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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1966-091-O-66Revised 8/8/66 91-0-66 AN ORDINANCE Amending Sections V, VIII, and X of the Evanston Zoning Ordinance, Adopted November 21, 1960. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: That the following paragraphs, subsections, and sections of the Evanston Zoning Ordinance, adopted November 21, 1960, as amended, be further amended so that the same shall hereafter be and read as follows: 1. That Section V, Subsection A, paragraph 3, be • amended by adding the following districts after "B3 Business": "B4 Business B5 Business" 2. That Section V1LII, Subsection A, General Requirements, be amended so as to read as follows: "A. General Requirements - Business and Commercial Districts 1. All business, service, storage, merchandise display and repair and processing, where permitted, shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except for off-street automobile parking, off-street loading, and open sales lots and automobile service stations in districts where such lots and stations are permitted. 2. In all Business Districts and in the Cl Commercial District, vehicles, other than passenger automobiles, which are the prop- erty of the owners of a use existing on the lot, may be parked in a rear yard, other n 155 • 15 6 than a rear yard adjacent to a front yard in a Residence District, or in a side yard, other than a side yard adjacent to a street or adjacent to a lot zoned for residential use, provided that the parking space for said vehicle shall be improved in accordance with the standards provided in Section X, Subsection B, paragraph 9. In C2 and C3 Commercial Districts, parking of vehicles other than passenger automobiles, shall be permitted in any yard, except in a front yard or any required yard, provided that said parking spaces are improved, in accord- ance with the provisions of Section X, Sub- section B, paragraph 9. 3. The production of any goods on the premises shall be clearly incidental to the principal retail or service use and all such goods shall be sold at retail, primarily on the premises, unless otherwise specifically permitted herein. 4. Within a Business District, goods offered for • sale by any business establishment, except an antique store, shall consist of not less than 75 percent new merchandise and not less than 75 percent of the total sales volume shall consist of retail sales on the premises. 5. Within a Business District, not less than 75 percent of the total volume of business of a service establishment, other than a business or professional office, shall be generated by indi- vidual patrons or customers. Any commercial or wholesale service to other business establish- ments or any service performed on the premise. involving the pickup from and delivery of goods to the customers premises shall be clearly less than 25 percent of the total volume of business. 6. Processes and equipment employed, and goods processed or sold, shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, noise, vibration, refuse matter, or water -carried waste. 7. When a Business or Commercial District adjoins a Residence District, yards shall be provided in accordance with the regulations set forth in each of the following Business and Com- mercial Districts." -2- • 3. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, be amended by deleting from said title the words "Bl, B2, and B3 Districts" and substituting the words "All Business Districts". 4. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 1, subparagraph b, be amended by adding thereto, in alphabetical order, the following: "Bakeries" 5. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 1, subparagraph c, be amended by adding, thereto, in alphabetical order, the following "Child care services intended primarily for the care of children of patrons of the business area. "Christmas Tree Sales Lots - Open sales lots for the sale of Christmas trees during the month of December, including the us.e of a temporary structure or trailer for a sales office, provided that said sales lot is properly licensed and inspected by the City of Evanston, and further provided the loca- tion, access, parking arrangements and traffic control provisions are approved by the Traffic Engineer." 6. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 1, subparagraph d, be amended so as to read as follows: "d. Delicatessens. Drugstores and pharmacies. Dry cleaning and laundry collection stations and dry cleaning and laundry establishments, provided that any dry cleaning operations use only non -inflammable solvents in the cleaning process. Dry goods stores. Dwelling units, but located only in a principal building, provided however that dwelling units, other than those in a hotel or janitor's quarters, are not permitted below the second floor in any Business District. Where there are two or more Ji 1 5 's • principal buildings on a lot other than a corner lot, dwellings are permitted only in the one which is closer to the street." 7. That Section VIII, Subsection, B Business Districts, paragraph 1, subparagraph h, be amended by adding thereto, in alphabetical order, the following: "Home Improvement Material Sales - The retail sale of materials for interior home improvements and 'do-it-yourself' projects, provided that the storage of materials, other than sample storage in display areas, shall occupy no more than 1,000 square feet of the premises and no processing of materials, other than the cutting of materials to size for delivery to the customers, shall be allowed." 8. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1, be amended by deleting all businesses mentioned except the following: "Leather goods and luggage stores • Loan offices." 9. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 2, Additional Permitted Uses - B2 and B3 Districts, be amended by deleting "B2 and B3 Districts" and substituting the words "B2, B3, B4, and B5 Districts" and adding thereto the following subparagraph: "c. Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors, but only in B4 Business Districts." 10. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 4, be amended by deleting the words B1, B2, and B3 Districts" and substituting the words "All Business Districts." 11. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 4, item c, be amended so as to read as follows: "c. Dwelling units below the second floor." 12. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 4, item j, be amended so as to read as follows: ME 0 • ,. 5 , "j. Planned Developments in B2, B3, B4 and B5 Districts." 13. That Section VIII, Subsection B, BiBusiness Districts, paragraph 4, be amended by adding the following new item k, which reads as follows: "k. Open sales lots and temporary stands for the sale of farm produce, in B1 Business Districts only, provided that such use is properly li- censed'and inspected by the City of Evanston." 14. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 5, be amended so as to read as follows: "5. Floor Area Ratio - All Business Districts a. In a B1 District, not to exceed 1.2. b. In a 82 Districti not to exceed 2.0. c. In a B3 District, not to exceed 4.0, except as allowed by paragraph f. • d. In a 84 District, not to exceed 5.0, except as allowed by paragraph f. e. In a B5 District not to exceed 6.0, except as allowed by paragraph f. f. In B3, B4 and B5 Districts, the gross floor area may be increased by 4 square feet for each square foot of open space provided on the lot and by 2 square feet for each square foot of arcade area, but in no case shall the total floor area ratio permitted by these premiums exceed 5.0 in a B3 District, 6.0 in a B4 District or 7.0 in a B5 District. (1) Open space shall be defined as a plaza or other area, suitably paved and land- scaped, open to the sky and adjacent to a public street. Such area shall not be used for business or commercial purposes or for narking, loading or vehicular access. 160 • (2) An arcade shall be defined as a covered area adjacent to or connecting with, a public street or an open space. Said arcade shall be open on at least one end available for pedestrian traffic at all times. It shall have a clear height of at least 12 feet, a minimum width of not less than 8 feet and the maximum width which may be used in computing the floor area premium set forth above shall not exceed 2.0 feet." 15. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 6, be amended in the title by deleting the words "B1, B2, and B3 Districts" and substituting the words "All Business Districts." 16. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 7, be amended in the title by deleting the words "Bl, B2, and B3 Districts" and substituting the words "All Business Districts" and by adding the following: • "d. In a B4 District, not to exceed 85 feet, except as allowed by paragraph f. e. In a B5 District, not to exceet 85 feet, except as allowed by paragraph f. f. In B4 and B5 Districts, on a lot which exceeds 85 feet in width, a tower or towers may be erected to heights of not more than the average width of the lot, provided that said towers, above the third story height, shall be setback not less than 25 feet from any lot line, other than a street lot line and provided that no tower shall be located less than 50 feet from any other tower on the same lot. For towers adjacent to an alley, the required 25 foot setback may be measured from the center line of said alley. In no case shall the maximum height of any building exceed 170 feet in a B4 Business District, or 255 feet in a B5 Business District." 17. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 8, Lot Area, be amended so as to read as follows: 0 • "8. Lot Area - All Business Districts. a. In a Bl District, not less than 5,000 square feet for the first dwelling unit, nor less than 2,000 square feet for each additional dwelling unit, provided that said requirements may be reduced by 25 percent for each efficiency unit. b. In a B2 District, not less than 1,500 square feet for each of the first four dwelling units, nor less than 800 square feet for each additional dwelling unit, provided that said requirements may be reduced by 25 percent for each efficiency unit, and further provided that no dwell- ing unit shall be allowed on a lot which is less than 5,000 square feet in area. c. In B3, B4 and B5 Districts, not less than 1,000 square feet for each of the first six dwelling units, nor less than 400 square feet for each additional dwelling unit, provided that said requirements may be reduced by 25 percent for each efficiency unit, and further provided that no dwelling unit shall be allowed on a lot which is less than 5,000 square feet in area." 18. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 9, be amended in the title by deleting the words "B1, B2 and B3 Districts" and substituting the words "All Business Districts". 19. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 10, be amended in the title by deleting the words "B1, B2 and B3 Districts" and substituting the words "All Business Districts." 20. That Section VIII, Subsection B, B Business Districts, paragraph 11, be amended so as to read as follows: "ll. Off-street Parking a. In B1 and B2 Districts, parking provided in accordance with the set forth in Section X of this 0 -7- shall be provisions ordinance. • r� U • b. In B3, B4 and B5 Districts, parking spaces for residential and hotel uses shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section X of this ordinance. C. In B3, B4 and B5 Districts, parking spaces for uses other than residential and hotel uses shall be provided in accordance with the following specified percentages of the requirements set forth in Section X: (1) In a B3 District, 60 percent (2) In a B4 District, 50 percent (3) In a B5 District, 40 percent In addition, where not less than 80 percent of the required barking is located below grade, the number of required parking spaces may be further reduced by 10 percent of the requirements specified in Section X." 21. That Section X, Subsection B, paragraph 11, Exemptions, be amended so as to read as follows: "11. Exemptions Notwithstanding any other provisions of this ordinance, buildings located in Business, Commercial or Manufacturing Districts may be structurally altered, or enlarged by no more than 20 percent of the cross floor area ex- isting on the date of this amendment, where such alteration or enlargement is otherwise lawful, without providing additional parking spaces, provided that no additional dwelling units are added and that the use classifica- tion of the building is not changed." M 162 0 SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner pro- vided by law. INTRODUCED August 8 ADOPTED August 15 ATTEST: /s/ Maurice F. Brown City Clerk Approved as to form: /s/ Jack M. Siegel Corporation Counsel 1966 1966 APPROVED August 15_ , 1966 0 -9 /s/ John D. Emery Mayor 163