The planned development is intended to permit, in accordance with the master plan, the development of areas containing not less than sixty (60) contiguous acres under one ownership or control, whereby the location of all residential, commercial, industrial and governmental uses, school sites, parks, playgrounds, recreation areas, parking areas and other open spaces shall be controlled in such a manner as to permit housing accommodations and land uses in orderly relationship to one another. Such planned developments, when approved, shall constitute a part of the master plan of the Village as a whole, and the consideration of such planned developments by the Plan Commission shall be based on recognition of this requirement.

Such planned developments are intended to conserve local areas of natural beauty, to add to the sense of spaciousness, to achieve better design in buildings and to help promote the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the people residing therein and nearby, and to aid in stabilizing and improving property values.

It is intended that this Chapter on Planned Developments superimposes the requirements of this Zoning Title upon the underlying district without changing the fundamental intent of the underlying district requirements as to the land use and density of said use. There shall be no minimum lot size, no minimum lot width and no minimum setback lines, except there shall be a building setback line of one hundred feet (100') from the boundary lines of any such planned development.

No planned development shall be permitted in R1 or R2 Districts.

The owner or owners of any tract of land comprising an area of not less than sixty (60) acres may submit to the President and Board of Trustees a plan for the use and development of all the tract of land. The proposed development plan shall first be submitted in preliminary form. The preliminary development plan shall be referred to the Plan Commission for study, public hearing and report. The Plan Commission, upon receipt of the preliminary development plan, shall set a day certain for a public hearing thereon. Notice of the time and place of such public hearing shall be published at least once, not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than thirty (30) days before the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village.

Upon preliminary approval by the Plan Commission of the preliminary development plan, after a public hearing thereon, the applicant shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days thereof, present to the Plan Commission a final development plan which shall not vary materially from the preliminary plan, for final approval by the Plan Commission.

The Plan Commission shall, within thirty (30) days from the receipt of the final plan, make its report and recommendations to the President and Board of Trustees with such additional conditions as are, in its opinion, necessary to fulfill the objectives of this Chapter; provided, however, that if the preliminary plan has received the approval of the Plan Commission, the final plan shall be so approved if the final plan is substantially the same as the preliminary plan, and the planned use shall be consistent with the underlying zoning district.

In its consideration of the preliminary development plan, the Plan Commission shall require evidence that:

   (A)   The property in the general area of the area included in the plan will not be adversely affected;

   (B)   The plan is consistent with the intent and purpose of the zoning regulations of the Village to promote the public health, safety and welfare;

   (C)   The planned use shall form a compatible, harmonious community group or groups;

   (D)   Any open space, tree cover, recreational area, scenic vista or other authorized land use whose acreage shall be utilized in the determination of the common land, if any be provided, shall, upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission, be conveyed in fee simple title by the owner to a not-for-profit, Illinois corporation with an agreement and restrictive covenants to insure the continued existence and maintenance of said area.

The preliminary development plan shall consist of:

   (A)   An overall development plat showing the use or uses, dimensions and locations of proposed structures, parking space, if any, location of streets, location of parks, open space, tree cover and all other common land, if any.

   (B)   Topographic survey.

   (C)   Proposed covenants and agreements insuring the continued existence and maintenance of all common lands and the development of the site in accordance with the plan.

   (D)   Engineering reports showing types and locations of wells, sanitary systems and water drainage, within the development, including the effects on wells, sanitary systems and water drainage in surrounding areas within the Village.

   (E)   Such other pertinent information as may be necessary to a determination that the contemplated arrangement for uses makes it desirable to apply regulations and requirements different from those ordinarily applicable under the zoning regulations of the Village.

The final development plan shall consist of:

   (A)   A final plat which shall conform to the subdivision regulations of the Village 1 , and in addition thereto shall show the location of all buildings and structures to be erected in the planned development and a statement of the restrictions, covenants and agreements running with the land.

   (B)   Topographic survey.

   (C)   Covenants, agreements and restrictions insuring the continued existence and maintenance of all common lands and the development of the site in accordance with the plan, executed in triplicate by the owner or owners and mortgagee, if any; provided, however, the mortgagee may, in lieu of executing said documents, present a good and sufficient subordination agreement.

   (D)   Final engineering reports showing types and locations of wells, sanitary systems and water drainage within the development, including the effects on wells, sanitary systems and water drainage in surrounding areas within the Village.

   (E)   Such other documents as may be required by the Plan Commission which would be consistent with the purpose of this Chapter.

The corporate authorities shall, within seventy (70) days after the receipt of the recommendations of the Plan Commission, either adopt the recommendations of the Plan Commission and approve the planned development, or reject the recommendations of the Plan Commission and disapprove the planned development. (Ord. 66-2, 6-27-66)