Ordinance 2023-29 UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-29
ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
AMENDING THE YORKVILLE CITY CODE, TITLE 10, CHAPTER 19, SECTION 10-19-9
Passed by the City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
This 12"day of September, 2023
Published in pamphlet form by the
authority of the Mayor and City Council
of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall
County, Illinois on September 20, 2023.
Ordinance No. 2023-29
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE,KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
AMENDING THE YORKVILLE CITY CODE,TITLE 10, CHAPTER 19, SECTION 10-19-9
WHEREAS, the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois (the "City") is a duly
organized and validly existing non-home-rule municipality created in accordance with the
Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 and the laws of the State; and,
WHEREAS, the City has established fees required in connection with all applications for
annexation, zoning and special uses, construction of buildings, improvements to buildings and
inspection of buildings; and,
WHEREAS, the amount of each fee has been based upon the actual time by staff
consultants, commissions, committees and the City Council required to review any such
application for each of the foregoing purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the City has further imposed fees in connection with inspections by
professional City staff and consultants in order to ensure all construction to be in compliance with
the requirements of the City Code, the International Building Code and all issued permits; and,
WHEREAS, Title 10, Chapter 9 of the City Code establishes the regulations pertaining to
alternate energy systems such as solar farms and wind farms; and,
WHEREAS, the City has authorized the development of alternate energy systems where
such systems have received approval as required by the City's zoning code and has found that the
number of inspections required is minimally more than three (3) times that required for any
structure no matter how large; and,
WHEREAS, in order to permit the City to properly cover all its costs to perform such
inspections, it is necessary to impose permit fees as hereinafter set forth for alternate energy
systems for the numerous inspections of each solar panel for its wiring and panel mounting
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integrity; and, for wind energy systems to assure adherence to Federal Aviation Requirements,
mounting, size and height limitations, noise limitations, clearance requirements and the like; and,
WHEREAS, the City has considered the requirements for alternative energy systems and
has determined that the City Code should be amended to establish the permitting fee for solar
energy systems shall be based upon fifty (50) inspections at one hundred dollars ($140.00) per
inspection per one thousand(1,000) solar panels and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each wind
energy system construction as hereinafter set forth.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the United
City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. That Title 10, Chapter 9, Section 10-19-9 is hereby deleted and replaced with
the following:
"C.2. In addition, a solar energy farm shall be subject to a permit fee of five
thousand dollars ($7,000)per one thousand (1,000) solar panels; each wind energy
system used for commercial purposes shall be subject to a two thousand dollars
($2,000) permit fee; and, for each wind energy system used solely for residential
purposes constructed in a residential zoning district shall be subject to a five
hundred dollars ($500.00) permit fee."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage, publication,
and approval as provided by law.
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
12th day of September, A.D. 2023.
;CITY CLERK
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KEN KOCH AYE DAN TRANSIER AYE
ARDEN JOE PLOCHER AYE CRAIG SOLING AYE
CHRIS FUNKHOUSER AYE MATT MAREK AYE
SEAVER TARULIS ABSENT RUSTY CORNEILS AYE
APPROVED by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
this ! ��day of y jj ;�/, A.D. 2023.
r
MAYOR
Attest:
CITY CLERK
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