Requested Action
1. Parking variation associated with a church, synagogue and other places of worship.
2. Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Schools to Institutional.
Variations Required
1. Chapter 28, Section 11.4, Schedule of Parking Requirements from the requirement to allow 97 parking spaces, 62 existing parking spaces and 35 land banked spaces instead of the required 308 spaces, a variation of 211 spaces.
Recommendation
A public hearing was held by the Plan Commission on September 16, 2015 where Commissioner Dawson moved and Commissioner Drost seconded:
A motion to recommend to the Village Board of Trustees approval of PC# 15-010, a Parking Variation associated with a church, synagogue, and other places of worship; a Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Schools to Institutional; and a Variation from Chapter 28, Section 11.4, Schedule of Parking Requirements, from the requirement to allow 135 parking spaces, 62 existing parking spaces and 73 land-banked spaces instead of the required 308 spaces, a variation of 173 spaces.
This approval is contingent upon compliance with the recommendation of the Plan Commission and the following recommendations detailed in the Staff Development Committee report dated September 11, 2015:
1. Provide parking data and information for Glenkirk on-going operation at this site.
2. The maximum capacity shall not exceed 200 people.
3. If parking beyond what is provided for the church and its ancillary functions is insufficient as determined by the Village, then the Petitioner shall have six months to install the land-banked parking and work with the Village to develop and implement a parking mitigation plan that may include but shall not be limited to operational restrictions, further capacity limitations, and/or installation of additional parking accommodations elsewhere on site.
4. No overlapping services/events shall be permitted that negatively impact available parking.
5. The Petitioner shall enter into a shared parking agreement with the Park District to allow the public to park in the Petitioner's parking lot when church activities are not scheduled. The Petitioner shall work with the Village and Park District to implement shared parking lot expansion if deemed feasible.
6. The gymnasium space cannot be leased to an outside entity when the church is being used.
7. The Petitioner must provide landscaping adjacent to the north parking lot on the north side. The landscaping must be layered and include a mix of evergreen shrubs in order to provide a dense layered buffer between the parking area and the residential district.
8. The Petitioner shall maintain the landscaped "arboretum" area on the north end of the subject property.
9. New lighting shall be installed in the existing parking lot. All photometrics shall meet all Village requirements. All parking lot lighting shall have automatic timers that turn the lights off no later than one hour after the last scheduled event of the day.
10. If the parking lot is expanded towards the playground, appropriate fencing shall be installed as a safety precaution.
11. The Petitioner shall comply with all federal, state, Village codes, regulations and policies.
Roll Call Vote: Commissioners Cherwin, Dawson, Drost, Ennes, Green, Sigalos, Warskow and Chairman Lorenzini voted in favor. Motion carried.