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05/26/99, 06/8/99, 07/16/99
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance to --
Add a Definition of "Music Venue" to
List Same as a Special Use in Certain Zoning Districts,
and Making Related Amendments
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission held a public hearing on May 12, 1999
pursuant to proper notice in case no. ZPC 99-4-T(R) a petition to amend Section 6-18-3
of the Zoning Ordinance to add a definition of "music venue" and to add same as a
special use or permitted use in appropriate Zoning Districts; and
WHEREAS, based upon the record, the Plan Commission made written
findings of fact and recommended that the City Council approve the amendment of 6-
18-3 with a definition of "music venue, live", an amendment to the definition of "cultural
facility," and the addition of "music venue" to the listed special uses in the B1, B2, B3,
C1, C1 a, C2, D1, D2, D3, D4, RP, 01, U1, U2, and U3 Zoning Districts, said
amendments having met the standards for text amendments set forth in Section 6-3-4-5
of the Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee of the City Council
considered the proposed amendment and recommended City Council approval thereof
with revisions,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
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• SECTION 1: That the City Council hereby adopts the findings and
recommendation of the Plan Commission and the recommendation of the Planning and
Development Committee in the aforedescribed case number ZPC 99-4T(R), and the
text of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as more specifically set forth below.
SECTION 2: That Section 6-18-3 of the Zoning Ordinance, "Definitions", is
revised by amending the definition of "cultural facility" and by adding a definition of
"music venue, live" in appropriate alphabetical order:
6-18-3
CULTURAL An indoor theater, auditorium, or other building or structure
FACILITY designed, 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
"Live Music Venue."
MUSIC VENUE A commercial land use in which the principal activity is the
LIVE provision of live entertainment in a non -theatrical setting
without a theatrical stage other than a raised platform and/or
without fixed seating. A Live Music Venue may or may not,
subject to all applicable legislation, include the service of
alcoholic liquor, and may or may not allow dancing. A Live
Music 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 live entertainment as an
accessory or incidental to the service of prepared food and
beverages, nor is a LIVE MUSIC VENUE a cultural facility in
which musical entertainment is provided in a theatrical
setting or with fixed seating.
SECTION 3: That the following sections of the Zoning Ordinance be amended to
• add the use category of "live music venue" to the list of special uses permitted in the
listed zoning districts:
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• 6-11-3-4, D2 Downtown Retail Core District
6-11-4-3, D3 Downtown Core Development
6-11-5-3, D4 Downtown Transition
6-12-2-3, RP Research Park District
SECTION 4: That Chapter 16 of the Zoning Ordinance, "Off -Street Parking and
Loading", is hereby amended at Section 6-16-3-5, Table 168, to add "music venue, live"
under Culture/Entertainment, after Cultural Facilities (not including College/University
Facilities) and before Swimming Pool or Skating Rink:
LIVE MUSIC VENUE One space for every 250 square feet of gross floor
area devoted to non -seated assembly.
SECTION 5: That Chapter 16, Section 6-16-3-5 is further amended at Table 16E
to read as follows:
• Auditoriums, Cultural
and Conference Facilities
and Live Music Venue
10,000 - 20,000 One Short
20,001 - 100,000 One Long
each additional 100,000 One Long
SECTION 6: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: (2- , 1999
Adopted: 2lG , 1999
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Approved: � ! 9 , 1999
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ATTEST:
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