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1975-02-05 - Plan Commission - Minutes REGULAR MEETING BUFFALO GROVE PLAN COMMISSION Winston Square February 5, 1975 Chairman Carl Genrich called the meeting to order at 8:20 p.m. , February 5, 1975 , in the Municipal Building, 50 Raupp Blvd. Commissioners Present: Chairman Genrich Mr. Haarr Mr. Mendenhall Mr. Harris Mr. Keister Mr. Goldspiel Mr. Jacobs Commissioners Absent: Mr. Gamm Mr. Shields Also Present: Mr. Bill Balling Mr. Arnold Seaberg Mr. William Dettmer Mr. Elmer Hamning - Project Manager for Winston Square Approval of Minutes Commissioner Jacobs moved to approve the minutes of the Public Hearing, December 18, 1974 , and Commissioner Goldspiel seconded. Mr. Harris abstained. The motion carried that the minutes be approved subject to the following change : Delete "and acted upon" at the end of the second paragraph. Commissioner Keister moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting, December 18 , 1974, and Commissioner Jacobs seconded. Commissioner Harris abstained. The motion carried that the minutes be approved subject to the following changes : In the first paragraph, second page, the first word of the last line should be changed from "the" to "any" ; in the third paragraph of the motion on the second page, the last word in the second line should be changed from "designed" to "designated" . Mr. Goldspiel requested that the Minority Report referred to on page 2 be attached as an exhibit in the official Minute Book. Mr. Goldspiel stated that on the second page under Sharing Responsibilities - Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals the recording secretary did not include the reason why Commissioner Haarr' s motion did not carry and Mr. Goldspiel thought this should have been included in the minutes. it t Plan Commission Page 2 2/5/75 Co mmissioner approve Keister moved to a rove the minutes of January 15, 1975, and Commissioner Jacobs seconded. Commissioner Harris abstained. The motion carried that the minutes be approved subject to the following changes : On the second page, in the first paragraph, the last word of the seventh line should be changed from "parking" to "lot" ; in the same paragraph the last two words of the eighth line should be changed from "water land" to "lake" ; in the fourth paragraph the word "burning" in the last line should be changed to "burming" . Winston Square - Phases I, II, and III Mr. Balling presented the revised plat for Phase I for the Plan Commission' s approval. The original one had not been accepted by the County Recorder. The changes needed are defining and numbering of condominium lots and dedicated right of way for streets. Mr. Harris questioned an acreage difference creating a parcel of less than five acres. Because it is less than five acres he did not feel it could be zone R-9. Mr. Hamning stated that this area is not subdivided from the subsequent phases and all three phases are regarded as one parcel. Mr. Jacobs inquired about the outlot ownership. Mr. Hamning stated that the outlots fall in an umbrella association. There are three associations : single family, townhouse and maintenance. The maintaining of outlots will fall under an umbrella. Outlots are the responsibility of the Homeowners ' Association. Snow removal on the streets will be the Village responsibility and parking lot and bicycle paths will be maintained by the association. Mr. Hamning stated that townhouse lots lettered a,b,c,d on the plat mean 4 unit, 6 unit, etc. They are under a condominium which means they own the air rights. This may be changed, however, to fee simple. Mr. Haarr made a motion to approve amended Phase I of Winston Square dated 2/5/75 and marked Exhibit 15 , File 103 . Mr. Jacobs seconded. The following vote was taken: Commissioner Haarr Yes Commissioner Keister Yes Commissioner Mendenhall Yes Commissioner Goldspiel Abstained Commissioner Harris Yes Commissioner Jacobs Yes A discussion and review followed on Phase II. Mr. Balling stated that basically the concrete monuments and iron pipe Plan Commission Page 3 2/5/75 have to be marked. Mr. Haarr requested a letter from Winston Square stating that they will be installed. Mr. Genrich asked that the minutes show that the Commissioners felt there were no problems relating with Phase II. Because there was no signature needed, an exhibit was not entered in the file. Mr. Balling presented the revised plats of Phase III and the school/park site. The revisions were made to preserve a stand of trees. Mr. Mendenhall was concerned with the fact that in the revised plat there was no way for the children to get to the park without crossing quite a few streets. In the first plat there were a minimum of streets to be crossed. Mr. Harris inquired as to whether or not the parcel identified as Outlot 20 was in fact going to be open space or developed commercially as per it' s zoning. He asked that it either be separated from the plat or else rezoned to R-9. Report on Village Board Meeting Commissioner Goldspiel stated that there was discussion of the Capital Improvement Budget concerning streets and sidewalks and the progression of sidewalks on both sides of major streets. The widening of Lake-Cook Road was also discussed at the meeting. Mr. Goldspiel stated that at the end of the Board meeting Mr. Rathjen raised the issue of the present requirements of business zoning in the ordinance and asked that the Plan Commission look into revising that zoning so that there would be more zones and that each zone be more exclusive to limit the types of business to be carried in each zone. He felt this is an important issue and should be high in priority on the Plan Commission agenda. Mr. Genrich stated that he had talked to Mr. Raysa and he felt that we could better control development through the annexation agreement but wasn' t prepared at this time to give any instruction on the matter. Mr. Goldspiel stated that he felt the zoning ordinance should be as exclusive as possible. Revised Zoning Ordinance, Section 18 (Fees) Mr. Balling asked that we set a date for the Public Hearing at this meeting. The Commissioners felt that the Hearing date should be in conjunction with what was discussed with the Board of Zoning Appeals. Revised and Corrected 2/19/75 Plan Commission Page 4 2/5/75 Mr. Jacobs stated that the Board of Zoning Appeals felt they should have been consulted more on fees. The revised Section 18 is being sent to the ZBA with a request for their comments. Mr. Goldspiel asked that the following changes in the revised Section 18 be made: Number 2 should read "For all appeals or non-residential variations. " The word "varied" should be changed to "waived" in the sentence following number 4. In number 7b the parentheses should close after the word "phase. " Report on Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting Mr. Jacobs stated that the differences in Section 13 were resolved. The Plan Commission had felt the authorities delegated to the ZBA were broader than what the ZBA intended. After some discussion with the ZBA it was determined that the Plan Commission was correct. The ordinance was changed to give them authority to grant variations in R-1 to R-6 zoning only. Other changes were made in the zoning ordinance and copies of the revised ordinance will be mailed to the Plan Commission members. Mr. Jacobs stated that they did not solve the problem as to having variation authority over more than one lot at a time. He felt the Plan Commission should review it as it stands now and come up with language for making that change. Mr. Jacobs stated that the ZBA wanted to amend the article with regard to Public Hearings so that a Public Hearing relating to the items affecting the Board of Zoning Appeals will be held by them. Mr. Jacobs stated that he explained to them that they should not have that authority and they then agreed. Simpson Property Mr. Keister stated that the Park District is meeting with the architect and developer with regard to the run-off problem. The Park District sent a resolution to the Village Board urging them to keep the Park District in mind when they review the project and they suggested the Plan Commission do the same. Mr. Genrich stated that he had received a copy of a letter dated January 30 to Mr. Armstrong from J. P. Settanni, President of the Buffalo Grove Park District. Essentially, the letter said that they want to keep in close touch and they are concerned with this although they have every legal right to develop this as they see fit. I I i I i i 1 I I �ftms., i i I Plan Commission Page 5 2/5/75 Fabian Animal Hospital There was no action taken by the Plan Commission on this matter. The Board still has this matter under consideration. Future Agenda Schedule Mr. Genrich stated that there will be a joint meeting with the Public Relations Committee (committee given the responsibility of identifying a consultant for the Village Center) . It will be a Workshop Session. The first phase of the consulting program is a research and data gathering phase. There will not be a meeting with the consultant until they have finished the first phase and they will give us a report at that time. Mr. Genrich distributed copies of a paper stating some thoughts on the Village Center. Mr. Goldspiel stated that one of the things that should be part of the Village Center is some open space. Mr. Jacobs stated that he thought it should be developed along the lines of Long Grove. Something that would attract people from outside of the community as well as inside the community. The meeting adjourned at 10 :50 p.m. Respectfully submitted, -`L nda Isonhart Recording Secretary APPROVED: efr.d Carl Genrich, Chairman