2002-035 - APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SPECIAL USE - BUSCH GROVE COMMUNITY PARK - 801 MCHENRY RD - 06/17/20025/14/2002
ORDINANCE 2002- 35
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMEBNT TO
THE SPECIAL USE IN THE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE DISTRICT,
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
Golf Learning Center, 801 McHenry Road
Busch Grove Community Park,
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home Rule Unit by virtue of the Illinois
Constitution of 1970; and,
WHEREAS, the real property legally described in EXHIBIT A ( "Property") attached hereto
is zoned in the Residential Estate District with a Special Use for public park facilities pursuant to
an Annexation Agreement dated March 20, 1995 approved by Ordinance 95 -26, with specific plans
for development and operation of the Learning Center being approved by Ordinance 98 -14; and,
WHEREAS, the Buffalo Grove Park District as Owner of the Property has requested the
Village's approval of amendments to Ordinance 98 -14 to allow the dome facility to remain in
place year -round and to allow extended use of the facility pursuant to the following exhibits:
EXHIBIT A Legal Description
EXHIBIT B Memo dated April 18, 2002 (with Occupancy Summary table)
from Michael Rylko, Executive Director, Buffalo Grove Park
District
EXHIBIT C Letter dated March 5, 2002 from John P. Green, Groundwork, Ltd
EXHIBIT D Exiting Plan (8.5x11 -inch) dated March 6, 2002 by Groundwork,
Ltd.
EXHIBIT E Site Plan dated as March 6, 2002 by Groundwork, Ltd.
EXHIBIT F Building Layout Plan dated March 6, 2002 by Groundwork, Ltd.
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WHEREAS, notice of. the public hearing concerning the request for amendment of the
Special
Use to allow the dome facility to remain in place year -round and to allow extended use of the facility
was given and the public hearing was held by the Buffalo Grove Plan Commission; and,
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission determined that the proposed amendments to the
Special Use are appropriate for the Property and will be compatible with adjacent properties; and,
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees after due and careful consideration have
concluded that the development of the Property on the terms and conditions herein set forth would
enable the Village to control development of the area and would serve the best interests of the
Village.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES,
ILLINOIS:
Section 1. This Ordinance is made pursuant to and in accordance with the Village's Zoning
Ordinance, Development Ordinance and'the Village's Home Rule powers. The preceding whereas
clauses are hereby made a part of this Ordinance.
Section 2. The Corporate Authorities hereby adopt a proper, valid and binding ordinance
approving an amendment to the Special Use approved by Ordinance 98 -14 to allow the dome to
remain in place year -round and to allow extended use of the facility as represented in attached
EXHIBITS B, C, D and E, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3 of this Ordinance.
Section 3. Development of the Property is subject to the following conditions:
A. The dome structure may remain in place year -round until May 31, 2006,
provided that appropriate repairs and maintenance are performed as
necessary to maintain the appearance of the structure. The Village may, at
the request of the Park District, consider allowing further year -round use of
the facility beyond said date.
B. The facility shall be operated in conformance with the management plan and
schedule as set forth in attached EXHIBIT B. The dome shall not be used for
programs or activities in June, July, August or September unless the Village
specifically allows a use pursuant to a request by the Park District.
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Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect on and after its passage and
approval. This Ordinance shall not be codified.
AYES: 5 - Braiman, Berman, Johnson, Kahn, Trilling
NAYES: 1 - Glover
ABSENT: 0 - None
PASSED: June 17, 2002
APPROVED: June 17, 2002
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Village Clerk ELLIOTT HARTSTEIN, Village President
EXHIBIT
TO: MR. BOB PFEIL, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
FROM: MIKE RYLKO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
RE: LEARNING CENTER USE PROPOSAL
DATE: APRIL 18, 2002
As discussed in our meetings of February 27, 2002 and March 20, 2002, the Buffalo Grove Park
District is requesting that the air-inflated structure housing the Buffalo Grove Golf Learning Center
be allowed to remain inflated throughout the year. The Park District is also requesting that other
activities be allowed in the facility.
Though recognizing that the original intent of the facility was to serve only as a"golf learning
center," the Park District has been looking for ways to make maximum use of the facility. We
believe that leaving the facility up throughout the year will allow us to schedule a wide variety of
sports activities. The turf area is well suited for training for a variety of activities including football,
soccer, baseball, softball and others. It is a well-cushioned material and can easily serve as a
training/play facility for these activities.
The Park District also believes that leaving the dome up throughout the year will save the Park
District tens of thousands of dollars in contractual fees for set up and take down. By leaving the
structure up throughout the year, the dome material itself will realize a longer life expectancy as the
material experiences significant wear and tear with every set up and take down.
During our meetings, you have asked us to provide you with information on what activities would be
planned. In addition,you asked for us to determine the maximum number of users we could expect in
each activity. Finally, you requested that our architect provide information on how these uses would
change the egress patterns of the facility, a BOCA code analysis, and other fire safety considerations.
From this analysis, the maximum capacity for this facility is 200 people.
Park Distdgt n,e
In response to the request by the village officials,recreation department staff has reviewed the needs
of our various programs, and the requests by residents and other interested parties. Staff feels the
information provided below addresses these needs.
A. Types of Uses
Besides its current function as a Golf Learning Center, the structure would be used for the
following activities: instructional programs and rentals for sports programs such as soccer,
baseball, softball, football and other similar activities.
B. Schedule of Uses
The Park District believes the primary use of the facility would still be for the Golf Learning
Center(approximately 67% of normal opening hours). Other uses are scheduled to make
better use of the facility and to serve the extensive needs of our sports minded community.
Therefore, with some minor modifications in the existing=Golf Learning Center schedule, a
proposed schedule appears below. Dates may change slightly to take advantage of weekends.
For example,we would almost always want to start and end our golf operations on a
weekend.
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Sept 15—Nov 14 Sports Rentals Sun-Sat 7 am—I 1 pm*
Nov 15—April 14 Sports Rentals Sat&Sun 6 pm—11 pm
Golf Operations Sat&Sun 7 am—6 pm
Mon—Fri 7 am—11 pm
April 14—May 15 Sports Rentals Sun-Sat 7 am—11 pm*
*Our normal schedule for sports programs would only be from 4 pm—11 pm on weekdays. However,we believe
there may be the potential to sports related programs on school institute days. In addition,we will be exploring
the possibility of making this facility available to schools and other organizations on weekdays for their sports
programs.
The facility will be used by several sports may be required to take full advantage of the
facility. Appropriately, trained park district personnel will supervise whenever the facility is
in operation.
C. Emergency Egress, Maximum Capacity and Other Code Requirements—These issues have
been addressed by the architect. These comments are provided in a separate packet. In
previous meetings, concerns were raised on whether our exits in the inflated structure were
equipped with pull station alarms and strobes. We did inspect the facility and found all
emergency exits to be equipped with these devices.
D. Because of the time needed to properly present this request, the Park District intends on
taking down the dome at the end of the 2001-02 driving range season. The dome will be put
back up for the fall season.
Final Recommendations
1. That the Buffalo Grove Park District be allowed to leave the air inflated structure up throughout
the year.
2. That the Buffalo Grove Park District be permitted to schedule other activities in the previously
defined, "unoccupied"space. These activities will be limited to sports programs, training events
and rentals that support youth and adult sports.
3. That the Park District abides by the Village approved capacity of 200.
4. That the Park District be allowed to schedule activities for 242 days of operation.
5. That during Park District Learning Center days of operation, that activities be scheduled from 7
a.m. — 11 p.m.
6. Based on Buffalo Grove Fire Department recommendations, the inflated structure will be closed
for four consecutive months.
7. That the Buffalo Grove Park District be allowed to initiate the above recommendations beginning
in September 2002.
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EXHIBIT IT C
March 5, 2002
Village of Buffalo Grove
Departments of Planning, Building/Zoning, and Fire Prevention
50 Raupp Blvd.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089
Attn: Mr. Bob Pfeil, Director of Planning
Mr. Ed Schar, Director of Building and Zoning
Deputy Fire Marshal Troy Shannon, Fire Prevention
Re: Proposal by the Buffalo Grove Park District
Busch Grove Learning Center
Air Supported Structure
GW Job#C179
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to your meeting with the Buffalo Grove Park District of Wednesday, February 27, 2002,
enclosed you will find 27 copies of each of the items that were requested to be included in their
submittal to be provided by our office on the above referenced project. These items are intended
to serve as supportive tools to the Park District's items.
As discussed in the meeting, the elements we have prepared are based on an overview of those
sections of the BOCA National Building Code (1996) which appear to apply to the Park District's
request to extend the utilization of the air supported structure beyond 180 days. As indicated in
earlier letters from the Village to the Park District, it appears that this would move the structure's
applicable code sections from Section 3104.0 — Temporary Structures to Section 3103.0 —
Membrane Structures. Fortunately; during review and construction of the original facility, it
appears that the Village required the installation of many, if not all the items that would govern
Section 3103.0 including: exit doors throughout the structure based on travel distance
requirements from within the entire structure; exit signage and manual alarm boxes at each door
location; and emergency egress hardware on all doors and gates leading from the structure and
the surrounding enclosure area.
In addition, it is our understanding that the Park District installed motion sensitive lighting on the
exterior perimeter along the exit routes and asphalt (hard surface) paving along these routes.
Our referencing of the 1996 BOCA is based upon the fact that this was the Code in effect at the
time of design. We have not seen any items in the current codes that would alter these basic
applications. As always, we offer these comments as our opinions based on the information we
have available but recognize that the final determination of applicability and interpretation is the
purview of the reviewing officials and jurisdiction and do not reflect any local modifications to
codes that may apply.
A review of our files for the original design indicated that no maximum occupancy amount was
listed in the public hearing records. However, it was indicated in the Building Permit Review
documents (response letter of 9-28-98) that the maximum capacity would be not more than 200.
As we discussed in the February meeting, regardless of exit load capacity, the governing design
factor is actually the washroom facility capacities that are regulated by the Illinois Plumbing Code.
Based on the number of plumbing fixtures, it appears that this Code would limit overall capacity to
200.
GROUNDWORK, LTD.
ARCHITECTS/PLANNERS/ENGINEERS
1051 PEKIMETE.K DRIVE, 5UITE 1110
HA IL N I 5C MBUR-U G Ll 0 5 60173 jGR
847.413.0300 •FAX 847.41�5.0314
The information provided includes:
1. Site Plan—dated 3-6-02
2. Building Layout Plan—dated 3-6-02
3. Exiting Plan —dated 3-6-02
It is our understanding that the proposed programming and use items are being developed and
submitted by the Park District and that this proposal would be included on the agenda of the
Buffalo Grove Plan Commission for March 20, 2002. Should you need any other information from
our office, please feel free to request it through the Park District or to contact us directly. Thank
you.
Very truly yours,
GROUNDWORK, LTD.,
By:
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-Jot Green, residen
Cc: Mr. Mike Rylko, E 'e uti've Director, Buffalo Grove Park District
Mr. Dan Schimme, Director of Recreation and Facilities, Buffalo Grove Park District