a.   Service Facilities not permitted to be approved administratively pursuant to Section 16.04 of this Section 16.00, and not otherwise prohibited by Section 16.05 of this Section 16.00, shall require a Special Use Permit. Special use applications for Service Facilitates shall be processed and heard in conformance with the procedures and requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. Where located in a front yard, the Special Use Permit shall require that the Service Facility be no closer than five feet (5') inside a front lot line or five feet (5') inside a side yard lot line abutting a street, or such greater distance as may be recommended by the Plan Commission and/or determined by the Village Board.

      b.   In granting a special use permit, conditions may be imposed to the extent recommended by the Plan Commission and or determined by the Village Board as reasonable or necessary to minimize any adverse effect of the proposed Service Facilities.

      c.   Any information of an engineering nature that the applicant submits, whether civil, mechanical, or electrical shall be certified by a professional engineer licensed in the State of Illinois.

      a.   Size of proposed Service Facility;

      b.   Proximity of the Service Facility to residential district boundaries;

      c.   Nature and intensity of uses on adjacent and nearby properties;

      d.   Topography of site and surrounding areas;

      e.   Surrounding tree coverage and foliage;

      f.   Design of the Service Facility, with particular reference to design characteristics that have the effect of reducing or eliminating visual obtrusiveness; and,

      g.   The physical relationship between the Service Facility and existing structures and utilities.

      a.   A Service Facility shall be landscaped/screened with a variety of plant materials that effectively screens the view of the Service Facility from adjacent property and public right-of-ways on a year round basis, in accordance with the design criteria set forth in Section 4.19 of the Zoning Ordinance. In determining the types of plant materials or landscaping that shall be required, due consideration shall be given to a request by the owner of the property that such plant materials or landscaping be allowed to be consistent with existing plant materials or landscaping at a proposed location. Natural growth around a property perimeter may be considered in determining whether a Service Facility would be sufficiently screened or buffered.

      b.   In locations where the visual impact of the Service Facility would be and is likely to remain minimal for the foreseeable future, the landscaping requirement may be reduced or waived.

(Ord. 1382-07, passed 6-5-07)