Requested Action
1. Amendment to Special Use Ordinances #63-078, #97-058, and #07-012 to allow to allow an addition to the Church building and modifications to the east campus parking lot.
2. Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to change the land use classification from Single-Family Detached to Institutional for the properties located at 811 N. Arlington Heights Road and 810 N. Pine Avenue.
3. Planned Unit Development encompassing both the east and west campuses to allow multiple buildings on one zoning lot.
4. Preliminary Plat of Subdivision to consolidate all of the east campus into one lot.
Variations Identified
1. A variation from Chapter 29, Section 29-307(f), to allow a double frontage lot with vehicular access from an abutting arterial street.
2. A variation from Chapter 28, Section 11.4, Schedule of Required Parking, to allow a reduction to the minimum number of required parking stalls from 974 to 337.
3. A variation from Chapter 28, Section 11.2-8, to allow a reduction in the required width of a parking row from 24’ to 22’.
4. A variation from Chapter 28, Section 6.15-1.2(b) to waive the requirement for one landscape island with a shade tree at the end of a row of twenty parking stalls.
Recommendation
A public hearing was held by the Plan Commission on December 13, 2017 where Commissioner Dawson moved and Commissioner Warskow seconded:
A motion to recommend to the Village Board of Trustees approval of PC# 17-012, Amendment to Special Use Ordinances #63-078, #97-058, and #07-012 to allow an addition to the church building and modifications to the east campus parking lot; Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to change the land use classification from Single Family Detached to Institutional for the properties located at 811 N. Arlington Heights Road and 810 N. Pine Avenue; Planned Unit Development encompassing both the east and west campuses to allow multiple buildings on one zoning lot; Preliminary Plat of Subdivision to consolidate all of the east campus into one lot, and the following variations:
1. A variation from Chapter 29, Section 29-307(F), to allow a double frontage lot with vehicular access from an abutting arterial street.
2. A variation from Chapter 28, Section 11.4, Schedule of Required Parking, to allow a reduction to the minimum number of required parking stalls from 974 to 337.
3. A variation from Chapter 28, Section, 11.2-8, to allow a reduction in the required width of a parking row from 24 feet to 22 feet.
4. A variation from Chapter 28, Section 6.15-1.2(B) to waive the requirement for one landscape island with a shade tree at the end of a row of 20 parking stalls.
This approval shall be subject to the following conditions:
Prior to Village Board Consideration
1. The Petitioner shall provide a written narrative of the various design options that were considered relative to aligning the ingress/egress to and from the site with the existing traffic signal on Arlington Heights Road, and the reasons for not pursuing those options. This narrative must include details on the geometric, traffic operation, and traffic signal considerations relative to this alignment. Upon receipt of this information, the Village, the Petitioner, and IDOT shall meet to discuss the proposed access on Arlington Heights Road.
2. The Petitioner shall revise the site plan to relocate the middle parking lot landscape island in the northeast parking row to the northeast terminus of that parking row in the northeast most corner of the site.
3. The Petitioner shall revise the site plan to change the two 22-foot wide drive aisles to 24-foot wide drive aisles as indicated in Exhibit 11.
4. The Petitioner shall substitute the three crabapple trees in the southwest portion of the detention area with evergreen trees for review and approval by the Village.
5. The Petitioner shall provide a new fire truck turning radius exhibit for review and approval by the Village.
6. That there be further discussions regarding who shall bear the cost of operating and maintaining the traffic signal adjacent to the subject property on Arlington Heights Rd.
General Conditions
7. Final Plat of Subdivision approval shall be required.
8. The allowance for Sunday parking along both the east and west sides of Arlington Heights Road adjacent to St. James Parish shall be eliminated.
9. The Parish will continually encourage parishioners to utilize both the east and west parking lots prior to parking along the street for typical Sunday and Saturday services.
10. The Village and St. James Parish shall continue to monitor parking to determine if parking overflow onto neighboring residential streets is problematic. If parking overflow is determined to be problematic, the Parish shall develop and implement a plan, for Village review and approval, that would provide additional parking either on the subject property or at alternative off-site location(s).
11. If parishioner parking during the course of construction overflows and becomes a problem in the surrounding residential neighborhood, St. James Parish shall provide, to the satisfaction of the Village, a plan for satellite parking at other agreeable locations.
12. IDOT review and approval of the proposed curb cut onto Arlington Heights Road and the Final Plat of Subdivision shall be required.
13. Compliance with the Design Commission motion from October 24, 2017 shall be required.
14. The Parish shall install timers on all site lighting within the east campus so that they automatically turn off no later than 12:00 a.m., with the exception of Christmas Eve and Christmas services.
15. The Petitioner shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and Village codes, regulations and policies.
Roll Call Vote: Commissioners Cherwin, Drost, Green, Jensen, Lorenzini, Sigalos, Warskow, Dawson and Chair Ennes voted in favor. Motion carried.