Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
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A Motion to Refer to the Plan Commission for Public Hearing and Recommendation Text Amendments to the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance to Allow Service-Retail Uses on the Ground Floor of Buildings in the Village's DT - Downtown Zoning Districts Pursuant to the Recommendation of the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation (Oak Park EDC)
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Overview
Overview
This request was proposed by the Oak Park EDC to allow certain non-retail and non-personal service land uses within the first 50 feet of the street line at grade level where such restrictions currently apply within Greater Downtown Area; specifically in the DT-1: Downtown Central Sub-District -DTOP and the DT-2: Hemingway Sub-District.
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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.
In February of this year, the Village Board referred a text amemdment request to the Plan Commission for their review of modifications to the Planned Development timeline requirements relative to the length of time allowed for project completion. This text amendment has been on hold, but will accompany this new request, if the Board so chooses to refer it to the Plan Commission.
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 Co...
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