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Buffalo Grove City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

50 - MIXED USE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

Sections:


17.50.010 - Intent.

A.

The Mixed Use Planned Development District is intended to accommodate a mix of compatible land uses, including retail, service, office and residential uses. Said uses shall be planned as a unit with integrated systems for stormwater management, transportation and street access, parking and open space. Tracts classified in this district shall have a minimum of three different land uses on individual zoning lots, and the tract shall have efficient access to a strategic regional arterial road (as defined by the Illinois Department of Transportation) and bike path/pedestrian connections to Village or regional trails and paths.

B.

Development in this district shall be in compliance with Sections 17.28.010 through 17.28.050, except as modified by the specific standards and requirements of this district.

(Ord. 2003-14 § 1 (part), 2003)

17.50.020 - Permitted uses.

The following uses are permitted in the Mixed Use Planned Development District:

1.

Hotels;

2.

Food service and restaurants (including outdoor seating, but not including drive-through facilities) accessory to hotel, office or residential uses;

3.

Offices, including general, professional, medical and dental;

4.

Retail stores;

5.

Service uses, including physical fitness facilities, accessory to hotel, office or residential uses (not including automotive repair facilities and gas stations, or banks with drive-through facilities);

6.

Multiple family residential units, including assisted living facilities and nursing homes;

7.

Transportation facilities, including bus shelters, as an accessory use to hotel, office or residential uses; and

8.

Personal wireless communications facilities and cellular telephone facilities, including antennas, for use with radio and/or other transmitting and receiving equipment when located within a building or on the exterior of a building, provided that any structure or equipment mounted on a building shall be not more than fifteen feet higher than the roof of the building or extend more than fifteen feet from the sides of a building. Said building mounted facilities are subject to the provisions of the Village Appearance Plan.

(Ord. 2004-100 § 27, 2004; Ord. 2003-14 § 1 (part), 2003)

17.50.030 - Special uses.

Special uses permitted in the Mixed Use Planned Development District are as follows:

1.

Auditoriums and conference/convention facilities;

2.

Child care centers, including outdoor play facilities;

3.

Movie theaters and performing arts theaters; and

4.

Open space, parks and playgrounds (publicly or privately owned).

(Ord. 2003-14 § 1 (part), 2003)

17.50.040 - Bulk standards.

Bulk standards in the Mixed Use Planned Development District are as follows:

1.

The minimum area for a Mixed Use Planned Development District shall be ten acres.

2.

The minimum zoning lot for each principal building shall be three acres.

3.

The maximum building height for residential uses shall be one hundred feet.

4.

The maximum building height for office, service and retail uses shall be one hundred thirty feet.

5.

The maximum F.A.R. (floor area ratio) shall be 1.0.

6.

The maximum density for residential uses shall be fifteen dwelling units per acre.

7.

A minimum building setback of twenty-five feet shall be provided adjacent to any public road or private road. A private road for the purposes of this setback requirement shall have an easement width of forty feet or greater and provide public access to two or more zoning lots. Said setback shall be increased by one foot for each one foot that a building exceeds thirty feet in height.

8.

A landscaped yard, with a minimum width of fifteen feet, shall be provided adjacent to any public road or private road. A private road for the purposes of this setback requirement shall have an easement width of forty feet or greater and provide public access to two or more zoning lots.

9.

A minimum building setback of twenty-five feet shall be provided abutting the perimeter of the district boundary.

(Ord. 2003-14 § 1 (part), 2003)

17.50.050 - Buffer standards.

Where a zoning lot abuts property zoned for residential use, a building setback equal to the height of the building shall be provided. A landscaped buffer yard of fifteen feet shall be provided abutting property zoned for residential use, and a screen (with a minimum of six feet in height) shall be provided at the property line.

(Ord. 2003-14 § 1 (part), 2003)