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1986-08-20 - Plan Commission - Minutes REGULAR MEETING BUFFALO GROVE PLAN COMMISSION Cotey/Necker Property August 20, 1986 Chairman Sheldon called the regular meeting to order at 7:43 P.M. in the Municipal Building, 50 Raupp Boulevard, Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Commissioners Present: Chairman Sheldon Mr. Goldspiel Mr. Krug Mr. Gal Ms. Kaszubowski Mr. Rhodes Mr. Katz Commissioners Absent: Mr. Davis Mr. Musfeldt Also Present: Mr. M. Conzelman, Attorney, Cotey/Necker Property Mr. R. Cotey, Developer, Cotey/Necker Property Mr. W. Cotey, Developer, Cotey/Necker Property Mr. R. Hamilton, Engineer, Cotey/Necker Property Mr. R. Kuenkler, Village Engineer Mr. G. Glover, Village Trustee Mr. J. Truesdell, Village Planner APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by Commissioner Rhodes, seconded by Commissioner Goldspiel, to approve the Regular Meeting minutes of July 30, 1986 as amended. Approval was unanimous in favor, with Commissioner Kaszubowski abstaining, and the motion passed. Moved by Commissioner Kaszubowski, seconded by Commissioner Rhodes, to approve the Regular Meeting minutes of August 6, 1986 as amended. Approval was unanimous in favor, with Commissioner Krug abstaining, and the motion passed. Commissioner Goldspiel referred to the Developer's Workshop Review list and suggested that traffic volume and impact, along with utility service, be added to this list. COMMITTEE & LIAISON REPORTS Commissioner Rhodes attended the August 18, 1986 Village Board meeting where the Comprehensive Plan was adopted. A hotel/motel tax was passed. The enactment of the 24 hour operation for food stores only effected the Jewel. The Dominicks' store is further than the requirement from residential and could remain open. The Board determined it would appeal the decision regarding the Riverwoods site. The Taco Bell at Ranchmart was referred to the Commission. It was determined that the Morrison property should be built on one acre sites as originally proposed. The developer felt he could not do that at this time. COTEY/NECKER PROPERTY Mr. Hamilton stated the property is located near Busch Parkway and Milwaukee Avenue. Estonian Lane runs along one of its sides. They have moved the flood line back and have lifted the building up to get out of the flood area. The water from the site will be discharged out toward the Des Plaines River in a controlled system. The release rate of the water will be regulated according to the Village ordinance. They also have provided compensatory storage. If the river rises and the water comes back into the system it will be detained and as the level of the river goes down it will be discharged back into it. The receiving sanitary sewer is about 300' down from the property. The public water supply is provided by a main on Busch Parkway and along Milwaukee Avenue. The public road way will be 27' and when it goes out to Milwaukee they are tapering it to 32' . There is a fifth lane for a left turn bay to the north. The retail/office area is 11,000 square feet and the remainder of the building is warehouse. The building will contain 52,000 square feet total. The parking is not to code and they will need a variance. They have added two traffic lights to the plan. They have shown a public sidewalk on Estonian but not on Milwaukee. If it is required on Milwaukee Avenue, they will install a sidewalk. There is a difference of 8' in the grade going down to the water from their site. The sidewalk may be put down to the basin or they will run railroad ties along the sidewalk where it is low. Even if the detention basin is full, the water has a way to drain onto Estonian and out onto the parking lot. They have sufficient water for fire protection. Commissioner Goldspiel would like to see sidewalks on Milwaukee Avenue. Mr. Conzelman stated that the developer will accept an undertaking to put it in when the Village requires it but would rather not install the sidewalk at the time of construction as there are no other sidewalks along Milwaukee Buffalo Grove Plan Commission regular„I eetpgg Avenue at this time. Mr. Kuenkler stated he would like to see the sidewalk installed at the time of construction. Mr. Truesdell will provide information on sidewalks in the area for the next meeting. Mr. Hamilton referred to Mr. Kuenkler's memo of August 13, 1986 to Mr. Truesdell titled Cotey/Necker Development Preliminary Plan. 1) Previously reviewed the sidewalks on Milwaukee Avenue. 2) They have added this detail to the plan. 3) They have a copy of the Natural Resource Plan and will submit it. 4) The widening of Busch Parkway would provide a left turn lane on Milwaukee. They feel this will not be used and they do not see a need for this lane. 5) They will provide this to the village engineer. 6) They will show this on their plan. Commissioner Gal requested that he would like to see the suggestedgrades necessary for the sidewalk, and parking lot adjoining the detention area on the drawings. In response to Commissioner Rhodes, Mr. Hamilton stated that their traffic count of 40 vehicles only consist of those moving in and out of their site. This figure does include trucks but there would not be very many. Mr. William Cotey stated the company was established in 1952 in Chicago and they have their residential business in Highland Park. Their Commercial business is operated out of Northbrook. They basically sell to businesses. They consider themselves a full service company to their customers. They are renting 27,000 square feet of space in Northbrook. They are proposing to move all of their divisions to this site. There would be 36 employees, 24 of which would be on site and the rest would be sales people on the street. They do not have off the street trade. They do most of their showing at the Merchandise Mart. They have about 8 showings a week. Mr. Richard Cotey stated the truck traffic would be from their own 2 trucks which are an 18 and a 12 footer. They deliver out of their facility. The trucks would leave around 8:00 A.M. and return at 4:00 P.M. If the trucks returned during the day it would be at noon time. They do receive shipments of furniture and that would probably be an average of one truck per hour. He showed a rendering of the site and the two story building. He also had a preliminary sketch of the outside of the building. They have 11,000 square feet of office and the second floor would only be above the existing sales area. This is for future expansion. They are currently at 12 sales people and feel that in 5 years they would increase this to 17. Their larger pieces do not come to the warehouse. They meet a truck at the delivery site. There would be 3 bays in the receiving dock. They do not handle used furniture. They represent Steelcase Office Line. They will need 2, possibly 3, variations. The variations as listed in Mr. Truesdell's memo to the Commission dated August 15, 1986 titled Necker/Cotey Property was reviewed. Buffalo Grove Plan Commission Regular Meeting August 20, 1986 - Page 3 1. If they have to comply with the parking lot setback, they will. 2. They feel that 52 spaces will be more than adequate for the people parking on site. Chairman Sheldon recommended that the developer rethink the parking. If they expand they will need space and if they sell the building with limited parking it will impose a hardship on it. Commissioner Goldspiel would like to see a computation of the parking spaces computed for the warehouse space and for the retail/office area. 3. The building would be 29' high and this would require a setback variation from the north property line. Commissioner Goldspiel would like to know what is on the land to the north and what other municipalities have on their Comprehensive Plan for this site. Mr. Kuenkler noted there would be a variation for the side slopes to accommodate the retaining wall and possibly another side slope variation for the sidewalk. Commissioner Goldspiel suggested public works review the plan regarding snow plowing. Mr. Conzelman noted that the developer's sales would occur in the Village and bring in a fair amount of taxes. This use would be no burden on Village services. FUTURE AGENDA Mr. Truesdell noted there would be a workshop on the Dominion site and the continued public hearing on the Highland Commercial at the September 3, 1986 meeting. The Commission concurred that since there were several developers waiting to be heard there would be a special meeting scheduled for September 24, 1986. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Commissioner Gal, seconded by Commissioner Rhodes, and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting. Chairman Sheldon adjourned the meeting at 9:07 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Kathleen Comer Recording Secretary APPROVED BY: cAaWkgie-CC.# (47L2°4 BARBARA SHELDON Buffalo Grove Plan Commission CHAIRMAN Regular Meeting August 20, 1986 - Page 4