Title
Ordinance amending Chapter 151: Unified Development Ordinance of Lake County, Code of Ordinances incorporating amendments to the Watershed Development Ordinance.
Staff Summary
• At the direction of the Lake County Board, the Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) conducted a public hearing on June 9, 2022, to consider proposed text amendments incorporating Watershed Development Ordinance (WDO) amendments. The ZBA unanimously recommended approval of the proposed amendments as reflected in Exhibit A.
• Upon subsequent review, the PWPT Committee recommended approval of the proposed amendments as reflected in Exhibit A.
• The amendments consist of rainfall and stormwater detention related and other miscellaneous changes to the UDO site development regulations.
• Of special significance is the introduction of the fee-in-lieu program to provide for an alternative to onsite stormwater detention, when eligible. In order to effectuate this program, the department will rely on the SMC to administer the program on the County’s behalf pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement which will be acted on in tandem with the amendments.
• The recommended amendments have been formatted into a document ready for codification as reflected in Exhibit B.
• The Ordinance will become effective upon County Board adoption of Exhibit B.
Body
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board adopted the Unified Development Ordinance of Lake County on April 11, 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board incorporated the Lake County Unified Development Ordinance into the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances as Chapter 151 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances on February 10, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the regulations specified in Chapter 151 of the Lake County Code are being implemented and require a periodic review, and revisions may be necessary to these regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Planning, Building and Development Department has determined the need to update the Unified Development Ordinance so Lake County may continue to be a Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) “Certified Community;” and
WHEREAS, the Planning, Building and Development Department reviewed the proposed amendments and recommended that the text of Chapter 151 of the Lake County Code be amended in accordance with Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate such public engagement and policy evaluation, the Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee was of the opinion that necessary steps should be taken by the Lake County Board to initiate the public hearing process; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board directed the Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals to conduct a public hearing on the proposed amendments on June 9, 2022; 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 petitions of the County of Lake, which seeks to amend the text of Chapter 151 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, your Zoning Board of Appeals, after reviewing the testimony presented at the public hearings on the aforesaid petition, has submitted its report thereon to the County Board and recommends by a vote of 5 - 0 that the proposed text amendments specified as Exhibit A be approved; and
WHEREAS, your Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee duly considered the proposed text amendments aforedescribed and recommends that the text amendments be approved as specified in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the text amendments as recommended have been formatted into a document ready for consolidation as reflected in Exhibit B.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Lake County Board that the amendments to Chapter 151 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances as attached in Exhibit B be adopted and be made effectively immediately; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Clerk of the County Board shall keep a record of this action.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 9, 2022.