Zoning Commission Minutes 2013 04-24-13
APPROVED 6/26/13
ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
Wednesday, April 24, 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
Jeff Baker Phil Haugen
Michael Crouch Pete Huinker
Greg Millen Gary Neyer
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
Chairman Crouch made a motion to approve the March 27, 2013 minutes. Mr. Baker moved to approve;
seconded by Mr. Millen. There was no discussion on the motions; approved unanimously; motion
carried. Mr. Crouch then turned the meeting over to Mr. Engberg to cover Old Business.
Old Business:
Mr. Engberg addressed how he changed how dimensions were measured; the lengths remained the same
distance. He added graphics to illustrate how the measurements are done. Mr. Crouch asked how often
varying parking patterns occurs because it’s rare to see such a mixture in the same community. Ms.
Noble said they are beginning to see more of a mixture. Jason included some basic design standards that
were consistent with other municipalities.
10-16-8: Off-Street Loading Regulations and Requirements:
Mr. Baker asked to look a little closer
at the minimum distances for loading/unloading to avoid disrupting traffic flow. After some discussion,
Mr. Crouch suggested coming back to this at a later time.
The assumption was made that the terms “commercial” and “industrial” are interchangeable and apply to
both. Mr. Engberg then stated that the edge of the driveway shall be a minimum of 250’ when measured
from the driveway edge to the nearest intersecting street right-of-way line.
Ms. Noble wanted to clarify if they were going to allow loading berths in the front yard or make
provisions for it. Mr. Baker said they would need to categorize everything specific to zoning
(manufacturing/industrial/commercial, B-3 Service, etc.) Ms. Noble said she would break it out from
manufacturing and commercial and maybe put in some suggested orientations for loading docks. She
said she didn’t want to “zone out” development with too many restrictions. Mr. Baker suggested
including a paragraph that says something like, “Due to lot configurations, things may change on a
parcel-by-parcel basis.” He thought maybe the city attorney would have adequate verbiage.
Mr. Neyer pointed out, on page 11, that A. and B. were identical; Mr. Engberg said he will research. As
far as Eating and Drinking establishments, Mr. Crouch asked for more research on this item to see if it
was necessary.
10-16-5: Vehicle Stacking Requirements
. This is a new item that was previously discussed about
adding them. He came up with the basic uses you would need them for, along with some rules. Ms.
Noble pointed out this has been a challenge with McDonald’s and Dairy Queen. Mickey D is re-
configuring their drive up with dual driveways to avoid stacking vehicles on Route 34. Dairy Queen’s
problem is the turning radius was so tight the possibility of ‘bumping’ another vehicle was present.
Off-Street Parking Reduction for Bicycle Parking
: Mr. Engberg also addressed a reduction for the
off-street bicycle parking. After checking surrounding communities, he came up with: “The reduction
in the number of automobile parking spaces shall be reduced by no more than one (1) space for every
two (2) bicycle parking space, but no more than twenty (20) percent of the total required spaces.
Ms. Noble added what would be the trigger for the city to require Land Bank Parking; the first
suggestion was for it to be at the sole discretion of the city council. Everyone felt that was a little too
general because there were no criteria or justification, so the committee was going to establish some
triggers to establish additional parking (i.e. complaint driven). Mr. Crouch thinks standardization is
good.
New Business:
Mr. Engberg then went on to new business. He said there were only a couple of
requirements for fencing. Mr. Baker did not like the fact that fences erected in the front yard shall not
exceed 3 ½ feet in height and shall have at least 75 percent of their vertical surface plane open when
viewed from a point perpendicular to that plane. He said it was too short to keep dogs from jumping
over and didn’t provide security if that was the intent.
Mr. Crouch said there needed to be provisions for materials that could be used in the future (plastic;
PVC; aluminum). The committee is going to clarify the terms “industrial” and “utilities.”
Mr. Crouch asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was made and Mr. Baker seconded; all voted in
favor. The meeting adjourned at 7:56 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by:
Bonnie Olsem
Administrative Secretary