Title
Ordinance to amend the Lake County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
Staff Summary
· Attached are proposed amendments to the UDO designed to reduce barriers to local food production (including bee-keeping and chicken-raising), streamline review processes, and address other miscellaneous issues.
· The Regional Planning Commission reviewed the amendments on September 24 and recommended adoption of the amendments by a vote of 8 to 0. The Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed the amendments on October 17 and 24 and recommended adoption of the chicken-raising amendments by a vote of 4 to 2 and adoption of the remainder of the amendments by a vote of 6 to 0. Exhibit B contains the RPC and ZBA recommendations.
· The Planning, Building and Zoning Committee recommended adoption of the amendments by a vote of 5 to 2 at its November 5, 2013 meeting. Exhibit A consists of the PBZ recommendation as well as an accompanying Executive Summary of the amendment packet.
· Public comment received as of November 5, 2013 is attached as Exhibit C.
· The Ordinance will become effective upon County Board adoption.
Body
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board adopted the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) on April 11, 2000; and
WHEREAS, the UDO regulations as they are being implemented require a periodic review, and revisions may be necessary to these regulations; and
WHEREAS, the staff of the Department of Planning, Building and Development has conducted a review of the UDO and has proposed amendments to address new issues, eliminate inconsistencies, and maintain the Ordinance's currency; and
WHEREAS, the Regional Planning Commission, after reviewing the text amendments recommends by a vote of 8 to 0 that the proposed text amendments be approved as specified in Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing has been held by the Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals pursuant to the Statutes of the State of Illinois on the petition of the County of Lake, which seeks to amend the text of the Lake County Unified Development Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, your Zoning Board of Appeals, after reviewing the testimony presented at the public hearing on the aforesaid petition, has submitted its report thereon to the County Board and its report recommends the proposed text amendments be approved as specified in Exhibit B; the Zoning Board of Appeals acted in three separate votes on two different dates: Amendment Number 1 - approved 6-0 on October 17, 2013, Amendment Number 2 - approved 4 to 2 on October 17, 2013, and Amendment Numbers 3 to 32 - approved 6 to 0 on October 24, 2013; and
WHEREAS, your Planning, Building and Zoning Committee duly considered the proposed text amendment aforedescribed and recommends by a vote of 5 to 2 that the text amendments be approved as specified in Exhibit A. Motion made by Member Taylor, with a second by Member Wilke, to grant the petition. Voting "Aye" Hart, Taylor, Weber, Wilke, and Thomson-Carter; voting "Nay", Hewitt and Pedersen.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lake County Board that the text amendments to the Lake County Unified Development Ordinance are approved as specified in Exhibit A; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County Board shall keep a record of this action.
DATED AT WAUKEGAN, Lake County, Illinois, this 12th day of November, 2013.