Ordinance 2025-75202500015333
DEBBIE GILLETTE
RECORDER - KENDALL COUNTY, IL
RECORDED. 11/19/2025 02.08 PM
RECORDING FEE 57.00
PAGES: 5
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-75
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, APPROVING THE EXTENSION OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT
APPROVED IN ORDINANCE 2023-34
(Bristol Ridge 105 — Solar Farm)
Passed by the City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
This I01h day of November, 2025
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 November 19, 2025.
Ordinance No. 2025-75
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, APPROVING THE EXTENSION OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT
APPROVED IN ORDINANCE 2023-34
(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, under section 11-13-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 511-1-1, et
seq. ), the Mayor and City Council of the City (collectively, the "Corporate Authorities") may
provide for the classification of special uses in its zoning ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the United City of Yorkville Unified Development Ordinance
(the "UDO"), any person owning or having an interest in property may file an application to use
such land for one or more of the special uses provided for in the zoning district in which the land
is situated; and
WHEREAS, Turning Point Energy, LLC, ("the Lessee") 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 of
this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, under the authority of the Zoning Code, the Subject Property is located in a
designated A-1 Agricultural District and freestanding solar energy systems are allowed with a
special use permit; and
WHEREAS, on October 10, 2023 the Corporate Authorities approved Ordinance 2023-
34, granting the Lessee a special use permit on the Subject Property with an expiration date of
October 20, 2026 to allow the solar farm with freestanding solar energy systems (the "Project");
and
WHEREAS, Lessee has requested an extension of the special use permit to October 20,
2027 under Section 10-8-5(G) of the City's UDO; and
WHEREAS, under Section 10-8-5(G) of the UDO, the Corporate Authorities may approve
an extension of a special use permit for an additional year by a majority vote; and
WHEREAS, the Corporate Authorities find it is in the best interest of the City and its
residents to approve a one year extension of the special use permit that was approved in Ordinance
2023-34.
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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 extension of a special use
permit to October 20, 2027 for 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 STH
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
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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 4101936; 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 IS 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 '/4 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,
3 54.96 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.
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with Property Index Number 02-15-126-004 for use as a solar farm with freestanding solar
energy systems.
Section 3. That the special use granted herein shall be constructed, operated, and
maintained in accordance with the plans, diagrams, and conditions adopted in Ordinance 2023-34,
and that Lessee is required to provide the City with regular updates and documentation regarding
utility easement approvals and contact information of any new investors or owners of the Project
prior to the issuance of building permits.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval,
and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
I& day of November, A.D. 2025.
CITY CLERK
KEN KOCH
AYE
DAN TRANSIER
AYE
ARDEN JOE PLOCHER
AYE
CRAIG SOLING
ABSENT
CHRIS FUNKHOUSER
AYE
MATT MAREK
AYE
RUSTY CORNEILS
AYE
RUSTY HYETT
AYE
APPROVED byme,
I as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
thWD— day of A.D. 2025.
Attest:
CITY CLERK
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