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AN ORDINANCE
Amending the Text of the Zoning Ordinance
To Establish and Define a Use Category for
"Performance Entertainment Venue".
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission held a public hearing on September 8, 1999 pursuant to
proper notice in case no. ZPC 99-5-T(R) to consider amendments to the text of the Zoning
Ordinance to establish and define a use category for "dance clubs" and appropriate related
amendments; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission, after hearing testimony and receiving other evidence,
made written findings pursuant to section 6-3-4-5 of the Zoning Ordinance that the application in the
aforedescribed case no. ZPC 99-5-T(R) met the standards for amendments to the text of the Zoning
• Ordinance to provide for a definition of "performance entertainment venue", classification of said
use as a special use in D2, D3, D4, and RP Districts, and for Zoning Ordinance text amendments
related thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee of the City Council considered and
adopted the Plan Commission's findings and recommendation; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: The City Council hereby adopts the findings and recommendation of the Plan
Commission in the aforedescribed case number 99-5-T(R) and amends the text of the Zoning
Ordinance, as set forth below.
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SECTION 2: That sections 6-11-3-4, 6-11-4-3, 6-11-5-3, and 6-12-2-3 are amended •
to delete "music venue, live" from the special use lists and to add "performance entertainment
venue" to the special use lists in the Downtown Retail Core District, Downtown Core Development
District, D4 Downtown Transition District, and Research Park District, respectively.
SECTION 3: That section 6-16-3-5, Table 16 B, "Schedule of Off -Street Parking
Requirements", is hereby amended to include the following under "Cultural Entertainment", after
"Cultural Facilities (not including College/University Facilities") and before "Swimming Pool or
Skating Rink":
I sis Performance One space for every 250 square feet of gross floor area
Entertainment Venue devoted to non -seated assembly.
SECTION 4: That section 6-16-5, Table 16E, "Schedule of Off -Street Loading
Requirements", is hereby amended to read as follows: •
Auditoriums, Cultural and 10,000-20,000 One short
Conference Facilities, Ise
114Ris Performance
Entertainment Venue
20,001-100,000 One long
each additional 100,000 One long
SECTION 5: That section 6-18-3, "Definitions", is hereby amended by changing the
definitions of "cultural facility" and "music venue, live" to define "performance entertainment," to
read as follows:
CULTURAL An indoor theater, auditorium, or other building or structure designed,
FACILITY intended, or used primarily for musical, dance, dramatic, or other
performances, or a library, museum or gallery operated primarily for the
display, rather than the sale, of works of art. A CULTURAL FACILITY does
not include a LAIE MUSIC PERFORMANCE ENTERTAINMENT
VENUE.
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Music A commercial land use in which the principal activity is the provision of l*e
PERFORMANCE performance entertainment in a non -theatrical setting without a
ENTERTAINMENT theatrical stage other than a raised platform or without fixed seating. A LACE
VENUE, LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE may or may not,
subject to all applicable legislation, include the service of alcoholic liquor,
and may or may not allow dancing. A PERFORMANCE
ENTERTAINMENT VENUE is not an establishment in which the principal
use is the service of prepared food and beverages and in which the land user
provides 4*e entertainment as an accessory or incidental to the service of
prepared food and beverages, nor is a PERFORMANCE
ENTERTAINMENT VENUE a cultural facility in which
Derformance entertainment is provided in a theatrical setting or with fixed
seating.
A PERFORMANCE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE includes without
limitation:
1. live music venues;
2. venues for the provision of musical entertainment which is not live
for compensation;
3. dance or "DJ" (disk iockev) halls or clubs in which for compensation
live or recorded musical entertainment is provided with or without a
dance floor;
4. comedy clubs; and
5. rap clubs.
A PERFORMANCE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE does not include: poetry
clubs or the use of the property of non-profit institutions for theatrical or
musical performances accessory to the non-profit institution or by another
non-profit organization.
SECTION 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced:-.: !,t_L-` 2 'L �� , 2000
Adopted: ;1 rG2t Ut .R +_.� .? ? 12000 1
Appr7ved: 2000
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ATTEST:
�C ty Clerk
Ap7ted as to
Corporation Counsel
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