1970-10-29 - Plan Commission - Minutes October 29, 1970
President & Board of Trustees
Village of Buffalo Grove
SUBJECT : Plan Commission Report - Meeting of October 21 , 1970
1 . ) Petition to rezone land owned by Buffalo Utility Company
from R3 to R9.
On motion made by commissioner Heinrich, seconded by
commissioner Mendenhall the :
Plan Commission recommends that the Village
Board not grant the request of the Petitioners
for a rezoning of the Buffalo Utility Company
sewerage treatment plant land from R3 single
family to R9 multi -family for the reason that
such rezoning is not in the public interest.
The commission ' s Finding of Fact are as follows :
1 . Evidence was presented by the President of the
Park District indicating that the land in
question is desirable for park use.
2. Petitioner presented no evidenct to indicate
that the existing zoning or zoning map are
in error.
3 . Petitioner failed to present adequate evidence
to indicate the land in question could not be
used for single family residences .
4 . Petitioner presented insufficient evidence to show
that the character of the surrounding neighborhood
had so substantially changed so as to warrant a
rezoning .
5. Petitioner presented no general scheme or plan
of development for use of the land to be rezoned .
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6. No evidence was presented by the petitioner pertaining
to the impact of the requested rezoning on the value of
surrounding properties .
7 . No evidence was introduced by the petitioner pertaining
to the impact of rezoning on those necessary municipal
services that would subsequently be required . The
petitioner introduced no competent testimony relative
`-� to a proposed plan for the handling of drainage and
sewerage for the use requested .
8. A total view of the evidence introduced indicates
that the best use for the land in question would be
for a park site .
9. Generally, zoning and planning principles call for
multi -family zoning in areas adjacent to commercial
shopping and mass transportation facilities and
not adjacent to land used for single family structures
which structures are in existence prior to the
rezoning request.
10. Evidence was presented by the petitioner wherein he
would agree to certain use restrictions imposed
upon the R9 zoning requested . Should same be granted,
in the commissioner 's opinion this would amount to
an arbitrary action and as such be held void in
its inception.
11 . The commission in considering the above mentioned
petition sincerely believes that the requested
zoning change would not in any way serve to be in
the best interests of the general public for all
of the foregoing reasons .
Ths roll call vote on the petition was commissioners
Gdotti , Genrich, Hoyt, Mendenhall , Gamm, Heinrich, Spence,
Fedor and Yost voting aye. Chairman Berth - abstain and
commissioner Haarr - absent.
2. ) Metropolitan Sanitary District Storm Drainage .
On motion made by commissioner Guidotti , seconded by commissioner
Yost the Plan Commission recommends that the Village Board
consider the following actions :
a . No changes should be made regarding storm water
retention requirements forrdevelopments in Cook and
Lake Counties that have already received approval from
the Village and permits from MSD unless and until such
q time that a change may be requested by the developer
that would make it feasible to invoke the new
retention requirements .
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b. After receipt of more firm guidance from MSD and the
State of Illinois , amendments to the Zoning Ordinance
and the Subdivision Regulation Ordinance should be
recommended to require the construction of storm
water retention facilities on the site of new
developments .
c . The Village Board should be informed that the plan
Commission conditionally endorses the MSD resolution
and proposes to implement the intended requirements
immediately to the extent feasible based on current
information and to implement it more fully when
detailed guidelines are received.
d . The Village Board should direct the Village Engineer
to prepare a proposed storm drainage master plan
for the Village .
The motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted ,
W. E . BERTH
Chairman, Plan Commission