VILLAGE OF NORTH AURORA
PLAN COMMISSION MEETING
MAY 17, 2011
CALL TO ORDER – 7:00 pm
Chairman Brackett called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
In attendance: Co-Chairmen Mike Brackett and Jennifer Duncan, Commissioners Andrea Rattray, Tom Lenkart, Connie Holbrook, Mark Rivecco, Ed Sweeney, Mark Carroll.
Staff in attendance: Community Development Director Scott Buening, Village Clerk Lori Murray.
APPROVAL OF PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES – April 19, 2011
Motion made by Commissioner Duncan and seconded by Commissioner Holbrook to approve the Plan Commission Minutes of April 19, 2011. All in favor. Motion approved.
ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION
Chapter 5
Page 2 – (section 5.4b) – add wording “non-residential”.
Buening asked if the there should be a minimum size for residential for a pud. The Plan Commission suggested residential not be a pud.
5.4(c) – third line down references bulk of parking and signs. Commissioner Sweeney asked if there should be a reference to the sign ordinance. Buening said that there does not need to be a specific sign ordinance reference since it is already in the municipal code.
5.4(g) – add “shall be subject to approval by the Plan Commission and Village Engineer.
5.4(h) – Commissioner Rattray asked if the Village would be requiring a plan for the pedestrian circulation system or a sidewalk plan. Buening said that a pedestrian circulation system would be required.
5.4 (b) – Commissioner Lenkart asked if a mixed use with single family, multi and commercial is covered by the PUD. Buening said there can still be a PUD.
5.4 (i) – Commissioner Rattray suggested added wording, to this section of, “not to obstruct the stormwater facilities.”
5.4 (d) – Commissioner Rivecco asked if the wording “shall not diminish implied that some diminishment or impediment was acceptable. Buening said he was not sure but would get an answer. Rivecco suggested leaving out the word “substantial”. Buening said will strike “substantial” and “substantially” from the wording.
5.4 (m) – Rivecco suggested wording “negatively impact” instead of “destroy the neighborhood.” Lenkart suggested replacing “destroy” with “negatively affect”.
5.4(o) – end at wording “water supply.”
5.4 (l) – Lenkart suggested a requirement to provide a landscape plan.
5.5 (a) – Addition of Plan Commission to the approval process.
(Commissioner Carroll arrived at 7:32 pm)
Page 6
6(d) – Rattray suggested adding a required vs. proposed chart for some of the loading and parking spaces. Buening said this would be covered in the parking ordinance.
1(c) – Lenkart suggested that plans be of an appropriate scale so that they are easy to read. Suggestion was no smaller than an 11 x 17 size paper. Lenkart also suggested that the approximate location of the utility boxes on the building be noted on the plans.
Page 7
Reference “traffic study” instead of “traffic plan”.
Page 8
Change items ii – v to make answers in the affirmative.
Paragraph xi – add “to the Village” after benefits.
Paragraph c – add that the Village Board must comply with the standards. Also after “….modify or deny the…..” add “recommendation of the Plan Commission on the…”
Paragraph c – I, delete “preliminary plan and add “recommendation”, change Zoning Administrator to Community Development Director.
Paragraph c – ii – add “recommendation by the Plan Commission” after “If the”
Paragraph c-iii – add new paragraph “if recommendation is modified from the Plan Commission recommendation, the Village Board shall provide the modifications in writing to the Plan Commission and the applicant.”
Page 12
Section 5.8: Change “his/her” to “their”.
Page 11
Section 5.7 – Delete “A. During Construction” and the following sentence. Renumber paragraph 1 to A, 2 to B and 3 to C.
Page 12
Section 5.9 – Add a requirement to submit a $100,000 letter of credit to guarantee any development improvements (public or private).
Page 12
Section 5.10 – Break up this sentence into three sentences. First break ends after “ordinances and regulations”, and second break is after “approved final plan.”
Page 13
Paragraph B – add “applicant and” before Plan Commission in first line. Second line delete “he/she finds that”.
Next meeting scheduled for June 7th.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn made by Commissioner Duncan and seconded by Commissioner Rivecco. All in favor. Motion approved.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lori J. Murray
Village Clerk
