Zoning Commission Minutes 2012 10-24-12
APPROVED 1/23/13
ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Yorkville City Hall Conference Room
800 Game Farm Road, Yorkville, IL 60560
Meeting Called to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. and Mr. Neyer welcomed everyone.
Roll Call
Roll call was taken. A quorum was established.
Committee Members in Attendance
Gary Neyer
Greg Millen
Phil Haugen
Pete Huinker
City Officials in Attendance
Krysti Barksdale-Noble, Community Development Director
Citizen’s Comments
There were no citizens in attendance.
Previous Minutes
Mr. Neyer made a motion to approve the August 22, 2011 minutes. It was seconded;
there were no discussions, corrections or additions so a motion to approve was made,
seconded and unanimously accepted and the motion was carried.
Mr. Neyer then turned the meeting over to Ms. Noble to cover Old Business.
Old Business
Ms. Noble said as an update to the Local Technical Assistance (LTA) Program
Application Grant – CMAP, the United City of Yorkville was not selected.
New Business
Ms. Noble went over the revised chapter, table of contents and a stated the committee
completed a lot of work over the last 1.5 years.
Going forward (before winter break), she hopes to cover Business and Manufacturing
Districts, non-conforming and off-street parking and loading. In tonight’s meeting, she
hoped to have a discussion on regulating adult-oriented businesses (AOB). The city
currently has an AOB section, but it is not located, nor even mentioned, in the Zoning
ordinance. She included in the packet what other communities allow for discussion
purposes. They are generally regulated very heavily. She wanted feedback from the
committee on how they would like to see the city to regulate them. Right now, they are
limited to the Manufacturing districts. Mr. Neyer suggested that the only other district
where this could possibly be used is in B3 (Service District). She asked if they were
comfortable keeping it in B1 and B2 as a special use for right now.
Ms. Noble then brought up the question of signage. Mr. Neyer said after looking at what
other municipalities have done in the past, he felt it prudent to restrict “creative signage.”
Ms. Noble then asked if they wanted to permit “text only – non-digital” signage;
disallowing specific words such as “naked” or “nude.” It would be justifiable because
other communities have successfully done it - nothing anatomical or sexual in nature.
She is going to have the Community Development intern go back and take a look and
tweak it as far as parking, lighting, minimum standards, traffic studies, etc. The traffic
studies would include set-backs to meet B3, if along a corridor. Mr. Millen also brought
up the question of liquor at these establishments. Ms. Noble thought it was a good idea
to tie it to “R liquor.” Mr. Millen suggested instead of tying it into specific “R1,” or
“R2,” it should be referred to as “land use” and not just “zoning.” Ms Noble asked if
they were comfortable with definitions for “bookstore,” “cabaret,” and “theatre.” She
enclosedbuilding
also brought up that all operations should be contained in an . New
York now states these uses are subject to sales tax.
Mr. Neyer asked if this concluded New Business and Ms. Noble said it did. He then
suggested the next meeting be Wed, Jan 23 at 7:00pm in the City Hall conference room
and everyone agreed. Mr. Millen asked if there was an estimated schedule as to the
completion of the committee and Ms. Noble is shooting for the Summer of 2013 at the
latest.
Mr. Neyer asked if there was any other business; there was none; a motion to adjourn was
made; seconded; agreed by all; meeting adjourned at 7:46pm. (estimated from length of
tape – actual time not stated.)
Minutes respectfully submitted by:
Bonnie Olsem
Administrative Secretary