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Plan Commission Minutes 1996 05-08-96 •i4 � a MINUTES OF THE PLAN COMMISSION OF THE UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS MAY 8, 1996 7:00 P.M. The May meeting of the Plan Commission was called to order by Chairman Tom Lindblom at 7:00 P.M.. Roll Cali: Members Present: Tom Lindblom Anne Lucietto Dave Dockstader Jack Magnuson Clarence Holdiman Dale Hornyan-Toftoy Ralph Pfister Michael Crouch John Barber Lawrence Langland Members Absent: Marty Behrens Sandra Adams Greg Kraber "CONCEPT AN" PRESENTATION Alderman Jeff Baker presented a plan to rearrange how projects will be considered. The first step will be a City staff critique: the Administrator and the City Engineer will do a brief review if the plans presented are feasible. The concept plans will then proceed to the Plan Commission, and the public will be informed. There will be a public hearing of concept phase instead of the preliminary phase.. Zoning, lay out and citizen input will be considered. Another benefit will be the decreased expense of the Engineer,City staff;and Land Planners. The Planning Council will then be involved with the statistics and numbers needed to make a good decision before coming back to the Plan Commission. The wording "Concept Plan"will appear on the agenda. It was discussed that this system change should become a resolution or ordinance and developing a"flow chart"was suggested. Mr. Baker will present these ideas to the Council for consideration. Mr. Baker announced that he would be stepping down from the chairmanship of Economic Development. Ms. Kathy Jones will take over as chairperson. Planning Commission Minutes/May 8, 1996 APER,PLANNING OMMISSION MDIUM Chairman Lindblom, asked if there were any additions or corrections to be made to the April Minutes. Hearing none,Mr. Crouch moved to approve the minutes as submitted. Mr. Pfister seconded the motion. On a voice vote, all members present voting aye. Motion carried. PIMLJL 'HF.A ING PCM-8 R 2 to B-1 716 N. Bridge St. Marie A.,Huff Chairman Lindblom asked for all those who wished to speak tonight to please stand and repeat an oath of truth after him. Ms. Sue Bullock represented the petitioner. She explained to the Commission the proposed use of the property,which is zoned residential,located on Rt. 47 next to Brenart Eye Care. The owner of the property has a purchaser that would like to have the building adjoin Brenart Eye Care and create a new entrance/exit. She is asking for the zoning to be changed to B-1. Emil Enfori,representing the Lannert Group, stated he had reviewed this petition and recommended the zoning to be Office instead of B-1. He said it would be more restrictive and would be more cohesive for the community. Mr. Felix Molina, 805 S. Bristol Road, addressed the Commission with his concerns of the zoning change. He believes that Brenart's will add a paved parking lot up to his property line and may add security lights. Ms. Identa Austin, 712 N. Bridge Street, stated before the Commission that she would like the property in question kept as a residence instead of a business. She said that rezoning this property for business use will make more hazard for traffic from the north on Route 47. She explained the various other traffic hazards of the area and the danger of the driveway's angle. She.stated concern about the depreciation of the surrounding property values. John Thompson of Bristol Road told the Commission that he opposes spot zoning and questioned if there might be other alternatives to the proposed entrance. Tom Sellmari of Bristol Road stated the proposed driveway would be going right behind his property and he is concerned about the present traffic hazard already on that road. Mr. Langland moved to adjourn the Public Hearing. Mr. Crouch seconded the motion. On a voice vote, all members present voting aye. Motion carried. 2 Planning Commission Minutes 1 May 8, 1996 OLD BUSINESS PC 95-15 Roppolo/Coach Road Hills-Prelimin ry Plan Mr. J.T. Johnson, Superintendent of Public Works, stated that Jim Nanninga and the Planning Council discussed many issues that dealt with the proposal and plat itself. They did not have a problem with the preliminary plat,but recommend a PUD agreement. David Behrens, of Design Networks Inc., represented the petitioner, Bill Roppolo. He stated that Mr. Roppolo met with Dan Kramer a few weeks ago concerning the PUD agreement. He presented several exhibits that had been approved at the Planning Council stage for this project. Two townhouse units,257 single family lots, (averaging 12,000- 14,500 sq. feet)and common open I spaces were reviewed. A proposed road was omitted on this preliminary plat. The petitioner is requesting variances for a 25 ft. building setback within the townhome areas and the length of the cul-de-sac from 600 ft. to 900 ft.. Mr. Behrens also asked for the allowance of an island within the single cul-de-sac in the townhome areas and it would be worked out in the PUD agreement. Mr. Behrens discussed some of the park district issues and the itemized list of what Mr. Roppolo was proposing. They will be giving a donation of$595,768 to the park land plus providing maintenance and improvement until 80%completion of the project. $100,000 will be set aside for the enhancement of the central wetland area(if approved)or for open space improvement. The final donation will be approximately 25.8 additional acres beyond the 7.4 park land area acreage. They are requesting that the city take ownership and administration of the park land. This would be designated as a SSA district so taxation of the homeowners of this project will cover the maintenance aspect associated with the open space. Discussion was had on the meeting yesterday with the Planning Council and the PUD agreement. Mr. Magnuson moved to approve PC 95-15 preliminary plat on the contingency of the approval of the PUD agreement. Ms. Lucietto seconded the motion. On a roll call vote, all members present voting aye. Motion carried 10-0. NEW BUSINESS PC 96-8 Zoning rquest R-2 to B-1 716 North Bridge St. Petitioner Marie A. Huff Tony Graff stated that a request to IDOT has been submitted for the review of the intersection at Bristol Rd.,Walnut and Rt. 47 which concerns this property. Mr. Crouch moved for the approval of the rezoning from R-2 to B-1 for PC 96-8. Ms. Lucietto seconded the motion. On a roll call vote, all members present voting no. Mr. Pfister was absent for this vote. Motion denied 9-0. 3 Planning Commission Minutes/May 8, 1996 PC 96-9 CpnoZ Plan North Walnut St Petitioners Dan Nagel&Jim Poeh lman Dan Nagel presented to the Commission his proposal for a 52 unit plan development for the elderly. 20%of the units would be 2 bedrooms and the rest 1 bedroom. There would be rent and income restrictions through IRS Section 42. The three story building would be located directly north of St. Pat's Parish Center. The city owns the B-2 zoned parcel. There was discussion on the building structure and the fire safety concern of the height being 35 ft. There was discussion that the 3 story building would be out of character for the neighborhood which is zoned single family residential on the Comprehensive Plan. This would be multi family housing. A resident,whose property would be shaded by the proposed building, spoke of his concerns of 70 more cars going down Walnut and Bristol Street. The selling of this land would have to be approved by the City Council and the zoning would have a PUD agreement. PC 96-10 Concept Plan Faxon Road Inland Partnership Asset Sales Coro The Petitioners did not appear at the meeting. There was discussion from citizens who were in attendance for this issue. The City and Legal Council will look into retribution. PC 96-11 Green Briar P.U.D. Final Plat Unit 2 Laura Little, representing Crestview Builders,requested from the Commission approval of the final plat for Unit 2 in Greenbrier. She stated at the meeting yesterday with the Planning Council,they had agreed to an SSA for the park plan. There was question on whether the original PUD agreement had been signed. Chairman Lindblom stated he would like to have an overall document showing the whole development. There was discussion that the issues concerning the property to the north and the streets have not been resolved at this point. The problem of the Williamsport Road location was brought up. Mr. J.T. Johnson stated the preliminary plat was passed by City Council on February 4, 1994 and it showed the road was in place. The Planning Commission did reject this plat,but the City Council approved it. Mr. Johnson said that Greenbriar has conformed to everything that was requested and required of them. Various commission members expressed their concerns about past issues. Mr. Pfister motioned to accept PC 96-11, Greenbrair PUD Unit 2,the final plan, as presented. Mr. Dockstader seconded the motion. On a roll call vote,Chairman Lindblom„ Mr. Langland,Mr. Dockstader,Ms. Lucietto,Mr. Holdiman,Mr. Crouch and Mr. Barber voting no. Mr. Magnuson and Mr. Pfister voting aye. Ms. Hornyan-Toftoy voting present. Motion denied 7-2. 4 " Planning Commission Minutes/May 8, 1996 PC 96-12 White Oak Farm Unit 3 Final Plat Laura Little represented the petitioners request for final plat approval. Mr. J.T. Johnson discussed some unresolved issues from Phase 1 concerning roads and the park. Some of these issues have been going on for two years. The petitioners are wilting to resolve these concerns. Mr. Crouch moved to approval the final plat of White Oak Farm Unit 3. Mr. Langland seconded the motion. On a roll call vote,Ms. Lucietto,W. Magnuson,Mr. Holdiman,Ms. Homyan-Toftoy,Mr. Crouch,Mr. Barber,Chairman Lindblom,Mr. Langland,Mr. Dockstader voting no. Mr. Pfister voting yes. Motion denied 9-1. PC 96-13 The Development CY_roup Cancol Plan Mill_&Hydraulic Darren Sloniger, from the Development Company, presented a concept plan for the redevelopment of the Button Factory and the Robb Container property, (which is zoned M-1). He stated the proposal is being presented as one project,but it's really two separate projects. The Button Factory property would have lofts with added townhomes to the east and west and would be owner occupied. The Robb Container property project,which has not been designed as yet,would become a 72 unit senior housing building. The concerns of the proposed building height was discussed. Also,heavy density housing being located next to the railroad tracks was a concern issue. Mr. Sloniger stated he has been in discussion with Burlington Northern to remove the spur that is located there. N the spur is removed,there would be a buffer zone gateway created to keep people away from the tracks. The current poor road conditions were also discussed. Mr. and Mrs. Dotty, neighbors to this property, expressed that they were in favor of this project. They feel it will improve the area and may increase property values. ADJOURNMENT With no further business,Mr. Crouch moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:33 p.m.. Ms. Lucietto seconded the motion. On a voice vote, all members present voting aye. Min carried, Submitted by, Sheryl Washburn Recording Secretary 5