G3-02 Ordinance No. G3-02
AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE FAR WEST AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin has heretofore adopted a
Comprehensive Plan which includes therein an area identified as the
Far West Area; and
WHEREAS, the annexation of additional territory in the Far
West Area to the City of Elgin and new development thereof causes
and imposes an increased and excessive demands upon public
facilities and services that are specifically and uniquely
attributable to those developments; and
WHEREAS, such effected public facilities and services include
public safety building capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, planning projections indicate that such development
shall continue and shall place ever increasing demands on the City
of Elgin relating to public safety building capital improvements;
and
r"" WHEREAS, to the extent that new development places demands
upon public safety building capital improvements which are
specifically and uniquely attributable to that development, those
demands should be satisfied by requiring that developments creating
the demands pay the cost of meeting the demands; and
WHEREAS, the City Council , after review and careful
consideration, hereby finds and declares that public safety
building capital improvement contributions required of territory in
the Far West Area annexed to the city and new development thereon
to finance specified public safety building capital improvements,
the demand for which is created by such development, is in the best
interests of the general welfare of the city and its residents, is
equitable, and does not impose an unfair burden on such
development; and
WHEREAS, Section 17 . 01 . 060 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976,
as amended, provides in part that the City Council may, at its sole
discretion, require additional contributions and dedications as it
may deem necessary and desirable as a condition to the annexation
of any land to the city; and
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin is a home rule unit which may
exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its
government and affairs; and
e.► WHEREAS, the establishment of a policy providing for
development contributions for public safety building capital
improvements pertains to the government and affairs of the City of
Elgin.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS :
Section 1 . That this ordinance shall constitute the policy
of the City of Elgin for development contributions for public
safety building capital improvements for the area consisting of the
portions of the Far West Area identified the Northwest Sub-area and
the Southwest Sub-area and depicted on Exhibit 1 attached hereto
and made a part hereof (hereinafter referred to as the "Subject
Portion of the Far West Area" ) . The provisions of this ordinance
shall be applied equally to all properties within the Subject
Portion of the Far West Area annexed into the City of Elgin
pursuant to an annexation agreement .
Section 2 . That in order to provide a consistent application
of requirements for contributions by landowners for necessary
public safety building capital improvements to city public safety
buildings resulting from development activity, the City Council of
the City of Elgin hereby establishes policies with respect to
eft required public safety building capital improvement contributions
related to the annexation and development of property in the
Subject Portion of the Far West Area. These policies are intended
to supplement development regulations contained in the Elgin
Municipal Code in general and in the subdivision ordinance in
particular. The owner of a property in the Subject Portion of the
Far West Area shall pay a cash contribution to the city for public
safety building capital improvements equal to the property' s
proportionate share of public safety building capital improvement
costs . The cash contribution for public safety building capital
improvements for a property shall be based upon, calculated and
paid according to the formula set forth in the City of Elgin Far
West Area Public Safety Building Capital Improvement Contribution
Formula dated January, 2002 , attached hereto and made a part hereof
as Exhibit 2 . The contribution for public safety building capital
improvements shall be payable prior to the issuance of a building
permit . No building permit shall be issued for a development
subject to the requirements of this ordinance unless the applicant
therefore has paid the contribution for public safety building
capital improvements imposed by and calculated pursuant to this
ordinance.
Section 3 . The contributions for public safety building
improvements established pursuant to this ordinance shall be
calculated by the city planning department . Contributions for
public safety building improvements calculated and due pursuant to
this ordinance shall be collected by the city department of code
administration prior to the issuance of a building permit . Upon
receipt of contributions for public safety building improvements
the city finance department shall be responsible for placement of
such funds into separate accounts . Contributions for public safety
building improvements provided for in this ordinance shall be
restricted to use solely and exclusively for financing directly, or
as a pledge against bonds, revenue certificates, and other
obligations of a indebtedness for the cost of public safety
building improvements .
Section 4 . That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and are hereby
repealed.
Section 5 . That this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect upon its passage and publication in the manner required by
law.
E c ck, Mayor
Presented: January 9, 2002
Passed: January 9, 2002
Omnibus Vote : Yeas : 7 Nays : 0
Recorded: January 10, 2002
Published: January 11, 2002
Attest :
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
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Exhibit 2
City of Elgin
Far West Public Safety Building
Capital Improvement Contribution Formula
January, 2002
1. For the Southwest Sub-Area:
a. Cash Contribution per dwelling unit
$ 4.8 million cost per building and related equipment
x 2 number of stations needed in sub-area
$ 9.6 million
x 0.95 credit due to existing development benefit
$ 9.2 million
+ 2.04 million total squad costs
+ 0.7 million communication tower/equipment
$ 11.94 million total costs for southwest sub-area
• 18,288 total dwelling units at full build-out
$ 653 Per Dwelling Unit*
b. Cash Contribution 1,000 sq.ft. of non-residential buildings
$ 11.94 million total costs for southwest sub-area
79,663 sq. ft. of non-residential buildings (in thousands) at full build-out
$ 150 Per 1,000 Sq. Ft.*
2. For the Northwest Sub-Area:
a. Cash Contribution per dwelling unit
$ 4.8 million cost per building and related equipment
x 0.50 credit due to existing development benefit
$ 2.4 million
+ 0.560 million total squad costs
$ 2.960 million total net costs for northwest sub-area
4,864 total dwelling units at full build-out
$ 608 Per Dwelling Unit*
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b. Fee per 1,000 sq.ft. of non-residential buildings
$ 2.960 million total net costs for northwest sub-area
21,188 sq. ft. of non-residential buildings (in thousands) at full build-out
$ 140 Per 1,000 Sq. Ft.*
3. Maximum Contribution
The total fee to be assessed on a non-residential building shall be the result of the
calculations noted herein, or$25,000, *whichever is less.
*The dollar amounts for contributions shall be adjusted upward at an annual rate of three percent
(3%) effective January 1, 2003, and annually thereafter.
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CITY OF ELGIN
ORDINANCE NO. G3-02
AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE FAR WEST AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
PASSED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN
ON THIS 9TH DAY OF JANUARY 2002
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the
City Council of the City of Elgin, Kane and
Cook Counties, Illinois, on this
11th day of January 2002.
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 January 9, 2002, the Corporate Authorities of such
municipality passed and approved Ordinance No. G3-02, which provided by its terms
that it should be published in pamphlet form.
The pamphlet form of Ordinance No. G3-02, including the Ordinance and
a cover sheet thereof, was prepared, and a copy of such Ordinance was posted in the
municipal building commencing on January 11, 2002, and continuing for at least ten
days thereafter. Copies of such Ordinance were also available for public inspection
r upon request in the office of the municipal clerk.
DATED at Elgin, Illinois, on January 11, 2002.
Municipal lerk
(SEAL)