Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Concur with the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation (Oak Park EDC) Recommendation to Consider a Modification of Planned Development Timelines and Refer the Applicable Oak Park Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to the Plan Commission for Public Hearing and Recommendation
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Overview
Overview
This request was proposed by the Oak Park EDC to review existing timelines for Planned Development Applications found in the Effect of Approval or Denial and Expiration section of the Village's Zoning Ordinance (14.5(G)).
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Refer this matter to the Plan Commission
Fiscal Impact
N/A.
Background
The current Zoning Ordinance was re-adopted in 2017 following an extensive multiple-year review and public hearing process. It is common practice for municipalities to evaluate and/or amended Zoning Ordinances from time to time. Periodically, staff finds that certain regulations are either not working as intended, or are confusing and need additional clarification, or need to change with the times. Zoning Ordinance text modifications can be in the form of adding, strengthening, lessening or eliminating regulations, depending on the need.
Per the attached request letter from the Oak Park EDC, upon a referral by the Village Board, a discussion will be conducted with the Plan Commission to determine if the planned development deadlines regarding building permit submittal and the start and end of construction in the Zoning Ordinance are adequate as written or if the timelines should be modified per the Oak Park EDC's recommendation. The recommendation is based on multiple requests for extensions over the past several years. These extension requests have always concluded with an approval by the Village Board. An example of this was when the developer of 715 South Boulevard asked for a delay in the start of constructi...
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