2013-02-04 - Ordinance 2013-008 - AMENDING TITLE 17, COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE1/30/2013
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ORDINANCE NO. 2013 — 8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE
TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS
Amendment to Chapter 17.12. — Definitions
Section 17.12.192 — Developed Parcel
Amendment to Chapter 17.20 — General Provisions
Section 17.20.110 —Sign Regulations
Amendment to Section 17.44.060.E. — Deletion of 6. Signs
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home Rule Unit pursuant to the Illinois
Constitution of 1970; and,
WHEREAS, the Village has determined that text amendments to the Village Zoning
Ordinance, Title 17 of the Buffalo Grove Municipal Code, are necessary concerning consistency
with the Village Sign Code, Title 14 of the Buffalo Grove Municipal Code; and,
WHEREAS, said amendments include the definition of "Developed Parcel' and deletion
of the sign regulations from the B -5 Town Center District; and,
WHEREAS, the Village Plan Commission conducted a public hearing on December 5,
2012 concerning said amendments and determined that the proposed amendments are
necessary to achieve consistency between the Village Zoning Ordinance and Village Sign Code;
and,
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission voted 7 to 0 to recommend approval of the
amendments and the Commission has forwarded its findings and recommendations to the
Village Board.
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. Chapter 17.12 "Definitions" of the Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is
hereby amended by adding the following Section 17.12.192:
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17.12.192. Developed Parcel
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"Developed parcel" means one or more properties or lots upon which significant site
improvement, such as utility installations, paving and in many instances, the
construction of one or more structures has occurred. Developed Parcel shall include,
but is not limited to a shopping center. It shall additionally mean all private property
within 200 feet of an existing building.
Section 2. Chapter 17.20 "General Provision" of the Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is
hereby amended by adding the following Section 17.20.110:
17.20.110 Sign Regulations
Signs are subject to the provisions of the Village Sign Code (Title 14 of the Buffalo Grove
Municipal Code) except as set forth in this Title 17.
Section 3. Section 17.44.060.E. Criteria of Appearance is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 17.44.060.
E. Criteria of Appearance.
1. Goals and objectives.
a. Excellence in design and planning, which may be achieved through
appropriate innovation and imaginative concepts, will be encouraged. To accomplish
this, the Criteria of Appearance has been developed for guidance to designers and
planners of developments within the Town Center. The intent of this criteria is to
produce a more logical and attractive use of one property that will be beneficial
rather than detrimental to the surrounding area and the community.
b. The purpose of these criteria is to establish a check list of those items
which affect the physical and visual aspect of the Town Center environment.
Pertinent to appearance is the design of the site, building and structures, planting,
signs, street furniture and miscellaneous other objects which are observed by the
public.
C. These criteria are not intended to restrict imagination, innovation or
variety, but rather to assist in focusing on design principles which can result in
creative solutions that will develop and promote a visual appearance conducive with
the overall design concept of the Town Center.
2. Relationship of buildings to site and to adjoining areas.
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a. The site shall be planned to accomplish a desirable transition with the
streetscape, and to provide for functional and harmonious planting, integral
pedestrian movement, unobtrusive parking areas and continuity of a total design
concept.
b. Site planning in which setbacks and yards are in excess of zoning
restrictions is encouraged.
C. Parking areas shall be treated with decorative elements, building wall
extensions (screen walls), plantings, berms or other innovative means so as to largely
screen parking areas from view from public ways.
d. The height and scale of each building shall be compatible with its site and
adjoining buildings. Spacing between buildings and heights of buildings shall be of
good transitional nature.
e. Newly installed utility services, and service revisions necessitated by
exterior alterations, shall be constructed underground.
f. Attractive smooth landscape transition to adjoining properties shall be
provided.
3. Landscape and site treatment. Landscape elements included in the following
criteria consist of all forms of planting and vegetation, ground forms, rock groupings,
water patterns, and all visible construction except buildings and utilitarian structures.
a. Where natural or existing topographic patterns contribute to the beauty
and utility of a development, they shall be preserved, enhanced and developed.
Modification to topography will only be permitted where it contributes to
appearance or is necessitated by engineering considerations.
b. Grades and slopes of walks, parking spaces, terraces and other paved areas
shall provide an inviting and comfortable physical environment for pedestrians as
well as for proper drainage.
C. Landscape treatment shall be provided to enhance architectural features,
strengthen vistas and important axis. Spectacular effects shall be reserved for special
locations only.
d. Unity of design shall be achieved by repetition of certain plant varieties and
other landscape materials, and by correlation with adjacent developments.
e. Plant material shall be selected for interest in its structure, texture, mass,
scale, height and seasonal color. Plants should be indigenous to the area, hearty,
harmonious to the design, of good appearance and shall be approved by the Village
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Forester and /or Landscape Architect.
f. In locations where plants will be susceptible to injury by pedestrian or
motor traffic, they shall be protected by appropriate curbs, tree guards or other
devices.
g. Parking areas and traffic ways shall be enhanced with landscaped spaces
containing streets or tree groupings. Shrubs shall be used so as not to obscure vision
at intersections. Parking areas in residential and office districts shall be screened
from vehicular traffic ways and pedestrian ways by the introduction of earth berms.
These berms shall be a minimum of three feet high with a maximum slope of three to
one. Parking areas in commercial districts shall be screened from residential and
office districts as indicated above.
(i) All parking areas shall have internal landscaping to channelize and define
logical areas for pedestrians and vehicular circulation and to provide areas for
accumulation of snow.
(ii) Interior landscaping shall account for a minimum of seven percent of the
parking area. All interior landscaping shall be protected from vehicular
encroachment by curbing or similar means and should be raised above the
grade of the parking spaces.
(iii) Space shall be provided for one tree for every forty feet of frontage or
fraction thereof. Spacing of trees, however, shall not exceed sixty -five feet.
Trees shall have a minimum height of six feet and a minimum diameter of two
and one -half inches measured one foot above grade level.
h. In areas where general planting will not prosper, other materials such as
fences, walls and pavings or wood, brick, stone, gravel and cobbles shall be used.
Carefully selected plants shall be combined with such materials where possible.
i. Planting in rights -of -way shall be integrated into the overall landscape
treatment. All right -of -way plantings shall be approved by the agency having
jurisdiction over said right -of -way.
4. Lighting.
a. Exterior lighting, when used, shall enhance the building design and the
adjoining landscape. Lighting standards and fixtures shall be of a design and size
compatible with the building and adjacent areas. Lighting shall be restrained in
design, and excessive brightness and brilliant colors avoided. Lighting levels shall be
reduced to 0.2 foot candles between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. where
adjacent to residential districts.
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b. Lighting of off - street parking areas is required. Lighting used to illuminate
vehicular traffic ways shall be directed away from adjoining and adjacent property,
streets and other public rights -of -way. All lighting units shall be of a full cut -off type,
with a maximum pole height of thirty feet.
C. The illumination level for all off - street parking areas shall be a minimum
average of 1.0 foot candle maintained to a maximum average of 3.0 foot candles
maintained. A uniformity ratio of four to one, or better, between the average foot
candle level and the minimum foot candle level is also required.
d. Pedestrian lighting shall be in accordance with the lighting levels
established in Table II of the Illuminating Engineering Society's Standards for
Roadway Lighting (hereby adopted by reference). Maximum pole height shall be
twelve feet.
Luminaire, light source and pole design shall create a continuity and relationship to
surroundings consistent with the intent of the Town Center. Poles and luminaires
selected shall be vandal resistant.
e. Landscape or ground lighting shall be designed to harmonize with the
overall landscape and lighting design. Fixtures used shall be vandal resistant and
securely fastened to wiring system.
5. Building design.
a. Architectural style is restricted to structures of harmonious design.
Evaluation of appearance of a project shall be based on quality of its design,
creativity, innovation, continuity and relationship to surroundings consistent with the
intent of the Town Center.
b. Harmony in material, texture, lines, colors and masses is required.
Monotony shall be avoided. Variation of detail, form and siting shall be used to
provide visual interest.
C. Materials shall be selected for suitability to the type of buildings and the
design in which they are used.
d. The design of all buildings and structures shall address itself to the
consistent and thoughtful design development of all surfaces of the structure and
volumetric relationships, to include, but not be limited to: general shape, form,
materials, colors and appearance.
e. Mechanical equipment, antennas, towers and other utility hardware on the
roof of buildings shall be screened from public view with materials harmonious with
the building.
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f. All ground located mechanical equipment, trash receptacles and storage
areas, service yards, parking areas, loading docks and ramps, electrical cage
enclosures, electrical equipment, telephone equipment, incinerators and similar
equipment for the disposal of materials, storage tanks and other areas which tend to
be unsightly shall be screened from view from access streets and adjacent properties
and the subject property by means of a fence, berm, wall or dense, opaque landscape
material.
g. Exterior building lighting and signage shall be part of the architectural
concept. Fixtures, standards and all exposed accessories shall be harmonious with
building design.
h. Inappropriate, incompatible, bizarre and exotic designs shall be avoided.
L The design of all porches, balconies, patios and similar outside spaces shall
be integral to the building design and not appear as appendages.
6. Miscellaneous structures and street furniture.
a. Miscellaneous structures include any structures, other than buildings,
visible from any public way or ways. Street furniture includes all objects not
commonly referred to as structures and located in streets and public ways and
outside buildings including but not limited to benches, bollards, tree grates, kiosks,
pavilions and directories.
b. Miscellaneous structures and street furniture located on private property
shall be designed to be part of the architectural concept of design and landscape.
Materials, scale, mass and colors shall be compatible to, and enhance the continuity
and relationship to, surroundings consistent with the intent of the Town Center
concept.
C. Miscellaneous structures and street furniture located in public ways and
other public property shall be harmonious with design of adjacent buildings and
other structures and Village landscape.
d. Lighting in connection with miscellaneous structures and street furniture
shall meet the criteria applicable to site, landscape, buildings and signs.
7. Maintenance — Planning and design factors.
a. Continued good appearance depends upon the extent and quality of
maintenance. The choice of materials and their use, together with the types of
finishes and other protective measures, must be conducive to easy maintenance and
upkeep.
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b. Materials and finishes shall be selected for their durability and wear as well
as for their beauty. Proper measures and devices shall be incorporated for protection
against the elements, neglect, damage and abuse.
C. Provision for washing and cleaning of buildings and structures, and control
of dirt and refuse, shall be included in the design. Such configurations that tend to
catch and accumulate debris, leaves, trash, dirt and rubbish shall be avoided.
d. Through proper engineering and site grading, a parcel of land can be
designed to prevent standing water. In order to insure against future accumulations
of stagnant water, care should be exercised in the maintenance of all drainage
elements including pavement, structures and earth berms.
e. Through the careful selection of plant material for their heartiness and
appropriateness as well as their beauty, planting areas can be maintained free of
species of weeds or plant growth which are noxious or detrimental to the public
health. This shall include not only planting areas within the property, but also those
planting areas in the rights -of -way.
f. In order to maintain the design character of the Town Center during
construction and until the entire area is developed, proper measures and devices
must be incorporated into each developer's program to control, screen and dispose
of all construction refuse associated with the construction process.
g. All landscaped areas shall be provided with an irrigation system or a readily
available water supply with at least one outlet located within one hundred fifty feet
of the plant material. .
h. All plant material that is dead or damaged shall be replaced immediately.
Plant material shall be replaced no later than thirty days after notification by the
Village of a violation of this section when planting conditions permit, and in no event
later than ninety days.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication. This ordinance may be published in pamphlet form.
AYES: 5 — Trilling, Sussman, Terson, Stein, Ottenheimer
NAYS: 0 — None
ABSENT: 1- Berman
PASSED: February 4, 2013
APPROVED: February 4, 2013
PUBLISHED: February 5, 2013
ATTEST: APPROVE
Clerk
iman, Village Presid6nt