center City and to determine
the impact of these regulations on the public ' s health, safety
and welfare . Accordingly, unless extended by act of the Elgin
City Council, these provisions shall expire and be void on
November 1, 2000 .
Section 3 . That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage in the manner provided
by law.
Ed Schock, Mayor
Presented: April 26 , 2000
Passed: April 26 , 2000
Vote : Yeas 7 Nays 0
Recorded: April 27 , 2000
Published:
Attest :
Dolonna Mecum City Clerk
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