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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZoning Commission Minutes 2013 01-23-13APPROVED 2/27/13 ZONING COMMISSION MEETING Wednesday, January 23, 2013 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. Crouch welcomed everyone. Roll Call Roll call was taken; a quorum was established. Committee Members in Attendance Gary Neyer Jeff Baker Michael Crouch Pete Huinker City Officials in Attendance Krysti Barksdale-Noble, Community Development Director Jason Engberg, Community Development Intern Citizen’s Comments There were no citizens in attendance. Previous Minutes Mr. Baker made a motion to approve the October 24, 2012 minutes. Mr. Millen seconded it; there were no discussions, corrections or additions so a motion to approve was made, seconded and unanimously accepted and the motion was carried. Mr. Crouch then turned the meeting over to Ms. Noble to cover Old Business. Old Business Ms. Noble said there was an updated Table of Contents took out the two sections that had to do with Downtown that is now out of the committee’s hands. They will now concentrate on the remaining uses, such as Adult Oriented Uses (which is in the packet); Nonconforming Buildings, Structures and Uses; Off-street parking and loading; fences, Screens and Walls; Signs; Telecommunication Towers and Alternate Energy Systems. The Committee is coming down the home stretch. At this point, Chairman Crouch wanted to thank the committee for their continued service because it began as an Ad Hoc Commission and was supposed to be a lot less time than it has been due to all of the new developments that have occurred in the interim. Chapter 14 - Revisions: Ms. Noble has made a few changes on the Adult Oriented uses, such as hours of operations (changed to reflect Liquor hours); arterial roadways coincide with B3 District; and exterior signage and display. Everything else was standard with the ordinance that was previously passed. New Business: Ms. Nobel turned the meeting over to Mr. Engberg. He has been working on Chapter 12 and 13 (Business and Manufacturing Districts) and added “Purpose” and “Intent.” He changed the title of B-1 from ‘Limited’ Business to ‘Local;’ B3 was changed to ‘General;’ and B4 is now a ‘Service’ District. Mr. Baker encouraged the practice of dwelling units above the first floor of a permitted use to create mixed use buildings. Ms. Noble this is currently done in B2 only. Mr. Engberg said the reason he changed some of the names of the districts was because B-3 was Business District and B4 was General Business District and there was no specifying what goes where. Mr. Crouch said this is where the Committee has to become forward thinking because they cannot foresee what may happen in the next five years. Mr. Neyer said he is always for creative uses and fewer restrictions on people’s own property and doesn’t see the need for four (4) separate business districts – they seem to be redundant. Local, Retail and General Service should all fall under “General.” It was pointed out they are all needed so the areas don’t need to be re-zoned. Mr. Neyer asked the question, “Is there anything permissible in B-4 that’s not permissible in B-3?” Ms. Noble said the owner of B-4 can have utility service yard or a garage for buses and trucks. In the discussion of what could be above a B-3, it was agreed that the primary use of the building be business with residential above so 100% of the first floor must be dedicated to commercial. Mr. Neyer suggested going through a “what if” scenario for Zoning. “What if” we created a Residential District with 10,000 sq. ft. lots and there was a rush to re-zone the small lot amongst many of the 12,000 sq. ft. lot subdivisions. They would have to re- engineer the entire thing; provide for additional storm water; etc. If they accomplish that, people are going to start building sooner than later. No one could predict what would happen. Mr. Neyer then suggested an age-restricted, “villa-type” zoning with 6500 sq. ft. lot sizes so there would not be any impact on the schools. Mr. Baker did not see any problem with age-restriction for owner/occupant as long as nothing else was tied to it. Ms. Noble pointed out that was “market specific,” not a zoning issue. Mr. Baker suggested going with “age restricted for the owner/occupant in a development.” He pointed out that would make it a zoning classification for smaller lots (i.e. 6500 sq. ft.). Ms. Noble agreed it should be kept general without restrictions besides age so it would be considered a zoning use. She and Mr. Crouch asked if there were any questions on M-1 and/or M-2; there were none. Ms. Noble then said Mr. Engberg was working with her on getting photos for each classification, as well as getting them on line. He showed the members examples of the animation. Mr. Crouch asked if there was any other business; there was none; a motion to adjourn was made; seconded; agreed by all; meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. Minutes respectfully submitted by: Bonnie Olsem Administrative Secretary