Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Refer to the Plan Commission for Public Hearing and Recommendation a Text Amendment to the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance to Allow the Village Board, in addition to the Zoning Board of Appeals and Plan Commission, the Ability to Hold Public Hearings for Zoning-Related Applications
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Overview
Overview
This request was proposed by the Village President at the September 8, 2020 Village Board meeting. The suggested text amendment will allow the Village Board the ability to hold public hearings when the Zoning Board of Appeals and/or Plan Commission are over-loaded with requests which has recently occurred during the pandamic.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Refer this matter to the Plan Commission for public hearing.
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. The former Zoning Ordinance, which was re-adopted in 2002 had been amended multiple times between 2002 and 2017. The 2002 re-adopted Zoning Ordinance required that planned development applications be reviewed (at a study session) by the Village Board and then referred to a hearing body. The 2002 Ordinance stated that the Village Board can refer special use and special use-planned development applications to any appointed or elected commission or committee. In the 2017 Zoning Ordinance, the referral process was eliminated. The powers currently afforded to the Village Board of Trustees in the 2017 Zoning Ordinance include making final decisions on zoning amendments (map and ordinance) applications, final decisions on special use applications and final decisions on planned development applications (see Zoning Ordinance provision below).
In regard to zoning-relate...
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