Ordinance 2023-32 202400004205
DEBBIE GILLETTE
RECORDER- KENDALL COUNTY, IL
RECORDED: 04/19/2024 10:14 AM
RECORDING FEE 57.00
PAGES: 8
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-32
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE,KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, APPROVING THE REZONING TO THE A-1 AGRICULTURAL ZONING
DISTRICT OF CERTAIN TERRITORY GENERALLY LOCATED AT EAST OF
CANNONBALL TRAIL AND NORTH OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA
FE RAILROAD LINE
(Bristol Ridge105—Solar Farm)
Passed by the City Council of the
United City of Yorkville,Kendall County, Illinois
This 10th day of October,2023
Prepared by and Return to:
United City of Yorkville
651 Prairie Pointe Drive
Yorkville, IL 60560
Published in pamphlet form by the
authority of the Mayor and City Council
of the United City of Yorkville,Kendall
County,Illinois on October 13, 2023.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.
COUNTY OF KENDALL )
Ordinance No. 2023-32
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, APPROVING THE REZONING TO THE A-1 AGRICULTURAL ZONING
DISTRICT OF CERTAIN TERRITORY GENERALLY LOCATED AT EAST OF
CANNONBALL TRAIL AND NORTH OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA
FE RAILROAD LINE
(Bristol Ridge 105—Solar Farm)
WHEREAS, the United City of Yorkville (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, Turning Point Energy, LLC, (the "Applicant") is leasing approximately 26
acres for the proposed installation of a freestanding solar energy systems on the property owned
by Daniel B. Light located immediately north of the BNSF railroad line and east of Cannonball
Trail (the "Subject Property"), within the corporate limits of the City legally described in
Section 2 and as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, and is seeking
rezoning of the Subject Property into the A-1 Agricultural Zoning District; and,
WHEREAS,the Applicant desires to rezone the Subject Property into the A-1
Agricultural Zoning District; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission convened and held a public hearing
on May 10, 2023, to consider the rezoning after publication of notice and notice to property
owners within five hundred (500) feet of the Subject Property; and,
WHEREAS,the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the standards set forth in
Section 10-4-10B.4 and made findings of fact and recommendation to the Mayor and City
Council (the"Corporate Authorities") for approval of the rezoning; and,
WHEREAS,the Corporate Authorities have received and considered the
recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
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NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. The above recitals are incorporated herein and made a part of this Ordinance.
Section 2. That the Corporate Authorities hereby approve the rezoning of the Subject
Property, legally described as:
THAT PART OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL LYING EASTERLY OF THE
CENTERLINE OF CANNONBALL TRAIL:
A PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 7,
EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY
LEADING NORTH FROM HUNTSVILLE, IN SAID DIRECTION AT A POINT WHERE
THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY INTERSECTS THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF
ELIZABETH RIDER'S LAND; THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF
SAID ELIZABETH RIDER'S LAND 315 FEET, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
THEREOF, THENCE NORTH AT RIGHT ANGLES WITH SAID FIRST LINE ALONG THE
EAST LINE OF SAID RIDER LAND, TO THE CENTER OF SAID BRISTOL ROAD;
THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, ALONG THE CENTER OF SAID HIGHWAY, TO THE
SOUTHERLY LINE OF LAND BELONGING TO HARRY C. ECCLES; THENCE
SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID ECCLES LAND, TO A
POINT IN SAID SOUTHERLY LINE 60 CHAINS FROM THE EAST LINE OF SAID
SECTION; THENCE EAST, ALONG THE SAID SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID HARRY C.
ECCLES LAND TO THE 8TH SECTION LINE, AND BEING THE WEST LINE OF N.C.
RIDER'S LAND; THENCE SOUTH, ON SAID 8TH SECTION LINE AND RIDER'S WEST
LINE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY OF C.B. AND Q. RR CO.; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY,
ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID RAILROAD CO.
TO WHERE THE SAME IS INTERSECTED BY THE NORTHERLY LINE OF JAMES
KENNEDY'S LAND; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID
KENNEDY'S LAND, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID JAMES KENNEDY'S
LAND; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO THE PLACE OF
BEGINNING, INCLUDING THE EAST HALF MILE OF HIGHWAY WESTERLY AND
BORDERING SAID PREMISES; EXCEPTING FROM THE ABOVE PREMISES TWO LOTS
4 BY 8 RODS EACH IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED
PREMISES, HERETOFORE DEEDED TO JOSEPH KENNEDY AND JAMES KENNEDY,
SITUATED IN THE TOWN OF BRISTOL, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE
HERETOFORE CONVEYED TO COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY BE DEED
RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 73-1974, TO THAT PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF
SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE
EAST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION
15 AND THE NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON
NORTHERN (FORMERLY CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY) RAILROAD;
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THENCE SOUTH 74 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE
NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID RAILROAD, A DISTANCE OF 2910.45
FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF "REEVES" LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED
RECORDED MARCH 13, 1952, AS DOCUMENT #101936; THENCE NORTH 3 DEGREES
10 MINUTES 43 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID "REEVES"
LAND A DISTANCE OF 12.80 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF;
THENCE NORTH 81 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE
NORTHERLY LINE "REEVES" LAND, A DISTANCE 340.18 FEET TO THE
INTERSECTION OF SAID LINE WITH A LINE DRAWN 150 FEET NORTHWESTERLY
OF, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO, AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHERLY
TIGHT OF WAY OF SAID RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 74 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 17
SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE A DISTANCE OF 331.83 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 15 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 43 SECONDS WEST, PERPENDICULAR TO
THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, A DISTANCE OF 40 FEET; THENCE NORTH 74
DEGREES 19 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST ALONG A LINE OF SAID RAILROAD, A
DISTANCE OF 2941.14 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID WEST HALF OF THE
NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 40 SECONDS
WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST
QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 197.57 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; ALL IN
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST '/ OF SECTION
15, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AS
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE
CENTERLINE OF CANNONBALL TRAIL (BEING THE CENTER LINE OF STATE ROUTS
10, SECTION 19-15D) AND A LINE DRAWN PARALLEL WITH AND 80.0 FEET,
NORMALLY DISTANT, SOUTHERLY OF "ELIZABETH RIDER'S LAND", THENCE
EASTERLY ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE 239.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY AT
RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 354.96 FEET TO THE NORTH
LINE OF A TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO JAMES KENNEDY BY WARRANTY
DEED RECORDED ON APRIL 21, 1982, IN BOOK 48 OF DEEDS, PAGE 480; THENCE
WESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 106.70 FEET TO THE EAST LINE, AS
OCCUPIED AND MONUMENTED, OF LANDS CONVEYED TO GEORGE MEWHIRTER
BY A WARRANTY DEED RECORDED MAY 1, 1899, IN BOOK 55 OF DEEDS, PAGE 25;
THENCE NORTHERLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE,
BEING ALONG SAID EAST LINE AND SAID EAST LINE EXTENDED 132.0 FEET;
THENCE WESTERLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 190.33
FEET TO SAID CENTER LINE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER
LINE, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
with Property Index Number 02-15-126-004 into the A-1 Agricultural Zoning District.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval, and
publication as provided by law.
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Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
l Oth day of October, A.D. 2023.
CIT CLERK
KEN KOCH AYE DAN TRANSIER AYE
ARDEN JOE PLOCHER AYE CRAIG SOLING AYE
CHRIS FUNKHOUSER NAY MATT MAREK ABSENT
SEAVER TARULIS NAY RUSTY CORNEILS AYE
JOHN PURCELL AYE
APPROVED by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
this trday of C 3 , A.D. 2023.
MAYOR
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EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT A to Application Forms
Parcel Legal Description—TPE IL KE105, LLC(02-15-126-004)
Note: This legal description is from the Trustee's Deed dated August 8, 2017 between First Midwest
Bank and Daniel B. Light; Recorded Kendall County, IL 8/31/2017#201700013916
Legal Description:
That part of the following described parcel lying easterly of the centerline of Cannonball Trail:
A part of the North Half of Section 15,Township 37 North, Range 7, East of the Third Principal Meridian,
Described as follows: Commencing at a point on the East line of the Public Highway leading North from
Huntsville, in said direction at a point where the easterly line of said highway intersects the southerly
line of Elizabeth Rider's Land;thence easterly, along the southerly line of said Elizabeth Rider's Land 315
feet,to the southeast corner thereof,thence north at right angles with said first line along the east line
of said Rider Land, to the center of said Bristol Road; thence northeasterly, along the center of said
highway,to the southerly line of land belonging to Harry C. Eccles;thence southeasterly along the
southerly line of said Eccles land,to a point in said southerly line 60 chains from the east line of said
Section;thence East, along the said southerly line of said Harry C. Eccles Land to the 8th Section line, and
being the west line of N.C. Rider's land;thence south, on said 8th Section line and Rider's west line to the
Right of Way of C.B. and Q. RR CO.;thence southwesterly, along the Northerly line of said Right of Way
of said Railroad Co.to where the same is intersected by the northerly line of James Kennedy's land;
thence westerly along the north line of said Kennedy's land, to the northwest corner of said James
Kennedy's land;thence northerly along the highway to the place of beginning, including the east half
mile of highway westerly and bordering said premises; excepting from the above premises two lots 4 by
8 rods each in the southwest corner of the above described premises, heretofore deeded to Joseph
Kennedy and James Kennedy,situated in the town of Bristol, Kendall County, Illinois.
Excepting therefrom the following described real estate heretofore conveyed to Commonwealth Edison
Company be deed recorded as document no. 73-1974,to that part of the north half of Section 15,
Township 37 North, Range 7, East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Beginning at the
intersection of the east line of the west half of the northeast quarter of said Section 15 and the
Northwesterly Right of Way line of the Burlington Northern (Formerly Chicago, Burlington and Quincy)
Railroad;thence south 74 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds west along the northerly Right of Way line of
said Railroad, a distance of 2910.45 feet to the southeast corner of"Reeves" land described in deed
recorded March 13, 1952, as document#101936;thence north 3 degrees 10 minutes 43 seconds west
along the easterly line of said "Reeves" land a distance of 12.80 feet to the northeast corner thereof;
thence north 81 degrees 50 minutes 18 seconds west along the northerly line"Reeves" land, a distance
340.18 feet to the intersection of said line with a line drawn 150 feet northwesterly of, measured at
right angles to, and parallel with the northerly tight of way of said railroad;thence north 74 degrees 19
minutes 17 seconds east along said parallel line a distance of 331.83 feet;thence north 15 degrees 40
minutes 43 seconds west, perpendicular to the last described line, a distance of 40 feet;thence north 74
degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds east along a line of said railroad, a distance of 2941.14 feet to the east
line of said west half of the northeast quarter;thence south 0 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds west
along the east line of said west half of the northeast quarter, a distance of 197.57 feet to the point of
beginning; all in Kendall County, Illinois,
Also Excepting therefrom that part of the northwest%of Section 15,Township 37 North, Range 7, East
of the Third Principal Meridian as described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of
Cannonball Trail (Being the center line of State Routs 10, Section 19-15D) and a line drawn parallel with
and 80.0 feet, normally distant,southerly of"Elizabeth Rider's Land",thence easterly along said parallel
line 239.10 feet;thence southerly at right angles to the last described course, 354.96 feet to the north
line of a tract of land conveyed to James Kennedy by Warranty Deed recorded on April 21, 1982, in Book
48 of Deeds, page 480;Thence westerly along said north line, 106.70 feet to the east line,as occupied
and monumented,of lands conveyed to George Mewhirter by a Warranty Deed recorded May 1, 1899,
in Book 55 of Deeds, Page 25;thence northerly at right angles to the last described course, being along
said east line and said east line extended 132.0 feet; thence westerly at right angles to the last described
course, 190.33 feet to said center line;thence northeasterly along said center line,to the point of
beginning, in Bristol Township, Kendall County, Illinois.