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Effective Date: June 9, 2013
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Portions of the Zoning Ordinance
to Create the "Yard Waste Transfer Facility" Use
4/4/2013
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2013, the Plan Commission held a public
hearing, pursuant to proper notice, regarding case no. 13PLND-0015 to consider
various amendments to the text of Title 6 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended (the "Zoning Ordinance"), relating to the creation of the Use known as "Yard
Waste Transfer Facility;" 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
amendments met the standards for text amendments, and recommended City Council
approval thereof; and
WHEREAS, at its meetings of April 22 and May 13, 2013, the Planning
and Development Committee of the City Council considered and adopted the findings
and recommendation of the Plan Commission in case no. 13PLND-0015 and
recommended City Council approval thereof; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting of May 13, 2013, the City Council considered
and adopted the records and recommendations of the Plan Commission and the
Planning and Development Committee,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
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SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and
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incorporated herein b reference. •
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SECTION 2: Section 6-18-3 of the Zoning Ordinance, "Definitions," is
hereby amended to include the following:
YARD WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY: A non -governmental facility that
accepts yard waste, as defined in City Code Section 8-4-1, as amended,
and/or landscape waste, as defined in 415 ILCS 5/3.270, as amended, for
sorting and/or consolidation prior to transfer to an off -site recycling and/or
composting facility. Yard/landscape waste shall remain on -site before
such transfer for no longer than twenty-four (24) hours or other time
period designated in 415 ILCS 5/39.2(o), as amended. Composting on -
site is prohibited. Any mechanical facilities used for the processing of
such yard/landscape waste must be incidental in nature.
SECTION 3: Subsection 6-14-3-3 of the Zoning Ordinance, "Special
Uses" in the 13 District, is hereby amended to include "Yard Waste Transfer Facility."
SECTION 4: 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
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. •
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Introduced: q)) , 2013
Adopted: �-� qj, ad3 , 2013
Attest:
R6dney Gr ne, City Clerk
Approved:
2013
Eliz eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. Grar4# Farrar, Corporation Coun el
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