Orland Park City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 4
Planning Documents
§ 4-101 Comprehensive Plan.
A.
Authority. The Department of Development Services has the authority, as authorized by the Board of Trustees, to formulate and recommend a Comprehensive Plan or elements thereof, and amendments thereto, from time to time, for review by the Plan Commission and adoption by the Board of Trustees.
[Amended by Ord. 5167, 2-20-2017]
B.
General Purpose. Upon adoption, the Comprehensive Plan shall be considered an official statement of the policy of the Village with respect to the existing and developing character of various areas of the Village; the proper objectives, standards and directions for future maintenance, growth and development of the Village; the means to be employed to protect the existing character of development and to encourage future development that will be in the best interests of the Village; and the actions and programs to be undertaken by the Village with respect to its future maintenance and development.
C.
Elements. The Comprehensive Plan for the Village may be composed of such elements covering such subjects as may be deemed appropriate by the Board of Trustees, including but not limited to, natural resources, transportation, economic development, and annexation.
D.
Effect. No development regulation, Zoning District Map, Capital Improvements Program, or Overlay Plan relating to the physical maintenance or development of the Village or any land within it shall be enacted, established, amended or varied and no public building, public improvement, public site or right-of-way or other public structure or use of land shall be authorized, established, developed, redeveloped or modified in location or extent, whether by a public agency or a private developer, other than in accordance with the policies, goals, objectives, principles and standards of the adopted Comprehensive Plan or relevant element thereof.
E.
Plan Development. The Director of Development Services, with the assistance of other Village departments and agencies, shall develop and revise a Comprehensive Plan for the Village of Orland Park. The process of plan development is necessarily an informal one, not readily adaptable to rigid procedures, but the Director shall, in developing a plan, make all reasonable efforts to obtain the views, comments and criticisms of interested departments, divisions, agencies, organizations, groups, firms and residents of the Village. All administrative departments of the Village government, as well as all agencies, boards and commissions shall provide to the Director, upon his/her request, such available records or information as may be required to support and assist in the preparation of the Plan.
[Amended by Ord. 4839, 9-16-2013]
F.
Adoption of Plan.
1.
Upon completion of the Plan, or any element thereof, the Development Services Department shall conduct sufficient public meetings in the Village to provide adequate opportunities for all citizens to present their views.
2.
Upon completion of the meetings required in Subsection F1 above, the Development Services Department may present the Plan or any element thereof to the Plan Commission for review and recommendation to the Board of Trustees. The Plan Commission shall set, advertise and conduct a public hearing on the Plan, any element of the Plan or any amendment to the Plan in accordance with the public hearing notice procedures in Section 5-101 General Procedures, Requirements and Regulations. The Plan Commission shall recommend to the Board of Trustees that the Plan or any element or amendment be approved, modified or rejected.
3.
The Board of Trustees may adopt, reject, or modify such Plan or any element thereof, or refer the Plan to the Plan Commission or Development Services Department for further study.
[Amended by Ord. 4839, 9-16-2013]
G.
Amendment of Plan. The Comprehensive Plan or any element thereof may be amended in the same manner as it is adopted.
H.
Re-examination of the Plan. In addition to ongoing review to conduct studies and compile statistics, at least once every six years the Development Services Department shall re-examine the Comprehensive Plan, these regulations and all other development regulations adopted by the Village to implement said Plan. The Development Services Department shall prepare a written report setting forth the findings of such re-examination, and shall transmit a copy thereof to the Plan Commission, the Board of Trustees and the Village Manager. These findings shall include:
1.
The major problems and objectives relating to land development confronting the Village at the time of the adoption, or last revision or re-examination, of the Comprehensive Plan.
2.
The extent to which such problems and objectives have been reduced or have increased subsequent to such date.
3.
The extent to which there have been significant changes in the assumptions, policies and objectives forming the basis for such Plan or regulations as last revised, with particular regard to the density and distribution of population and land uses, housing conditions, circulation, conservation of natural resources and change in State, County and Village policies and objectives.
4.
The specific changes recommended for such Plan or regulations, if any, including underlying objectives, policies and standards, or whether a new Plan or regulation should be prepared.
[Amended by Ord. 4839, 9-16-2013]
§ 4-102 Capital Improvements Program.
A.
Authority. The Village Manager shall prepare and the Board of Trustees by ordinance may adopt or amend a Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for the Village of Orland Park pursuant to the standards and procedures set forth in this section in conjunction with the development and adoption of a Comprehensive Plan as provided in Section 4-101.
B.
Definition and Contents.
1.
General Definition. The CIP shall be consistent with and shall implement the Comprehensive Plan. The CIP shall be a program of municipal capital improvement projects, with their estimated costs, projected over a period of at least five years. The CIP shall include major projects currently being undertaken, or to be undertaken, with Federal, State, County and other public funds or under Federal, State or County supervision. Such projects may include any major nonrecurring expenditure or any expenditure for physical facilities of government, such as costs for acquisition of land or interests in land; construction of buildings or other structures, including additions or major alterations; construction of streets and utility lines; improvements; acquisition of fixed equipment; installation of landscaping; and similar expenditures.
2.
Specific Contents.
a.
A classification of the recommended projects based on their urgency and need for realization.
b.
A recommendation of a time sequence to be followed in implementing the recommended projects.
c.
The estimated cost and revenues, if any, of each project, including estimates of probable operating and maintenance costs.
d.
A tabulation of existing sources of funds, listing the source and amount for each project, and where such sources are insufficient, the need for additional sources of funds for the implementation and operation of each project.
e.
An estimate of the number of persons and establishments which will be displaced by each recommended project.
f.
Such other elements as the Board of Trustees, Village Manager or the Plan Commission may find useful or appropriate.
C.
Purpose and Effect.
1.
General Purpose. The CIP shall serve as a means for systematically reviewing proposed projects to ensure coordination of expenditures and development with the Comprehensive Plan. The CIP shall link the timing, location and financing of proposed projects, shall encourage the development of projects in scheduled stages, and shall provide developers with an advance picture of future needs and development activities to be undertaken by the Village. The first year of the CIP shall, upon adoption by the Board of Trustees, constitute the Capital Budget of the Village.
2.
Effect. Upon adoption, the CIP shall serve as notice of the Village's capital needs and intentions for the five-year period. No other capital improvement shall be authorized except by prior amendment to the CIP.
D.
Procedures for Adoption and Amendment.
1.
Program Development. The Village Manager shall prepare a proposed CIP and amendments thereto.
2.
Adoption and Amendment. Adoption and amendments to the CIP shall require a public hearing before the Village Board of Trustees. The Village Board shall set, advertise and conduct a public hearing on the plan, any element of the plan or any amendment to the plan in accordance with the procedures in Section 5-101E; provided however, that the Board of Trustees may add a public improvement to such CIP at any time if there is a demonstrable need for such improvement and the funding for such improvement is immediately available.
§ 4-103 Overlay Plans.
A.
Purpose. The purpose of an overlay plan is to set forth development policies for discrete areas with special needs to guide Village decisionmakers with respect to appropriate land use, subdivision, capital improvement, service delivery and other public sector programming within the geographical boundaries of the area encompassed by such plan. Such plans will permit the assembly of information at a more discrete level than is possible in the Comprehensive Plan and will thereby provide decisionmakers with more detailed information.
B.
Scope of Plan. An overlay plan may include the following components:
1.
Geographical area of the neighborhood to be included in the plan;
2.
Data on population, neighborhood attitudes, environmental issues, zoning, type of land use and the location, traffic patterns, quality and capacity of public facilities in the area;
3.
Existing, emerging and anticipated trends, problems, and resources in the area relating to land use development and other activities in the neighborhood;
4.
A statement of the policies and objectives of the community with respect to land use, quality of life and environment;
5.
Proposed development, land use and other changes neighborhood residents wish to see implemented; and
6.
The relationship between the CIP, Comprehensive Plan, and other Village policies and the particular neighborhood.