Economic Development Minutes 2022 05-03-22APPROVED 7/5/22
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UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 6:00pm
City Council Chambers
800 Game Farm Rd., Yorkville, IL
Note: In accordance with Public Act 101-0640 and Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation
issued by Governor Pritzker pursuant to the powers vested in the Governor under the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, remote attendance was allowed for this
meeting to encourage social distancing due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
In Attendance:
Committee Members
Chairman Jason Peterson/in-person Alderman Ken Koch/in-person
Alderman Chris Funkhouser/in-person
Absent: Alderman Joe Plocher
Other City Officials
City Administrator Bart Olson/in-person
Assistant City Administrator Erin Willrett/in-person
Community Development Director Krysti Barksdale-Noble/electronic attendance
Senior Planner Jason Engberg/electronic attendance
Code Official Pete Ratos/in-person
Other Guests
City Consultant Lynn Dubajic Kellogg/in-person
Mark Foster, Kendall County Record/in-person
The meeting was called to order at 6:00pm by Chairman Jason Peterson.
Citizen Comments None
Minutes for Correction/Approval April 5, 2022
The minutes were approved as presented.
New Business
1. EDC 2022-24 Building Permit Report for March 2022
Mr. Ratos reported 151 permits issued including 28 single-family permits and 15
commercial. This represents $9 million in construction value. He said many of the
permits were issued for Raintree Village.
2. EDC 2022-25 Building Inspection Report for March 2022
There were 767 inspections in March with 201 outsourced and 566 done in-house. Mr.
Ratos said he did several inspections for Kendall County.
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3. EDC 2022-26 Property Maintenance Report for March 2022
There was one case heard in March which involved motor vehicles on property and it was
dismissed since the cars were removed. Other cases were responded to, however, only
one citation was necessary.
4. EDC 2022-27 Economic Development Report for April 2022
Ms. Dubajic Kellogg reported that Noodles, Gerber Collision and Glass, Chipotle, Belle
Tire and Iconic Coffee will be coming to Yorkville and Pet Supplies Plus will be
remodeled. The Williams Group has their space 100% leased. Second Chance Cardio
has moved and the We Grow Kids has sold their building to the school district. Dakotas
will be moving into the Butcher Block space.
5. EDC 2022-28 Microbrewery/Brewpub/Microwinery Zoning Code Text Amendment
Mr. Engberg said this is a staff text amendment. The liquor license code was earlier
amended and placed several breweries in the same class for liquor code licenses. Staff
proposed changes to better align with the zoning ordinance and the liquor license code.
Mr. Engberg discussed the primary changes and said they include a limit of 50,000
gallons of wine per year which matches the state statute. The changes also remove any
requirements that the facility must be ancillary to a restaurant. He said this matter will
go to Public Hearing at the Planning and Zoning Commission next week.
Alderman Funkhouser asked if there is a definition for “hand-capped” and said he
interpreted it as a manual sealing of bottles. It was decided that the word “sealed” should
be used instead. Chairman Peterson asked what the state statute said and if this
amendment will make it easier for businesses to start. There is no quantity limit for
licenses for the 3 categories and the process will be monitored by the state. It was stated
that mead is a type of wine, rather than beer.
6. EDC 2022-29 Future Land Use Change – South Eldamain Corridor Properties
Mr. Engberg said last year the city had discussions with the county about changing future
land uses on Eldamain and Highpoint Rd. Much of the city uses were for residential
while the county uses were mixed use business. The east side of Eldamain is within the
city limits and Plano has the west side. In the Comp Plan, the city focused on the
unfinished subdivisions and the county reached out to property owners of some of the
farm land. One owner preferred mixed use business, while others preferred to wait to
state a preference. Kendall County took this information to their Planning Board and
ZBA. Mr. Engberg is seeking comments from the committee and staff will continue to
look at the area trends. This item will proceed to PZC in June. Chairman Peterson
asked for further landowner feedback from the county. Staff will also re-evaluate
potential uses when the city updates the Comp Plan.
Old Business:
1. EDC 2020-32 Urban Chickens
This was discussed last year and was placed on the agenda at Alderman Funkhouser's
request since a handful of residents have continued interest. No action was taken when it
was last discussed and he hopes it can move forward. Chairman Peterson said that most
subdivision HOA's do not allow chickens. Alderman Funkhouser noted that a survey of
28 HOA's, showed a split on allowing vs. not allowing. Alderman Koch noted that he is
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aware of 2 subdivisions that would put restrictions in place if chickens were allowed by
ordinance. Possible problems include dogs chasing chickens, smell, noise, and others.
Chairman Peterson shared some of the comments he has received from residents. The
committee talked about some of the restrictions that would be put in place if chickens
were to be allowed such as solid fencing, limit on number of chickens, lot size, setbacks,
etc. Alderman Funkhouser said he wishes to re-address the lot size and setbacks and also
does not want chickens on multi-tenant building lots.
Staff was asked to look at size lots – 8,000 to 10,000 sq. ft., maximum number of
chickens, language about fencing/other enclosure and other restrictions. Alderman
Funkhouser asked for a map of lot sizes which staff will compile for next month.
Additional Business: None
There was no further business and the meeting adjourned at 6:46pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by
Marlys Young, Minute Taker/in-person