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1973-04-18 - Plan Commission - Minutes • /,tt►vu� �/ MINUTES OF THE 4/18/73 ✓���'/ BUFFALO GROVE PLAN COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 18, 1973 Chairman, Carl Genrich, called the meeting to order at 8 :25 P.M. , April 18, 1973, in the Municipal Building, 50 Raupp Boulevard. Commissioners Present: Mr. Genrich, Chairman Mrs. Rech Mr. Haarr, Asst. Chairman Mr. VanEngen Mr. Mendenhall Mr. Keister Mr. Gamm Commissioners Absent: Mr. Fader, Secretary Mr. Harris Mr. Yost Mr. Shields Approval of Minutes Commissioner Mendenhall made the motion, seconded by Commissioner VanEngen, to approve the minutes of the meeting of January 31, 1973, as corrected: Page 2, Paragraph 4, line 1, should read: "Comm. Haarr said the PUD Committee recommended some change be made regarding the incentives. " ; the same paragraph, line 4, should read: "---incorporated as our recommended official PUD Ordinance. ". Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Mendenhall made the motion, seconded by Commissioner VanEngen, to approve the minutes of February 7, 1973, with the following corrections : Delete the 1st and 2nd sentence in the last paragraph of Page 2. In the same paragraph, change the first word in the last line from "He" to "Chairman Genrich". The motion carried with Commissioners Rech and Haarr abstaining. Commissioner Mendenhall made the motion, seconded by Commissioner VanEngen, to approve the minutes of February 21, 1973, as corrected: Page 1, paragraph 4, should read: "---if the development generates--". Commissioner Mendenhall made the motion, seconded by Commissioner VanEngen, to approve the minutes of March 7, 1973, as written. The motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Mendenhall made the motion, seconded by Commissioner VanEngen, to approve the minutes of April 4, 1973, as submitted. The motion carried unanimously. 4/18/73 Hawthorn Project Following some discussion regarding the Hawthorn project, Comm- issioner Haarr made the motion the Plan Commission inform the Village Board that, if the Hawthorn development had come before us as it stands now, it would have been passed from the Plan Commission to the Village Board with a negative recommendation because of the broad variations in the housing types and bedroom mix. Commissioner Gamm seconded the motion. Commissioner Mendenhall said he was against sending this motion to the Board because this is not a good policy to do tints every- time they go against a Plan Commission recommendation. Commis- sioner Haarr agreed this should not be a regular policy, but be- cause of the size of the project and the big difference of a 76% variation on the project, that we should let them know the Comm- ission is not happy with it. Chairman Genrich said he feels it would be better to talk indi- vidually to the Board members than protesting in this manner. Commissioner VanEngen said he agrees with Commissioner Mendenhall in point, but felt because of the size of the property and the • amount of variation given, that this is a special case. Commissioner Rech stated that we are living with so much grief now in sections of the Village where such arrangements were made, we should not make the same or similar mistakes again. Commissioner Haarr said we have talked to the Village Board indi- vidually before and have not been heard and thinks we should try this approach in letting them know we do not agree with what they have done. A roll call vote found: AYES : Commissioners Haarr, Gamm, Rech and Keister NAYES : Commissioners Mendenhall and VanEngen ABSENT: Commissioners Fader, Yost, Harris and Shields Commissioner Rech had to leave at 9 :15. She submitted her letter of resignation to the Plan Commission because of her election to the Village Board. 4/18/73 Commissioner Haarr made the motion to accept Commissioner Rech's resignation and wish her all the best of luck on the Village Board. Commissioner VanEngen seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Pizza Hut Mr. Charles Mitzfeldt was here from Scottsdale, Arizona, He said the Pizza Hut has an option for part of the retail section of the Dominion property. Mr. Mitzfeldt said they would have two entrances and exits (one on Buffalo Grove Road and one on Dundee Road) . He said their building would not be large enough to take up all of Parcel 2. Commissioner Haarr said that because they will not be using all of the parcel, this changes the intent of the original proposal and will require a new Public Hearing. He said he would look into this. Mr. Mitzfeldt said Mr. Sheridan had told him if the Plan Commis- sion agreed with this proposal, he would work up a new plat. Mr. Mitzfeldt said the Pizza Hut is a company and not a franchise. He said the building will be 1, 800 square feet and they will use 17, 500 square feet. They will not have barrier parking, and extensive landscaping was agreed to by Mr. Mitzfeldt. Mr. Mitzfeldt said he was also looking at the Hintz/Brosio pro- perty. Chairman Genrich telephoned Mr. Foss to see if he had any plans for the remaining section of Parcel 2. He said he would be willing to put another building on the remaining piece and commit himself to two or three uses. By-Laws The following changes and amendments to the Plan Commission By-Laws were discussed: Page 1, Section 3, - should be clarified according to the re- vision of voting procedures. 4/18/73 Page 2, Section 1 - it was suggested that if this schedule can- not be met, it should be revised. Article 3, Section 2 - change the word "appropriate" to "appointed". It was discussed that a couple of people would be appointed to see that everything on Commissioner Mendenhall 's checklist that is needed for a hearing, is in the Commissioners hands before pub- lishing for the hearing. Article 4, Section 3 - add the words "with the exception o f the Chairman, who shall only vote in the case of a tie. ". Add Article 4, Section 4 - "All members shall share equally the duties of attending Village Board Meetings and thereby repre- senting the Plan Commission. These duties shall be rotated from member to member in order of seniority. " Article 6, Section 3 - change the word "proceedings" to "regular meetings and Public Hearings ". The secretary was directed to draft new by-laws and Plan Commi- ssion Ordinance to be reviewed by the Plan Commission members. Number of members Commissioner Gamm suggested the Plan Commission have nine mem- bers. Chairman Genrich said, if we start sending members to other meetings such as School Board and Park District meetings, we would need the eleven members. It was noted that it is the understanding of the Plan Commission that Commissioner Yost has resigned from the Plan Commission, and with Commissioner Rech's election to the Village Board, we now have nine members. Commissioner Gamm made the motion to recommend to the Village Board that the Plan Commission be established at nine (9) members. Commissioner VanEngen seconded the motion. A roll call vote found: AYES : Commissioners Haarr, Mendenhall, Keister, Gamm and VanEngen NAYES : None ABSENT: Commissioners Fader, Yost, Harris and Shields Motion carried unanimously. 4/18/73 Commissioner VanEngen made the motion the meeting be adjourned at 10 :20 P.M. Commissioner Keister seconded the motion. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Recording Secretar Approved: Carl Genric , Chairman �o/ �.1 \./ �./