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Effective Date: November 9, 2015 9/2/2015
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Subsection 6-11-1-10(C)(1), "Developmental
Allowances" for Planned Developments in the Downtown Districts and
Subsection 6-18-3, "Definitions"
WHEREAS, on September 9, 2015, the Plan Commission held a public
hearing, pursuant to proper notice, regarding case no. 15PLND-0074 to consider an
amendment to the text of Title 6 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended (the
"Zoning Ordinance"), to specify height requirements of a building approved as a
planned development in the D3 Downtown District to match other downtown districts;
and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission received testimony and made written
findings pursuant to Section 6-3-4-5 of the Zoning Ordinance that the proposed
amendment meets the standards for text amendments, and recommended City Council
approval thereof; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting of October 12, 2015, the Planning and
Development Committee of the City Council considered and adopted the findings and
recommendation of the Plan Commission in case no. 15PLND-0074 and recommended
City Council approval thereof; and
WHEREAS, at its meetings of October 12, 2015 and October 26, 2015,
the City Council considered and adopted the records and recommendations of the Plan
Commission and the Planning and Development Committee,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: Subsection 6-11-1-10(C)(1) of the Zoning Ordinance,
"Development Allowances" for Planned Developments in the Downtown Districts, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1. The maximum height increase over that otherwise permitted in the downtown
districts shall be as follows:
(a) D1 Twenty-four (24) feet.
(b) D2 Forty-three (43) feet.
(c) D3 Eighty-five (85) feet. (For lots that exceed ninety-five (95) feet in width a tower or
towers may be erected to a height of two hundred twenty (220) feet, provided that
the tower or towers above a height of 42 feet, shall be set back not less than thirty
(30) feet from any front lot line or side lot line abutting a street and twenty-five (25)
feet from an interior side lot line. Further, no tower shall be located less than fifty
(50) feet from any other tower located on the same lot.)
(d) D4
Forty (40) feet.
The height of any story of a building approved as a planned development
pursuant to Section 6-3-6 of this Title may be excluded from the calculation of
building height when seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the gross floor area
of such story consists of parking required for the building, excluding
mechanical penthouse, however, in no case shall this exclusion be greater
than four (4) stories or forty (40) feet, whichever is less.
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SECTION 3: The definition for "Building Height, Mean" in Subsection 6-
18-3 of the Zoning Ordinance, "Definitions," is hereby amended to read as follows:
BUILDING (A) The perpendicular distance measured from the established grade
HEIGHT, to the high point of the roof for a flat roof, the deck line of a mansard
MEAN: roof, and to the mean height level for gable, hip or gambrel roofs. Mean
height level is computed as the average of the height of the high point
of the roof and the highest level where the plane of the main roof,
excluding dormers, intersects the plane of an outside wall below the
main roof. Chimneys and spires shall not be included in calculating the
height nor shall mechanical penthouses or solar collectors, provided
the penthouses and collectors cannot be seen from the street. The
highest point of the following structures or structure features is used as
the high point of the roof in computing mean height level when said
structure or feature is: 1) the highest point of the structure and 2) has
an outer perimeter enclosing an area of sixteen (16) square feet or
more regardless of the presence of floor. Said structure or feature is
treated as a spire when having an outer perimeter enclosing an area of
less than sixteen (16) square feet. Said structures or features include:
turrets, towers, belfries, cupolas, lanterns, window's walks or similar
structures.
(B) The height of any story of a structure shall be excluded from the
calculation of its height when seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the
gross floor area of such story consists of parking required for the
structure (excluding mechanical penthouse or solar collector). This
exclusion of required parking from the calculation of building height
shall be applicable to all permitted and special uses in the B3, D2, D3,
and D4 zoning districts including planned developments, w4h the
exr,eptiOR of planned develep4i4ontc in th.. D3 ZeRiRg diStFiG . Where
the required parking exclusion is applicable, it shall in no case be
greater than four (4) stories or forty (40) feet, whichever is less.
(C) Anywhere in this zoning ordinance where the words building height
are indicated without designation of mean building height or absolute
building height the reference is to mean building height.
SECTION4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
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shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 7: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to
be prima facie evidence of the law of the, City and .shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
Introduced: OV�� \ � , 2015 Approved:
Adopted: �jjWMV �%W , 2015 &Uv � '2015
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Eli eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
Rodney�Greene,�G`ity Clerk �� bx W. GrantFarrar, orporation Counsel