2026-01-20 - Ordinance 2026-013 - APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE - Electrical Vehicle-Capable Parking Requirements for Multifamily Residential Buildingt oRDtNANCE 2026,-013
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT
TO TITLE T5 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
MUNICIPAL CODE
Electrical Vehicle-Capable Parking
Requirements for Multifamily Residential
Building
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BUFEAI.O
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Underlined = addition
Slaekli-ned = removal
1/2012026
WHEREAS Section 6 of Article Vll of the lllinois Constitution provides that a
home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its
government and affairs including, but not limited to, the power to regulate for the
protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare; to license; to tax; and to
incur debt, except to the extent said section limits such exercise and performance;
and
WHEREAS the adoption of regulations pertaining to the construction or
renovation of single-family homes and multifamily residential buildings that have
parking spaces within the Village, and the issuance of building permits pursuant
thereto, are inherently matters pertaining the governmental and affairs of the Village;
and
WHEREAS no provision of lllinois law, including, but not limited to, the Electric
Vehicle Charging Act, 765 ILCS lO85/ et seq. ("Act") purports to declare that the
regulation and permitting of residential construction or renovations are exclusive
powers of the State, that a home rule unit may not exercise such powers concurrently
with the State, or otherwise preempts the Village's home rule authority the manner
required by Section 6 of Article Vll of the lllinois Constitution; and
WHEREAS the President a nd Village Boa rd of the Trustees of the Village desire
to adopt regulations pertaining to the installation of electric charging stations within
the Village and appropriately tailor those regulations to the needs of the Village and
its residents.
NOW THEREFORE BE lT ORDATNED by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Buffalo Crove, Cook and Lake Counties, tllinois, as follows:
SECTION I.Title 15 Buildings and Construction of the Village of Buffalo Crove
Municipal Code, is hereby amended by adding the Following
WHEREAS the Village, a home rule unit pursuant to said section; and
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SECTION 2. lf any section, paragraph, clause, or provision of this Ordinance shall be
held invalid, the invalidity thereof shall not affect any other provision of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. Any person violating any portion of this Ordinance shall be punished
according to the provisions of Chapter l.O8 of the Buffalo Crove Municipal Code.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be in fullforce and effect f rom and after its passage,
approval, and publication and shall be codif ied. This Ordinance may be published in
pamphlet form.
ATTEST:APPROVED
,\dtl\-g^ ^ti^*-Jan*-M: Sirabia'n, Village Clerk Eric N. S , Village President
AYES:
NAYES:
ABSENT:
PASSED:
APPROVED:
PUBLISHED
As it relates to enforcement of the Electric Vehicle Charoino Act. as amended.
in the case of a larqe multifamily residential buildino or a laroe multifamily residential
buildino being renovated by a developer convertinq the propertv to an association.
the Village may issue a buildino permit for such construction or renovation that
requires that such buildino shall have a minimum 3O%o of its total oarkino spaces EV-
caoable. as those terms are def ined in the Act. notwithstandino the provisions of
Section 25(a)of the Act to the contrary.
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