1978-11-27 - Village Board Committee of the Whole - Minutes _ .
SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS, HELD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1971, AT THE
MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 50 RAUPP BOULEVARD, BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS.
In the absence of the President, the Clerk called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M.
Those present were Trustees Rech, Bogart, Marienthal , Stone, Mendenhall , and Kandel .
Also present were William Balling, Village Manager; William Raysa, Village Attorney;
William Brimm, Finance Director; Carmen Molinaro, Director of Golf Operations;
and William Sommer, Assistant Village Manager.
PRESIDENT PRO TEM
Moved by Bogart, seconded by Kandel to appoint Trustee Rech President Pro Tem in
the President's absence. Upon voice vote, the motion passed unanimously.
BUFFALO GROVE HIGH SCHOOL BISON
President Pro Tem Rech reported that on Sunday, November 26 there was a large
pep rally and celebration to honor the Buffalo Grove High School Bison football
team upon their return from their winning second place in the State Football
Championship. She said that President Fabish presented to each team member a
copy of a proclamation recognizing the achievements of the team.
YOUTH CENTER •
Trustee Bogart reported that the Youth Center has received a $1 ,000 arant from
Allstate Insurance for the first year of operation. In addition, he reported
that the Youth Commission has submitted 56 local grant applications, each grant
being for $1 ,000. One hundred fifty national grant applications will be submitted
late this year. Also, $3,000 of the proceeds from the Jaycee Christmas tree sale
will be donated to the Youth Center.
OMNI-HOUSE
Harry Wells, Executive Director of Omni-House Youth Services Bureau, presented
their quarterly report for the period between July 1 , 1978 and October 31 , 1978.
Lou Wilson, Director of the Youth Advocacy Program, reviewed this delinquency
prevention program.
Trustee Bogart requested Mr. Wells to prepare information regarding the percentage
of Stevenson High School students from Buffalo Grove that have been serviced by
Omni-house. Mr. Wells said he would prepare the information and send a break
down.
AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE RE PARKING.
Trustee Stone stated that at last week's meeting he had indicated he felt a need
to amend the portion of the Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the parking of commercial
vehicles and recreational vehicles (RVs) in residential neighborhoods. He said he
has changed his mind because there would be too many variations and he did not feel
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Moved by Stone, seconded by Marienthal (for discussion purposes) to make a few
changes in the existing ordinance to make it more specific and to handle situations
on a complaint basis rather than handling all as parking violations. After some
discussion, the motion was withdrawn.
The Board reviewed the draft ordinance, section by section, and found the following:
1 . Section 3.8 - Expand ordinance to include all residential districts but
expand in multi-family districts with large parking lots to provide for
the storage of more than one vehicle on the lot provided proper screening
and placement occurs.
2. Section 3.3-1 (7) - (definitions) Delete definition of vans. Snowmobiles
should be included
3. Section 3.8-3 - (permit for parking in front yard set) Fee is to cover
administrative cost only. Provision for 6 month parking permit was deleted.
4. Section 3.8-3A. 1. - Parking will be on hard surface compatible with
material of driveway.
5. Section 3.8-3A. 2. - Rech polled the Board, "Yes" indicating favor of
paragraph remaining the same, and "No" indicating need for change. The
poll found the following:
YES: 4 - Rech, Marienthal , Mendenhall , Kandel
NO: 2 - Bogart, Stone
6. Section 3.8-3A. 3. - (inside parking) Rech polled the Board, "Yes"
indicating favor of section remaining in the ordinance, and "No"
indicating favor of deleting it. The poll found the following:
YES: 4 - Rech, Marienthal , Mendenhall , Kandel
NO: 2 - Bogart, Stone
7. Section 3.8-3A. 4. - (parking in driveway) Length of vehicle to be
included was left undecided until information is received regarding
State vehicle regulations.
8. Section 3.8-3B - (parking in side yard) Ten foot height was changed to
10' height at roof line. Rech polled the Board, "Yes" indicating favor
of section remaining in the ordinance, and "No" indicating favor of deleting
it. The poll found the following:
YES: 3 - Rech, Marienthal , Kandel
NO: 3 - Bogart, Stone, Mendenhall
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9. Section 3.8-3C - (parking in rear yard) Ten foot heiaht was changed to
10' at roof line. Rech polled the Board, "Yes" indicating favor of
section remaining in the ordinance, and "No" indicating changing it.
The poll found the following:
YES: 3 - Rech, Marienthal , Kandel
NO: 3 - Bogart, Stone, Mendenhall
10. Section 3.8-3D - It was decided that sleeping should be permitted in an
RV, but it should require a telephone call to the Police Department for
a permit for a specific length of time. Rech polled the Board to determine
how many days within a 30 day period an RV may be used for sleeping within
the Village limits. The poll found the following:
3 days: 1 - Rech
5 days: 1 - Bogart
7 days: 4 - Marienthal , Stone, Mendenhall , Kandel
11 . Section 3.8-3E - (parking in enclosed structure) Consensus of Board was
to have this section to remain as is.
12. Section 3.8-3F - (parking in side yard of corner or reversed corner lots)
Consensus of the Board was to delete this section.
13. Section 3.8-3G - (parking of vans) Consensus was to leave this section
as written, but that definition of vans in Definition Section could be
deleted.
14. Section 3.8-3H - (compliance within 1 year of publication of ordinance)
Discussion took place regardina the possibility of changing this section
to provide that the ZBA may arant a variance for extension of time for
reasons of financial hardship. Rech polled the Board, "Yes" indicating
favor of leaving the section as written, and "No" indicating favor of the
change. The poll found the following:
YES: 5 - Rech, Marienthal , Stone, Mendenhall , Kandel
NO: 1 - Bogart
15. Section 3.8-31 - (loading and unloading RVs within 48 hours) Rech polled
the Board, "Yes" indicating favor of leaving section as written, and "No"
indicating favor of changing it. The poll found the following:
YES: 4 - Rech, Marienthal , Mendenhall , Kandel
NO: 2 - Bogart, Stone
Trustee Mendenhall asked the RV owners in the audience how many would require a
variance. (There were approximately 50 people in the audience, but there is no
count on the number that were RV owners.) Approximately 35 people raised their
hands. He then asked how many people could park in their side or rear yards.
Approximately 17 raised their hands.
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There was some discussion about access to rear yards if RVs were parked in side
yards. The concern was over fire safety. It was decided that comments should be
obtained from the Fire Department and Building Department.
Moved by Stone, seconded by Bogart to redraft the proposed ordinance to include
only Section 3.8-2, 3.8-3A1 , and 3.8-3A4, 3.8-3D, 3.8-3E, and 3.8-3R. After
discussion, a roll call vote found the following:
YES: 2 - Bogart, Stone
NO: 4 - Rech, Marienthal , Mendenhall , Kandel
Motion defeated.
Trustee Rech asked those voting "No" to explain their reasons.
Trustee Mendenhall felt this would have been taking a simplistic view. He did
not want to see hasty legislation.
Trustee Rech stated 1) there has to be some restrictions for the benefit of all ,
2) size limitations have to be set, and 3) further review and evaluation is
needed.
Trustee Kandel agreed with Trustee Rech's comments, and added that the rights of
others are important, that the sidewalk area and length and height of the vehicle
are critical and require more discussion.
Trustee Marienthal did not feel it would be in the best interest of the Village
to discard the proposed ordinance at this time. He felt State regulations re-
garding size of vehicle must be investigated before making a decision.
Trustee Rech said the Board has the following choices of action: 1) refer
ordinance back to committee, 2) direct attorney to prepare ordinance in accordance
with changes made this evening and refer to the Plan Commission for public hearing,
or 3) direct attorney to prepare ordinance in accordance with changes made this
evening for further Board consideration. Discussion followed.
Moved by Marienthal , seconded by Kandel to direct the Village Attorney to draft
a new ordinance incorporating the changes of record this evening, refer it to the
Plan Commission for public hearing, and before the public hearing, the Village
Board will address all unresolved items with the recommendations on majority
feelings being forwarded to the Plan Commission.
It was decided the public hearing should be held after the holiday season so
there can be audience participation. Copies of the proposed ordinance will be
made available to the audience.
Unresolved items will be placed on the workshop agenda of December 11 , 1978.
Before that time, a copy of the Deerfield Ordinance and State regulations regarding
vehicle size will be disseminated to the Board.
Uwe Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 4 - Rech, Marienthal , Mendenhall , Kandel
NAYES: 2 - Bogart, Stone
Motion declared carried.
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11 :00 P.M. - Trustee Rech declared a recess
11 :10 P.M. - The meeting resumed.
1978 TAX ABATEMENT ORDINANCES
Mr. Balling reviewed copies of Tax Abatement Ordinance for the Golf Course and
for the Public Service Center. He noted that the Golf Course abatement is
consistent with the Acquisition Committee guidelines, and that the Public Service
• Center levy is fully abated pursuant to standing Board policy.
Mr. Balling stated that staff analyzed the possibility of abating a portion of
the IMRF/FICA tax levy, but found that the levy satisfied Village requirements;
therefore, he recommended no abatement. The staff analysis was contained in a
memo, dated November 13, 1978, from Mr. Brimm.
The two tax abatement ordinances will be placed on consent agenda on December 4,
1978.
1979 DEPARTMENT.OF GOLF OPERATIONS BUDGET
Mr. Balling reviewed his budget message, dated November 22, 1978, regarding the
1979 Golf Course operating budget. After much discussion, it was decided no
changes were necessary, and the budget will be placed on consent agenda on
December 4, 1978. During the course of the discussion, it was decided that
improvements to and expansion of the club house will have to be provided in the
1980 operatina budget.
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Marienthal , seconded by Stone to adjourn the meeting. Upon voice vote,
the motion passed unanimously.
Time: 12:10 A.M.
Verna L. Clayton, Village Cler cr
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