Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
Concur with the Plan Commission's Recommendation and Adopt an Ordinance Amending Article 8 ("Uses"), Section 8.3 ("Use Restrictions"), Table 8-1 ("Use Matrix"), and Article 8 ("Uses"), Section 8.4 ("Principal Use Standards"), Subsection 8.4E ("Community Residence") of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance Regarding Community Residences.
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Overview
Overview
As a condition of approval of the revised Zoning Ordinance, the Village Board remanded to the Plan Commission for further consideration a review of the regulations associated with Community Residences.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Plan Commission recommends approval of text amendments to the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance regarding Community Residences as detailed below.
Body
Staff Recommendation
Staff supports the Plan Commission's recommendations.
Fiscal Impact
N/A.
Background
After a two and half year process to update and revise the Village's Zoning Ordinance, the Village Board reviewed and approved the recommended document in September 2017 with a few items to be remanded to the Plan Commission for further consideration. One of those is the subject of this agenda item - Community Residence. The previous and current Zoning Ordinance contains regulations for this land use. After public comment at a Village Board meeting, the direction by the Village Board to the Plan Commission was to look at ensuring the new Zoning Ordinance language was/is appropriate and within the Village's legal parameters.
Alternatives
-Approve the recommendation as presented by the Plan Commission.
-Do not approve the recommendation by the Plan Commission and keep the regulation as written in the Zoning Ordinance.
-Modify the recommendation.
Previous Board Action
The Village Board approved the revised Zoning Ordinance at their September 18, 2017 meeting with direction to the Plan Commission to re-revi...
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