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Highwood City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 6

DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS

11-6-1: STANDARDS:

All buildings and uses shall conform to the regulations, guidelines and direction provided herein 1 . (Ord. 17-O-39, 12-19-2017)

11-6-2: PERMITTED AND SPECIAL USES:

   A.   Definitions: The following definitions are in addition to those provided herein 1 , applying to the permitted and special use matrix found herein 2 :
 
MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER:
A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the department of agriculture to perform necessary activities to provide only registered medical cannabis dispensing organizations with usable medical cannabis, or as further defined by the Illinois compassionate use of medical cannabis pilot program act and/or rules promulgated thereunder, as amended.
MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSING FACILITY:
A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the department of financial and professional regulation to acquire medical cannabis from a registered cultivation center for the purpose of dispensing cannabis, paraphernalia, or related supplies and educational materials to registered qualifying patients, or as further defined by the Illinois compassionate use of medical cannabis pilot program act and/or rules promulgated thereunder, as amended.
 
   B.   Matrix: All buildings and uses shall conform to the regulations, guidelines and direction provide herein 3 .
   C.   Similar And Compatible Uses: The zoning administrator shall have the right to recommend to the city council the allowance of any other use which they determine is similar and compatible with those uses permitted in subsection C of this section, and which is consistent with the purposes of this title. Such determination by the zoning administrator shall be in writing and forwarded to the city council for approval, by motion or ordinance. A record shall be kept of each additional use allowed and permitted, which shall be available for public inspection. (Ord. 17-O-39, 12-19-2017)

11-6-3: LOT SIZE:

All buildings and uses shall conform to the regulations, guidelines and direction provided herein 1 .
 (Ord. 2003-O-15, 3-18-2003; amd. Ord. 17-O-39, 12-19-2017)

11-6-4: BUILDING HEIGHT:

All buildings and uses shall conform to the regulations, guidelines and direction provided herein 1 . (Ord. 17-O-39, 12-19-2017)

11-6-5: LOT COVERAGE AND SETBACK RESTRICTIONS:

All buildings and uses shall conform to the regulations, guidelines and direction provide herein 1 . (Ord. 17-O-39, 12-19-2017)

11-6-6: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT:

Any development of land within the business districts shall provide adequate stormwater run off detention prior to discharge into the city stormwater sewer system or the state of Illinois sewer system (Sheridan Road). Said detention and discharge shall be regulated, at a minimum, pursuant to all applicable governmental regulations including, but not limited to, the county stormwater management ordinance and the city building code ordinance. (Ord. 2003-O-15, 3-18-2003; amd. 2009 Code)

11-6-7: PUBLIC UTILITIES:

   A.   All buildings, structures and uses shall be provided, and shall connect to, a public water and sanitary sewer system.
   B.   Upon application for permits for development of previously undeveloped land or variance of permitted use or change of zoning, the applicant must submit an independent engineering study establishing that the existing utilities will support the proposed project. Said study shall be performed by a licensed engineering firm and shall bear a certification and warranty that its findings are true and accurate. If upgrading of the utilities is necessary to support the proposed project, all utility improvements required shall be paid by the applicant.
   C.   Upon application for permits for development for any structure consisting of more than four (4) dwelling units, the building official/code official shall, when so advised by the city engineer of any deficiencies, advise the applicant of said deficiencies in writing within forty five (45) days of the date of application and may request the applicant to provide an independent engineering study establishing that the existing utilities will support the proposed project. Such study shall be in conformance with subsection A of this section. The cost of said study, including costs of upgrading of the utilities if necessary to support the proposed project, shall be borne by the applicant. (Ord. 2003-O-15, 3-18-2003; amd. 2009 Code)

11-6-8: HOTEL AND MOTEL RESTRICTIONS:

All buildings and uses and parking areas shall conform to the regulations, guidelines and direction provided herein 1 .
No hotel or motel in the business districts, or otherwise previously authorized as a planned unit development or otherwise, shall hereafter be erected, altered, relocated or enlarged unless a special use permit has been issued by the zoning board of appeals, and the parcel has a minimum lot area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet, and the applicable planning requirements of chapter 10 of this title have been considered by the zoning board of appeals and satisfied. (Ord. 2003-O-15, 3-18-2003; amd. 2009 Code; Ord. 17-O-39, 12-19-2017)

11-6-9: EXEMPTIONS:

The parking lot requirements; building bulk regulations (including height, coverage, bulk, footprint); lot size (including depth, width, front, rear and side yard requirements); signage; and engineering study requirements of this title shall not apply to municipal buildings, facilities or structures owned or operated by the city, established, erected, altered or enlarged in the business districts of the city. For purposes of this title, municipal buildings, structures and facilities shall be liberally construed and shall include any and all buildings, structures and facilities of any type and nature owned or operated by the city in the business districts including parks and playgrounds (and their accessory uses). This exemption shall not apply to buildings, structures or facilities owned or operated by any other municipal entity or corporation. (Ord. 2003-O-15, 3-18-2003; amd. 2009 Code)

11-6-10: MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTERS AND MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSING FACILITY RESTRICTIONS:

All buildings and uses and parking areas shall conform to the regulations, guidelines and direction provided herein 1 .
   A.   All medical cannabis cultivation centers and medical cannabis dispensing facilities, as defined in section 11-6-2 of this chapter, shall at all times comply with all requirements and restrictions, including, without limitation, geographic location restrictions, as set forth in the compassionate use of medical cannabis pilot program act and/or rules promulgated thereunder, as amended or as modified by applicable law, and shall at all times comply with the terms and conditions of any special use permit that may be granted in accordance with this title.
   B.   All medical cannabis cultivation centers and medical cannabis dispensing facilities, as defined in section 11-6-2 of this chapter, shall at all times comply with all other zoning requirements and restrictions, including, but not limited to, lot size, building height, lot coverage, setbacks, stormwater management, public utilities and parking, contained in this title and applicable to the location of said facilities. (Ord. 13-O-65, 12-3-2013; amd. Ord. 17-O-39, 12-19-2017)