G71-08 Ordinance No. G71-08
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING TITLE 19 OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED, "ZONING"
WHEREAS, written application has been made to amend the Elgin Zoning Ordinance
provisions pertaining to certain land uses in the ORI Office Research Industrial Zoning District,
off-street parking areas and arterial road corridors; and,
WHEREAS, the planning and development commission held a public hearing concerning
the proposed amendments after due notice in manner provided by law; and,
WHEREAS, the planning and development commission has forwarded the proposed
amendments to the city council with a recommendation for approval; and
WHEREAS, the community development group recommends the requested amendment
be granted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That chapter 19.40, entitled "Industrial Districts," of the Elgin Municipal
Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by amending section 19.40.130,
subparagraphs A.10., thereto, entitled "Land Use, Permitted Uses, Construction Division,"to add
the following language:
General Warehousing and Storage, but not including "Warehousing, Self Storage" (4225)
Section 2. That chapter 19.45, entitled "Off-Street Parking," of the Elgin Municipal
Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by amending section 19.45.055,
subparagraph C., thereto, entitled"Shared Off-Street Parking Facilities," to read as follows:
An off-street parking facility being shared by two (2) or more land uses must be owned
by the record owner of not less than one of the land uses being served. The record owner
or lessee of a land use sharing an off-street parking facility with two (2) or more land
uses shall enter into a lease with the record owner of the off-street parking facility being
shared. The lease shall authorize any record owner or lessee sharing the off-street parking
facility to utilize the shared off-street parking facility in accordance with the terms of this
chapter and any conditions established by the code enforcement officer pursuant to this
Section. The lease shall be executed for not less than a ninety-nine (99) year term as
provided for in section 19.45.030 of this chapter. In lieu of a lease executed in accordance
with the terms of this subsection, a permanent easement may be recorded authorizing any
record owner or lessee sharing an off-street parking facility to utilize the shared off-street
parking facility in accordance with the terms of this chapter and any conditions
'' established by the code enforcement officer pursuant to this section.
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Section 3. That chapter 19.45, entitled "Off-Street Parking," of the Elgin Municipal
Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by amending section 19.45.170,
subparagraph B., thereto, entitled "Surfacing,"to add the following language:
5. Where the number of parking stalls provided exceeds the number of stalls required by
section 19.45.070 of this chapter, the excess number of parking stalls shall be constructed
with permeable surfacing materials. A minimum of two inches (2") of permeable paver
brick, porous concrete, grass pavers, gravel pavers, and interlocking concrete paving
blocks, with a porous infill material such as gravel, soil and grass through which
infiltration may occur, over one (1) inch of sand over seven inches (7") of compacted
gravel. Equivalent thicknesses of paver brick may be substituted for gravel provided that
the total pavement thickness is a minimum of ten inches (10").
Section 4. That chapter 19.50, entitled "Street Graphics," of the Elgin Municipal Code,
1976, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by amending section 19.50.020, entitled
"Definitions," to amend the definition of"Projecting Graphic," to read as follows:
PROJECTING GRAPHIC: A wall graphic affixed to a building and that extends beyond
the line of such building wall or beyond the surface of that portion of the building wall to
which it is affixed by more than twelve inches (12").
Section 5. That chapter 19.90, entitled "Supplementary Regulations," of the Elgin
Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by amending section
19.90.015, entitled"Definitions," to amend the definition of"Street, Arterial,"read as follows:
STREET, ARTERIAL: A "street" [SR] which has continuity between municipalities or
other urban centers, which has continuity through the city, or which intersects with three
(3) or more "limited access arterial streets" [SR], or other arterial streets, and which
affords a primary means of access for intersecting streets and for adjoining "lots of
record" [SR] at a limited number of locations.
The arterial streets shall be McLean Boulevard, State Route 31 (State Street), Dundee
Avenue, Villa Street, Center Street (between Dundee Avenue and Villa Street), National
Street (between Villa Street and State Street) State Route 25 (St. Charles Street, Bluff
City Boulevard, Liberty Street, Dundee Avenue), Illinois Route 72 (Higgins Road), Big
Timber Road, Highland Avenue, Larkin Avenue, Kimball Street, Congdon Avenue (east
of State Route 25), State Route 58 (Summit Street east of Dundee Avenue), State Route
19 (East Chicago Street), Nesler Road, Coombs Road, Bowes Road, Russell Road,
Damisch Road, McDonald Road, Silver Glen Road, Corron Road, Muirhead Road, Plank
Road and State Route 20 (west of Weld Road).
Section 6. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
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Section 7. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and
publication in the manner provided by law.
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Presented: October 22, 2008
Passed: October 22, 2008
Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 6 Nays: 0
Recorded: October 23, 2008
Published: October 24, 2008
Attest:
Diane Robertson, City lerk
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