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2005-02
ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARK RIDGE
GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT
PREAMBLE
Duly noticed public hearings were held by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Park Ridge on October 25, November 22, and December 13, 2004, on the application of PRC Partners, LLC, for a Special Use (Case Number PUD-04-01) approving the Preliminary Planned Mixed Use Development for the Uptown redevelopment project on the property generally bounded by Touhy Avenue, Morris Avenue and Northwest Highway, pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Park Ridge, Section 11.09 and 11.11, on the following legally described property to wit:
Parcel 1: Lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 (except that part taken for streets) in Block 9, in Brickton, being Penny and Meacham's Subdivision of Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 41 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.
Commonly known as: 700 Touhy Avenue and 100 Meacham Avenue
Parcel 2: Lots 1, 2, 3 and the North 55 feet of Lot 13 in Block 7 in Penny and Root's Subdivision of Blocks 6 and 7 in Penny and Meacham's Division of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 41 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.
Commonly known as: 130 -148 North Northwest Highway
Parcel 3: Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and the park lots in Block 7 in Penny and Root's Subdivision of Blocks 6 and 7 in Penny and Meacham's Division of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 41 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.
Commonly known as: 20 North Northwest Highway
There has been compliance with all applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Park Ridge. The Mayor and City Council of the City of Park Ridge have determined that the Special Use requested should be granted subject to the conditions that follow in this Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, acting in furtherance of their home rule powers.
SECTION 1: A Special Use be and hereby is granted to PRC Partners, LLC, ("applicant") pursuant to Section 11.09 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Park Ridge for a Planned Mixed Use Development subject to the following conditions all of which are subject to final design and other applicable approvals:
1. Provision of a fence to screen the surface parking lot in Phase 2 along Meacham and Summit Avenues.
2. Reservation of approval of site and tenant signs and streetscape details, such as lighting, pavers, street furniture, etc., until the Final Plan Development review.
3. The applicant shall work with the City to add more parking spaces on the west side of Summit Avenue.
4. The Illinois Department of Transportation must approve traffic signals at Summit and Touhy Avenues and Summit Avenue and Northwest Highway within sixty (60) days of the approval of this Special Use.
5. Provision of a pedestrian walkway between the rowhouses and the Napleton Automobile Dealership that would connect Morris Street and Meacham Avenue.
6. City Staff shall work with the Illinois Department of Transportation to preserve parking on Northwest Highway or find alternative parking for existing merchants.
7. An approval pursuant to any requested review by a City consultant, staff member, Council or Commission shall be an approval of only those items specified in any motion, resolution, ordinance or written report. Under no circumstances shall such an approval be deemed to be approval of any other matter by virtue of the fact that those other matters may appear on the supporting documents such as a site plan, engineering plan, or plat that was the subject of the review. Neither shall any such written approval be deemed to be an approval of any matter, which is within the jurisdiction of any other City consultant, staff member, Council or Commission or any county, state or federal agency.
8. Changes from exhibits may only be made as follows:
A. "Minor Modification" shall only mean one of the following changes to the Planned Mixed Use Development:
1. final height of a structure — change of one foot or less;
2. a required or indicated setback — a change of ten percent or less;
3. facade — a modification to materials where the modification applies to a coverage area of less than ten percent of the building or any color modification;
4. sign area — change of ten percent or less;
5. overall square footage of net saleable or net rentable area measured in square feet in a particular Phase of Development — change of five percent or less;
6. reduction in the anticipated rental rate of any retail lease from that contained in the Leasing Plan — change of fifteen percent or less; or
7. authority to extend the Redevelopment Project Schedule by up to one hundred twenty days.
As the Redevelopment Project progresses, any series of Minor Modifications shall be cumulative with respect to each numerical or percentage limitation set forth in (1) through (7) above.
B. City Council Approved Changes. The City Council may approve, without referral to the Planning and Zoning Commission, such other changes as it believes are in the best interests of the City and which do not involve changes in numerical limitations found in the text of the ordinance and which do not have a substantial, direct impact on adjacent properties. The determination of the City Council as to whether a requested change should be referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be final.
C. Changes Requiring a Public Hearing. Subject to Section 1(A)(8) above, any change involving size, quantity or other numerical value found in the text of the ordinance or any change having substantial, direct impact on adjacent properties shall not be made except after a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission. Additionally, the City Council or the Director of Community Preservation and Development may refer any requested change to the Planning and Zoning Commission for public hearing when either believes it would be in the best interest of the City to do so.
SECTION 2: To the extent that they are consistent with the Planning and Zoning Commission's findings of fact, the following exceptions to the Zoning Ordinance are granted as part of the Special Use:
Allowance of:
1. Non-contiguous parcels as a single zoning lot (Section 3.02).
2. Phases 1 and 2 may be at less than two acres (Section 8.06.H).
3. Residential density of 32.4 dwelling units per gross acres (Sections 8.06.B and 11.11.C.2.a(2).
4. Substandard yard areas limited be the following:
a. A corner side yard of six feet along Busse Highway for Phase 1,
b. A corner side yard of twelve feet, one inch (12' 1") along Morris Street for Phase 1,
c. A front yard of six feet along Summit Avenue for Phase 2,
d. An encroachment of the parking lot into the front yard, five feet from the property line along summit Avenue in Phase 2,
e. A corner side yard of 3.5 feet along Meacham Avenue for Phase 2,
f. A corner side yard of one foot along Northwest Highway for Phase 2, and
g. A corner side yard of three feet along Northwest Highway for Phase 3
(Section 8.06.D).
5. Building heights of 64 feet for buildings B1 and B2, 70 feet for building B3, and 69.5 feet for buildings Cl and C2 (Sections 8.06.E and 11.11.C.2.d).
6. Balconies may project over the property lines and the Northwest Highway right-of-way, subject to IDOT approvals (Section 4.04.A.6).
7. Open space of 13.6 percent for the entire project (Section 8.06.F).
8. 36 fewer parking spaces for the residential units in Phase 2 and 45 fewer parking spaces for the residential units in Phase 3 (Sections 9.02.H.1.a and b, and 9.02.H.2.e).
9. Parking lot lighting fixtures up to 25 feet (Section 9.02.F.5).
10. One loading dock, instead of two, and a loading dock less than the required size in Phase 3. PRC should provide further information in the commercial leases indicating which tenants are allowed to use which loading areas and at what times (Section 9.03).
Pursuant to this Ordinance and the public hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission with respect to paragraphs 3 and 5 of this Section 2, the properties described in this are established as an area of special zoning control.
SECTION 3: The following exhibits are attached to and made a part of this Ordinance:
1. Application for Special Use
2. Site Plan
3. Redevelopment Agreement dated January 5, 2005; and approved by the City Council on December 20, 2004.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Park Ridge, Illinois, this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2005.
VOTE: AYES Ald. Parker, Friel, Tinaglia, Crampton, DiPietro, Benka, Bell, Bateman, Beaumont, Frimark, Anderson, Disher
NAYS None
ABSENT Ald. Cox
Approved by me this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2005.
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