1. Purpose. To encourage the most orderly development of the properties through advance planning and thus, assure adequate standards for the development of residential neighborhoods; provide regulations to encourage a variety of dwelling types; ensure adequate open space; provide for improved development design; protect residential areas from undue traffic congestion, protect residential areas from the intrusion of business, industrial and other land uses that may create an adverse effect upon the living environment; and thus, promote the general welfare of the community.
2. Provisions. The basic provisions and requirements concerning planned development are as follows: the subdivision, development and use of land containing three (3) or more acres as an integral unit, combining one (1) or more primary land uses, and which may provide for, but are not limited to single-family residential, multiple-family residential, education, business, commercial, industrial, recreational, park and public use areas may be described as a Planned Development (also refer to Definitions, Section 3.02). a. In its establishment and authorization as a Special Use, in addition to the foregoing provisions, the following procedures, requirements, restrictions, standards and conditions shall be observed.
b. The planned development may be exempted from the provisions of the Subdivision Regulations and of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Itasca to the extent specified in the final authorization of the planned development's Special Use Ordinance.
a. Pre-Application Conference. A pre-application conference shall be held with the Plan Commission prior to filing a formal application. At such conference, the applicant shall provide information as to the location of the proposed planned development, the uses, and approximate area of use for each use category, topographic map at a maximum of five (5) foot contours; a list of any and all exceptions to the Subdivision Regulations and Zoning Ordinance of Itasca, and any other information necessary to clearly explain the planned development to the Plan Commission.
b. The Plan Commission shall review and consider the proposed plan as to its compatibility with the Official Comprehensive Plan and the goals and policies for planning of the Village of Itasca and advise the applicant on the information, documents, exhibits, drawings, and any limitations on the proposal that should be included in the application to the Village for a Special Use Permit for Planned Development.
4. Preliminary Plan. Application for approval of a planned development shall be filed with the Clerk on a form provided by the Village Clerk, accompanied by such information prescribed by the Plan Commission. Copies of such application shall be forwarded by the Village Board of Trustees to the Plan Commission with a request to hold a public hearing thereof. The application shall include, at a minimum:
a. The map or maps which shall be included as part of the application shall be drawn at scale on one hundred (100) feet to the inch (1" = 100'), or if the area of the site is more than two hundred (200) acres, two hundred (200) feet to the inch (1" = 200'). The following information shall be shown:
(1) Boundary survey. A boundary line survey of the subject site which shall be prepared and certified by a registered land surveyor.
(2) Topography. The existing topographic character of the land with contours shown at intervals no greater than two (2) feet. Topographic data shall refer to the U.S.G.S. North American Datum Mean Sea Level Elevation.
(3) A preliminary plan of subdivision. If the proposed planned development constitutes a subdivision as defined by the Village of Itasca Subdivision Regulations. All preliminary subdivision plans shall conform to all requirements of the Itasca Subdivision Regulations; on such plan shall state expressly on its face any modifications from such requirements specifically requested by the applicant. A subdivision may be processed simultaneously with an application for a planned development.
(4) Site Analysis. A detailed site analysis of the property in question, which shall show the following information:
(a) Physical factors information:
i. existing land uses both on the site and adjacent to it;
iv. soil problem areas based upon a soil survey of the site to include a report from the Kane DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District or the North Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District. Additional soil information may be requested by the Plan Commission and/or the Village Engineer;
v. portions of the site in any floodway and/or flood plain fridge area;
vi. streams, drainage ditches, culverts and standing water;
vii. isolate preserveable trees six (6) inches or more in diameter at one (1) foot above ground level; and
viii. general directions of the storm water runoff across the property.
(b) Public utilities information which shall show the location and size of any existing sanitary sewers, storm sewers, gas, electric, telephone, and water lines both on the site and in easements and rights-of-way and/or adjacent to the site.
i. existing county and/or municipal zoning on all parts of the site and on adjacent properties;
ii. municipal corporate boundaries across and adjacent to the subject site;
iii. school district boundaries across and adjacent to the site; and;
iv. easements (location, width and purpose) across and adjacent to the subject site.
(5) Land Use Plan: A proposed land use plan which shall be drawn upon a print of the topographic map for the site. The proposed land use plan shall contain the following information:
(a) Identification and description:
i. name of the planned development;
ii. location of the subject site by section, town and range or by other approved legal description;
iii. name and address of the land planner and/or engineer;
iv. name and address of the owner and/or trust beneficiary or developer;
v. scale, north point and date of preparation; and
(b) Design features information, which shall show:
i. right-of-way alignments, widths, and names of all streets. Such street names shall not duplicate the name of any street heretofore used in the Village or its environs unless such street is an extension of or is in line with an already named street in which event that name shall be used;
ii. the location and height of all non-residential (by use) multi-family, or single-family attached detached buildings and structures;
iii. off-street parking and service area;
iv. all areas to be dedicated as common open space and all sites to be conveyed, dedicated, or reserved for parks, playgrounds, school sites, public buildings, and similar public and quasi-public uses;
v. The pedestrian circulation system, any parkway belt system or bicycle circulation system; and
vi. all other information necessary to clearly show the proposed elements of the planned development.
(6) Utility Plan: A proposed utility plan which shall be drawn on a print of the proposed land use plan. The proposed utility plan shall show the approximate location and dimensions of all sanitary sewers, storm drainage ditches, culverts, and storm water runoff storage, as well as any utility easements. The utility plan shall be accompanied by a statement from the Village Engineer attesting to the capacity of existing sewer systems to service the proposed development.
(7) A written statement signed by the applicant outlining and describing in such detail as the applicant deems appropriate the arrangement by which the applicant proposes to regulate land use and otherwise ensure development of the proposed planned development in accordance with the approval of the Plan Commission and the Village Board.
Such statement shall include a draft of proposed covenants intended to be filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of DuPage County prior to disposition of any land in the planned development (which covenants shall include adequate provisions to assure proper maintenance and repair of all areas and facilities under common ownership, including the payment therefore, and enforceability thereof by, or on behalf of the Village), proposed Charter and By-Laws of an association, if any, for homeowners, merchants, or industrial owners within the proposed planned development.
(8) If a shopping center development is planned, adequate evidence to establish the need for and feasibility of such development shall be provided. This evidence may be in the form of a market research report or other information which is deemed appropriate by the Plan Commission.
(9) Preliminary engineering plans for all public or private support facilities including roads, sidewalks, drainage, sanitary sewers, water supply, lighting and landscaping.
b. The written statement which shall be included as part of the application for approval of the Preliminary Plan shall contain the following information:
(1) a statistical tabulation of the acreage amounts of all of the land uses proposed in the Preliminary Plan;
(2) the type and number of dwelling units and buildings for any proposed residential land uses; and
(3) the stages in which the project will be built and the approximate dates when construction of each stage can be expected to begin and to end, with emphasis on area density, use and public facilities, such as open space, to be developed in each stage.
c. Other information may be requested if the Plan Commission finds that the planned development may create special problems for traffic, parking, landscaping and/or economic feasibility, such information may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(1) an off-street parking and loading plan;
(2) a traffic study indicating the volume of traffic to be generated by the planned development or a phase of it and proposing any special engineering design features and/or traffic regulation devices needed to ensure the proper safety of traffic circulation to, through, and around the planned development or a phase of it;
(3) economic impact - a tax impact study detailing the impact which the planned development will have upon all taxing bodies. In addition, the expected number of students to be generated by any residential portion of it shall also be quantified in accordance with the Village Subdivision Regulations; and
(4) a landscape planting plan, indicating the height, size, location, quantities and variety of stock to be planted, using botanical and common names (see Section
4.19, Landscaping).
d. The procedure for the public hearing on the Preliminary Plan shall be as follows:
(1) The Preliminary Plan shall be referred to the Itasca Plan Commission. The Village Board shall instruct the appropriate Village department and consultants to collaborate with the Plan Commission in reviewing the Preliminary Plan for the planned development for its compliance with these regulations and other ordinances of the Village of Itasca where requested. Such collaboration may include meetings at which the developer shall meet with Village officials and consultants in order that the Plan Commission may have, prior to its public hearing the informal recommendations of its experts.
(2) The Plan Commission and the Village Board may utilize the services of the professional Village consultants in arriving at recommendations or decisions (see Section
4.04).
(3) Within forty-five (45) days of receipt by the Village Clerk of all required application information and payment of any required fees, the Plan Commission shall hold a public hearing on such application at a time and place as shall be established by legal notice of hearing by the Chairperson. The hearing shall be conducted and transcript of the proceedings shall be preserved in accordance with rules prescribed by the Plan Commission.
Notice of the time and place of such public hearing shall be published at least once in one (1) or more newspapers with a general circulation within Itasca and also by mailing notice thereof to the parties in interest, including those mentioned in the following paragraph, said publication and mailing to be made not more than thirty (30) nor less than fifteen (15) days before the date of the hearing.
The applicant shall submit a list of the names and addresses of all owners of contiguous property, as recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds as appears from the authentic tax records of DuPage/Cook Counties. All public roads, streets, alleys, and other public ways shall be excluded in determining which property is contiguous to the location for which the amendment is requested.
No application for amendment shall be heard unless the applicant furnished the list herein required. Any homeowner's group who has filed a written request to receive notices of any public hearing with the Zoning Administrator shall be entitled to receive such notice.
Additionally, any area for which an individual application for a change in zoning classification is being considered, shall prominently be posted for at least fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearing. The posted notices shall be in number, size and location as prescribed by the Zoning Administrator and shall indicate the present zoning classification, the proposed zoning classification, the time and place of public hearing, and any other information prescribed by the Zoning Administrator. Posted notices shall be removed from the subject area within fifteen (15) days after the public hearing has been held.
e. The Plan Commission shall proceed as quickly as possible in its review of the Preliminary Plan. Within no more than sixty (60) days after the final adjournment of the public hearing, the Plan Commission shall:
(1) approve or disapprove the Preliminary Plan and shall submit its written recommendations, which may include the recommendations of the Village Engineer, Village Planner, and/or Village Attorney to the Board of Trustees, with a copy being sent to the applicant; or
(2) advise the applicant, in writing, if the Plan Commission finds that changes, additions, or corrections are required in the Preliminary Plan. The applicant shall re-submit twelve (12) copies of the revised preliminary plan for consideration by the Plan Commission at a continuation of or a new public hearing. The applicant shall do so without paying an additional filing fee. The Plan Commission shall submit its recommendations in writing to the Village Board, which may also include recommendations of the Village Engineer, Village Planner, and/or Village Attorney, with a copy also being sent to the applicant.
(3) Changes in an application for a planned development initiated by the petitioner shall require an additional filing fee.
f. The Village Board of Trustees shall accept or reject the Preliminary Plan within sixty (60) days after its next regular meeting following receipt of the written recommendations of the Plan Commission. The applicant and the Village Board of Trustees may mutually agree to extend the sixty (60) day period. The Village Board may require such special conditions in the approval of the Preliminary Plan, as it may deem necessary to ensure conformity with the intent of all Comprehensive Plan elements and the stated purposed of the planned development.
(1) If the Preliminary Plan is disapproved, the Village Board shall state, in writing, the reasons for the disapproval, and such writing shall be filed with the Village Clerk, and a copy shall be sent to the applicant.
(2) If the Preliminary Plan is approved, the Village Board shall authorize the applicant to submit a final development plan for the planned development.
(3) Upon approval by the Village Board of the Preliminary Plan, a record shall be prepared including findings of fact and setting forth the terms of relief or modification and/or variances granted from existing ordinances. The final plan shall be approved as the final land use and zoning plan if it conforms with the Preliminary Plan. The preliminary and final plans may be filed and approved simultaneously if all requirements hereof are met.
(4) Approval of a Preliminary Planned Development Plan shall not constitute approval of the final plan, rather it shall be deemed an expression of approval of the layout submitted on the Preliminary Plan as a guide to the preparation of the final plan or plans. No building permit shall be issued for an structure until a final planned development plan has been filed and approved.
(5) The final plan or plans shall be submitted by the developer not later than one (1) year (or such additional time, as may be authorized by the Village Board), after approval of the preliminary plan, for approval by the corporate authorities of the Village and subsequent recording upon the fulfillment of the requirements of these regulations and conditions, if any, of the preliminary approvals.
(6) The Village Board shall notify the Plan Commission and the applicant of its action.
5. Final Development Plan: Within one (1) year following the approval of the Preliminary Development Plan, the applicant shall file with the Plan Commission a final development plan containing in final form the information required in the Preliminary Plan.
The final plan of the planned development shall conform to the Preliminary Plan as approved, and, if desired by the developer, it may be submitted in stages with each stage reflecting a portion of the approved Preliminary Plan which is proposed to be recorded and developed; provided, however, that such portion conforms to all requirements of these regulations.
a. The final development plan shall include the following:
(1) The final plan and supporting data shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator and forwarded to the Plan Commission for certification that the final plan is in conformity with these regulations and in agreement with the approved Preliminary Plan.
The Final Land Use Plan shall be suitable for recording with the DuPage County Recorder of Deeds. The purpose of the final development plan is to designate the land subdivided into lots as well as the division of other lands not so treated, into common open areas and building areas and to designate and limit the specific internal uses of each building or structure, as well as of the land in general.
(2) An accurate legal description of the entire area under immediate development within the planned development.
(3) If subdivided lands are included in the planned development, a subdivision plat of all subdivided lands in the same form and meeting all the requirements of a normal subdivision plat, including easements, rights-of-way, and dedication of open space and public areas, to the extent that compliance with the subdivision regulations of the Village shall be required.
(4) An accurate legal description of each separate unsubdivided use area, including common open space.
(5) A Final Site Plan of the planned development shall be filed indicating the locations and uses of all buildings, all parking and loading spaces, and any other special structure, facility, or feature approved or required by the Village Board.
(6) Certificates, seals, and signatures required for the dedication of land, and recording the document.
(7) Tabulations of each separate use area, including land area and number of dwelling units per gross acre, percentage of open space, and acres in right-of-way.
(8) Landscape plan (see Section
4.19).
(9) Utilities and drainage plan.
(10) The final version of the covenants, if any, by which the applicant proposed to regulate land use and otherwise protect the proposed development accompanied by the written representation and warranty of the applicant, in form and substance satisfactory to the Village Attorney, to the effect that the owner of the real property which is the subject of the proposed planned development has not sold, or otherwise disposed of any interest in said property and will not sell, or otherwise dispose of any such interest, prior to the filing for record of said covenants in the office of the DuPage County Recorder of Deeds.
(11) Such deeds or easement agreements, by-laws or provisions, if any, as are required or approved by the Village Board, shall be filed in form and substance approved by the Village Attorney conveying a suitable ownership interest in the parcels within proposed planned development which are to be subject to public or common ownership.
(12) Filing a copy of the Article of Incorporation of the homeowner's, merchant's, or industrial owner's association, if any, required or approved by the Village Board certified by the Secretary of State of Illinois, not more than thirty (30) days prior to the filing of the final plan; a certificate of good standing for such corporation issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, as of a date not more than thirty (30) days prior to the filing of such final plan; and a copy of the by-laws of such corporation certified by the Secretary thereof, as being a true, correct and complete copy of such by-laws, as of a date not more than thirty (30) days prior to the filing of such plan.
(13) Final development and construction schedule.
(14) Final architectural plans.
(15) Final engineering drawings.
b. All public facilities and improvements made necessary as a result of the planned development shall require escrow deposits or irrevocable letters of credit in a form approved by the Village Attorney to guarantee construction of the required improvements.
c. All common open space, at the election on the Village, shall be:
(1) Conveyed to a municipal or public corporation, or conveyed to a not-for-profit corporation or entity established for the purpose of benefitting the owners an residents of the planned development or adjoining property owners or any one or more of them; or
(2) Guaranteed by a restrictive covenant describing the open space and its maintenance ad improvement, running with the land for benefit of residents of the planned development or adjoining property owners and/or both.
d. The Final Development Plan shall be approved as follows:
(1) The Plan Commission shall review the Final Development Plan within forty-five (45) days of its submission and shall recommend approval if it is in substantial compliance with the preliminary development plan. The Plan Commission shall certify to the Board of Trustees that the final development plan is in conformity with the previously approved Preliminary Development Plan.
(2) If the final plan is substantially changed from the approved Preliminary Plan, including any new requests for variations, the Plan Commission shall recommend to the Village Board that a new public hearing be held in conformance with the procedures for approval of a Preliminary Plan.
(3) The Board of Trustees, after receipt of the recommendations of the Plan Commission, shall itself review the final development plan and shall, if it is in conformity with the Preliminary Development Plan, authorize issuance of the Special Use. If the Final Development Plan is held not to be in conformity with the Preliminary Plan, the Village Board shall inform the applicant, in writing, with regard to the specific areas found to be not in compliance.
(4) Approval by the Village Board of the final plan for any proposed planned development shall be effective only for a period of sixty (60) days after the date of such approval unless, within the sixty (60) day period, the applicant shall record or cause recordation of the final plan, including any final subdivision plat, the final restrictive covenants, and the deeds and/or easement agreement required or approved by the Village Board, in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the appropriate counties.
6. Changes and Modification of the Planned Development After Approval of the Final Plan:
a. After the approval of the Final Plan, the use of land and the construction, modification, or alteration of any buildings or structures within the planned development will be governed by the approved Final Plan, rather than by any other provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village.
b. No changes may be made in the approved Final Plan except upon application to the appropriate agency according to the following procedures:
(1) During the construction of the planned development, the procedure shall be as follows:
(a) minor changes, which do not change the concept or intent of the development, including the location, sitting, and height of buildings and structures and in the location of streets and ways of public access and in the size and location of open space, may be authorized by the Plan Commission as required by engineering or other circumstances not foreseen at the time that the final plat was approved.
(b) all changes in land uses and density, any rearrangements of lots, blocks, and building tracts, any major changes in the provisions for common open space and all other changes in approved Final Plan shall be made by the Village Board of Trustees, under the procedures authorized by the Zoning Ordinance for an amendment to the zoning map.
(c) any changes which are approved for the Final Plat shall be recorded as amendments to the recorded copy of the final plat. If changes are allowed in a final site plan, a new site plan reflecting such changes shall be filed with the Village and the appropriate counties.
(d) The Plan Commission shall consider the planned development subject to revocation if construction falls more than one (1) year behind the schedule filed with the final plan, or exceeds five (5) years. The developer shall be notified at least sixty (60) days prior to any revocation hearing authorized by the Village Board. Extensions in the building schedule may be recommended by the Plan Commission and granted by the Village Board.
(2) After the completion of the construction of the Planned Development, the procedure shall be as follows:
(a) Any minor extension, alterations, or modifications of existing buildings or structures may be recommended by the Plan Commission if they are consistent with the purpose and intent of the Final Plan.
(b) Any building or structure that is totally or substantially destroyed may be reconstructed only in compliance with the Final Plan unless an amendment to the Final Plan is approved following the procedures for the amendment of the zoning map.
(c) All other changes in the Final Plan shall be made by the Village Board of Trustees, under the procedure authorized by the Zoning Ordinance for the amendment of the zoning map. No changes may be made in the Final Plan unless they are required for the continued successful functioning of the planned development, or unless they are required by changes in conditions that have occurred since the final plan was approved or by changes in the development policy of the Village.
7. Standards: No planned development shall be authorized unless the Plan Commission shall find and recommend, in addition to those standards established herein for Special Uses, that the following standards shall be met:
(1) The uses permitted by such exceptions as may be requested or recommended are necessary or desirable and appropriate to the purpose of the development.
(2) The uses permitted in such development are not of such nature or so located as to exercise an undue detrimental influence or effect upon the surrounding neighborhood.
(3) That any industrial park areas established in the planned development conform to all requirements therefore, as set forth elsewhere in this Ordinance.
(4) That all minimum requirements pertaining to commercial, residential, institutional, or other uses established in the planned development shall be subject to the requirements for each individual classification as established elsewhere in this Ordinance, except as may be specifically varied in the Ordinance granting and establishing a planned development use.
(5) When private streets and common driveways are made a part of the planned development or private common open space recreational facilities are provided, the applicant shall submit, as part of the application, the method and arrangement whereby these private facilities shall be operated and maintained. Such arrangements for operating and maintaining private facilities shall be subject to the approval of the Village Board.
(6) That any bulk exceptions shall be solely for the purpose of promoting an integrated site plan more beneficial to the residents or occupants of such development as well as neighboring property, that would be obtained under the bulk regulations of this Ordinance for building developed on separate zoning lots.
(7) Architectural Consistency. The architectural style and features established for an approved planned development shall be maintained throughout the entire project unless otherwise recommended by the Plan Commission and approved by the Village Board.
(1) Residential density for a planned development shall not be greater than the recommended density as shown in the Zoning Ordinance for the Village, nor shall any lot to be used for residential purposed be less in area or dimension than that required by the district regulations applicable to the district in which the planned development is located except that the Plan Commission may recommend and the Village Board may grant a reduction in such lot area and dimension, but not more than a fifteen (15) percent of the gross area of the planned development.
(2) Business uses may be included as part of a planned residential development when the Plan Commission finds that such business uses are beneficial to the overall planned development and will not be injurious to adjacent or neighboring properties.
(3) The open areas provided in the part of the planned development containing only residential buildings shall be preserved over the life of the planned development for use only by the residents of the planned development or dedicated to a local government.
(4) For that part of a planned development devoted to residential uses, the Plan Commission may recommend and the Village Board of Trustees may approve, access to a dwelling by a driveway or pedestrian walk easement, and spacing between buildings of lesser width or depth than required by district regulations for the district in which the planned development is located, provided:
(a) that adequate provisions are made which perpetuate during the period of the special use, access easements and off-street parking spaces for use by the residents of the dwelling served;
(b) the spacing between buildings shall be approved by the Plan Commission and shall be consistent with the application of recognized site planning principles for securing a unified development, and due consideration is given to the openness normally afforded by intervening streets and alleys;
(c) the yards for principal buildings along the periphery of the development shall be not less in width or depth than required for permitted uses in the district regulations applicable to the districts in which the planned development is located; and the plan is developed to afford adequate protection to neighboring properties as recommended by the Plan Commission and approved by the Village Board of Trustees.
c. Cluster Subdivision: In any single-family cluster division, the Plan Commission may recommend and the Village Board may authorize the following exceptions to the regulations of the district in which cluster subdivision is permitted as a Special Use.
(1) A reduction of the lot area by not more than fifteen (15) percent, when the planned development provides common open space equal to not less than fifteen (15) percent of the gross area of the planned development, and in no case shall the lot area be less than six thousand five hundred (6,500) square feet.
(2) A reduction of the lot width by not more than fifteen (15) percent, but in no case shall the lot width be less than forty-five (45) feet.
(3) That in the part of the planned development containing only residential uses, the minimum lot area per dwelling unit may be not more than fifteen (15) percent less than that required for permitted uses in the district regulations applicable to the district in which the planned development is located.
Reduction of such lot area shall be recommended by the Plan Commission and approved by the Village Board only where there is contained within the planned development permanent open area, the area and location of which shall meet with the approval of the Commission, and that such open space shall not be less than that which would pertain if developed on individual lots.
Such open areas shall be preserved over the life of the planned development, for use only by the residents of the planned development or dedicated to the Village of Itasca for school, park, playground, or other public open space uses; and
(4) That in a planned development devoted to residential uses, the Plan Commission may recommend and the Village Board may approve, access to a dwelling by a driveway or pedestrian walk easement, however, off-street parking facilities for such dwellings shall be located not more than two hundred (200) feet from the dwelling served; yards of lesser width or depth than required for permitted uses in the district regulations applicable to the district in which the planned development is located; provided
(a) that protective covenants are recorded which perpetuate access easements and off-street parking spaces for use by the residents of the dwellings served;
(b) spacing between principal buildings within a part of a planned development shall be equivalent to such spacing as would be required between buildings by district regulations for the district in which it is located.
d. Business: That in a planned business development, the following additional requirements are hereby specified:
(1) All buildings shall be set back not less than fifty (50) feet from all street rights-of-way lines bounding the site; and set back forty (40) feet from any residentially zoned land.
(2) Required off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with Section 12.00 of this Ordinance and set back not less than twenty-five (25) feet from any residentially zoned land.
(3) All walks within the planned development shall be paved with a hard surfaced material meeting the specification of the Village.
(4) Any part of the planned development not used for buildings, loading and access ways, shall be attractively landscaped with grass, trees, shrubs, or pedestrian walkways, according to a landscape plan, as approved by the Plan Commission;
(5) The overall floor area ratio for the Planned Development shall not exceed by more than twenty (20) percent the maximum floor area ratio which would be determined on the basis of the amount required for the individual uses in such Planned Development as stipulated in each district.
(6) The buildings in the planned development shall be planned and designed as a unified and single project.
e. Variations of Minimum Requirements:
(1) Wherever the applicant proposes to provide and set out, by platting, deeding, dedication, restriction, or covenant, any land or space separate from single-family or multi-family residential districts to be used for parks, playgrounds, commons, greenways or open areas, the Plan Commission may consider and recommend to the Village Board, and the Village Board may vary the applicable minimum requirements of the subdivision regulations and the zoning ordinance which may include but not necessarily be limited to the following:
(a) Business uses shall be as prescribed by the Plan Commission.
(b) All business shall be conducted and material shall be stored within a completed enclosed building.
(c) Not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the lot area shall be covered by buildings or structures.
(d) Not less than fifteen (15) percent of the lot shall be provided or landscaping and open space purposes.
(e) No building shall be more than sixty-five (65) feet in height.
(f) No dwelling shall be permitted on the ground floor in a planned business development.
(g) Off-street parking and loading shall be provided and maintained on the same lot in accordance with Section
12.00 of this Ordinance unless the Plan Commission recommends and the Village Board requires additional off-street parking and loading space.
(h) Service and loading and unloading facilities shall be provided as recommended and approved by the Plan Commission.
(i) No building shall be located nearer than fifty (50) feet to any right-of-way line or forty (40) feet to any residentially zoned land.
(j) Business developments shall be adequately screened by fencing or landscaping or both along the boundaries of adjacent residential, public open spaces, schools, churches, or other similar uses. The screen planting shall be prepared by a landscape architect and shall meet the approval of the Plan Commission.
(k) Outside lighting shall be so designed and placed so as not to be disturbing to adjacent residential areas.
(l) Signs shall comply with the regulations in Section
13.00 and Ordinance No. 165-61.
(a) The standards for industrial areas in a planned development shall conform to the applicable standards in the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Itasca.
(b) Not less than twenty (20) percent of the industrial land use areas shall be reserved for landscape and open space purposes.
8. Conditions and Guarantees: Prior to granting any Special Uses, the Plan Commission may recommend, and the Village Board shall stipulate such conditions and restrictions upon establishment, location, construction, maintenance, and operation of the Special Use as deemed necessary for the protection and requirements specified herein or as may be from time to time required. In all cases in which Special Uses are granted, the Village Board shall require such evidence and guarantee as it may deem necessary as proof that the conditions stipulated in connection therewith are being and will be complied with.
9. Effect of Denial of a Special Use: After a public hearing, no application for a Special Use which has been denied wholly or in part by the Village Board shall be resubmitted for a period of one (1) year from the date of said order of denial, except on the grounds of substantial new evidence or proof of changed conditions found to be valid by the Plan Commission and the Village Board.
10. Repeal of Special Use: In any case, where a Special Use has been granted, and where no development has taken place within two (2) years, the Plan Commission may recommend to the Village Board that such zoning be affirmed or repealed and rezoned to it most appropriate district classification in accordance with the procedures under this Ordinance.
(Ord. 963-97, passed 4-08-97; Am. Ord. 1314-06, passed 5-2-06; Am. Ord. 1355-06, passed 12-5-06)