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1979-12-12 - Plan Commission - Minutes WORKSHOP MEETING BUFFALO GROVE PLAN COMMISSION B-5 Ordinance Thread Creek I and O/R Ordinance Comprehensive Plan - Land Use Analysis DECEMBER 12, 1979 Chairman Shields called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. in the Municipal Build- ing, 50 Raupp Boulevard, Buffalo Grove, Illinoit; Commissioners Present: Chairman Shields Mr. Davis Mrs. Reid Mr. Glover Commissioners Absent: Mr. Goldspiel Mrs. Sheldon Mr. Button Mr. Shifrin Also Present: Mr. Carl Genrich, Chairman BDDC Mr. Lawrence Friedman, BDDC Mr. Walter Lawrence, BDDC Mr. William Kiddie, Park District Mr. Jim Truesdell, Village Planner Although lacking a quorum, it was decided to go ahead with the workshop. B-5 Ordinance M ,.iGenrith hairman of the BDDC, stated that he felt it important to get the ground work done on the B-5 Ordinance. He mentioned that it had been almost a year ago that the Plan Commission had recommended to the old Village Board that we make a change in the land use in areas around the Village Center. Nothing was done at that time. He said we are reviewing developers and doing the busy work but aren't getting involved in the long range thinking. If we don't get busy with this, we are going to lose the planning of the property. The other important thing is to get the B-5 revision through. Commissioner Davis asked Mr. Genrich if he felt the Village Center plan is opera- tive as envisioned. Mr. Genrich said he did, but it will probably have to go along at 10-15 acres at a time. He asked that the Plan Commission try to act on the Comprehensive Plan update the first few weeks of the year and the B-5 update and get them recommended to the Village Board. Chairman Shields said he felt the problem was our lack of ability to get the land together. Buffalo Grove Plan Commission Workshop Meeting December 12, 1979 -2- Mr. Genrich said he feels this is important to the plan. Commissioner Davis said he does not think it is important to the plan unless we can pass a bond and develop it, or condemn it and develop it. Mr. Genrich stated there is no way we can get together the money to buy it in the next 2 years. Commissioner Davis stated he would like to see this built because it would make us unique, but it is not practical under today's economy. Mr. Truesdell stated he has been working hard to get some changes done. He ex- plained that there are so many projects going on and so few staff members. He is in the process of finding an assistant. He said the B-5 Ordinance was sched- uled to be on the agenda tonight but it took a while to get input from Mr. Raysa. It was then sent to the consultants 2 weeks ago and they were not able to get it back to us on time. THREAD CREEK Mr. Friedman stated that in addition to the Plan we are talking about tonight, of 122 acres, there is are approximately 25 adjoining acres. We originally pro- posed M-1 for the 122 acres and multi-family on the adjoining 25 acres. This was never formally brought to the Board. The Trustees wanted more industrial. We have found that there is not enoughbmarket to warrant making it all industrial and would like to propose the 122 acres for M-1. If we find a market for indus- trial, we will bring back the rest of the parcel as industrial. The staff believes Busch Road will be extended to Deerfield Road and if it is, we believe there will be a market for the industrial on the entire parcel. It was established that they have a buyer now but he probably would not be the developer. Chairman Shields asked if the Busch Road right-of-way was enough It was deter- mined they would have to give 30 feet more. Commissioner Reid asked what would be done about the creek. Mr. Truesdell explain- ed that 100 ft. on each side of the creek has to be open space. Commissioner Davis remarked that they probably will be able to build 3 or 4 buildings. Commissioner Glover asked what our Master Plan shows for this parcel. Chairman Shields said it shows Industrial, and there is an office building to the east. It was determined a Public Hearing would be held on January 2, 1980. INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE/RESEARCH ORDINANCE Mr. Truesdell said we have had a lot of problems with our Manufacturing Ordinance. With MP we had 6 pages of uses and it was very difficult to work with. With the various products that come on the market the uses would change very rapidly and it did not allow any type of office uses. The staff wants to come up with an ordinance Buffalo Grove Plan Commission Workshop Meeting December 12, 1979 -3- that would be useable and still give the Village control over the property. He explained that Frank Hruby and he began a process of researching various ordinances. Mr. Truesdell suggested the elimination of the BO District to be replaced with an O&R District. The BO was designed for a large corporate office with a lot more open space than what the market seems to be demanding. He said he is looking for input from the Commission. He explained that by removing BO, we are not saying you can't build an office without 6 acres of property because you can build a small office under B-2 or B-3. Also, under this ordinance you can have small assembly along with office as long as it is secondary to the office use. Mr. Truesdell said we should have as few districts as possible. We had MP and M-1, and found MP was more strict, but they basically were very similar. Since our goal is light industry, we did not need two districts. Mr. Truesdell explained this ordinance would allow light industry but they would have to conform to standards such as smoke emissions, noise pollution, etc. Commissioner Glover asked why he was allowing an office building 45 ft. high to have a setback of 25 ft, but are requiring industrial of 50 ft. to be set back 40 ft.? Mr. Truesdell answered that they felt there might be more noise such as trucks, connected with industry that would not be connected with office. Mr. Truesdell said they have sent this draft ordinance out to several industrial prople for their comments. It was decided to schedule the Public Hearing on January 2, 1980. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - LAND USE ANALYSIS Mr. Truesdell stated that the draft will be distributed to the Trustees for their comments. Also, the appropriate sections will be sent to the Fire Districts, School Districts, etc. Commissioner Davis said he did not see the Fire District in the draft. Mr. Trues- dell said that was an oversight. Commissioner Reid suggested adding the Northwest Municipal Conference under the Intergovernmental Cooperation section, because although the Village is not in a_ written agreement with them, we are a member. Commissioner Reid also suggested adding Community Colleges. Mr. Truesdell agreed. It was pointed out that the Village history could be done better. Mr. Truesdell stated this was taken from the Junior Chamber of Commerce pamphlet. Commissioner Reid said Mr. Ken Felton has done a 10 year history that is very good. Commissioner Reid suggested that, under Public Facilities, the second paragraph, Buffalo Grove Plan Commission Workshop Meeting December 12, 1979 -4- the following be added, "each with the authority to levy taxes". Chairman Shields closed the meeting at 9:25 P.M. Respectfully submitthd, Astrid L. Hasley Recording Secretary APPROVE) BY: Patrick Shields, Chairman i Buffalo Grove Plan Commission Workshop Meeting December 12, 1979