HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - MC-08-960 - 04/21/2008 - VARIOUS ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTSORDINANCE NO. MC-08-960
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING VARIOUS TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE
CITY OF MCHENRY, ILLINOIS ZONING ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, a petition has been filed by the City of McHenry requesting various text
amendments to the City of McHenry Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing on said petition was held before the Planning and Zoning
Commission on April 3, 2008, in the manner prescribed by ordinance and statute, and as a result of
said hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission did recommend to the City Council the granting of
the requested zoning text amendments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the evidence and recommendation from the
Planning and Zoning Commission and finds that the approval of the zoning text amendments
currently requested and approved by this ordinance are consistent with the objectives of the City of
McHenry Zoning Ordinance to protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of its
residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MCHENRY, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter Vill Landscaping and Screening, Table 14 of the City of
McHenry Zoning Ordinance is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
A. Recommended Street Trees:
Small
Amelanchierx grandiflora (Apple Servicebery)
Ceris Canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Carpus mas (Comelian Cherry Dogwood)
Crategus crusgalli var. inermis (Cockspur Hawthorn)
Crategus virdis (Winter King Hawthorn)
Prunus virginiana 'Schubert' (Canada Red Chokeberry)
Syringa pekinesis (Peking Lilac)
Medium
Cercidiphyllum jajponicum (Katsuratree)
Carylys coloma (Turkish Hazelnut)
Ostrya virginiana (Hophornbeam)
Phellodendron amurense 'Macho' (Amur Corktree)
Prunus maackii (Amur Cherry)
Prunus sargenti (Sargent Cherry)
Tilia Cuchlora (Redmond Linden)
Large
Acer freemanii (Armstrong Maple)
Acer miyabei (State Street Miyabe Maple)
Acer nigrum (Black Maple)
Acer platanoides cv. (Norway Maple)
Columnare
Easy Street
Crimson Sentry
Acer rubrum cv. (Red Maple)
Autumn Flame
Malus species:
Donald wyman
Adams
Prairiefire
Sugar Tree
Syringa reticulate cv. (Japanese Tree
Lilac -Ivory Silk)
Tilia cordata (Littleaf Linden)
Tilia cordata cv.
Greenspire
Chancellor
Glenleven
Tures
Celtis laevigata (Sugar Hackberry)
Celtis occidentalis (Hackberry)
Ginko biloba cv. (Ginko)
Princeton Sentry
Autumn gold
Gleditsia tricanthos var. ine►mis cv. (Honey Locust)
Moraine
Skyline
Glymnocladus diocicus (Kentucky Coffee Tree)
Bowhall
Franks Red
October Glory
Acer saccharum cb. (Sugar Maple)
Green Mountain
Ulmus Morton (Accolade Elm)
Ulmus cv.
Homestead & New Horizon Elm
Pioneer & Regal Elm
Please see the Subdivision Control and Development Ordinance for planting and additional Street Tree requirements.
B. Tree Species Approved for Planting on Private Property within the boundary of the City of
McHenry:
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)
Aesculus glabra (Ohio Buckeye)
Aesculus Hippocastenum (Common Horsechestnut)
Betula nigra (Riverbirch)
Carpus caroliniana (American Hombeam)
Carya cordiformis (Bittemut Hickory)
Carya ovate (Shagbark Hickory)
Juglous nigra (Black Walnut)
Juniperus virginiana
Larix lariocina (American Larch)
Larix decidas (European Larch)
Morus rubra (Red Mulberry)
Piceu glance densata (Black Hills Spruce)
Quercus alba (White Oak)
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak)
Quercus macrocarpa (Burr Oak)
Quercus rubra (Rec Oak)
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)
Thuja occidentalis (White Cedar)
Tilia Americana (Basswood)
Querus velutina (Black Oak)
Quercus prinus (Chestnut Oak)
Quercus muehlengergii (Chinkapin Oak)
Quercus robur (English Oak
Quercus acutissima (Sawtooth Oak)
C. Approved Recommended Shrubs:
Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak)
Quercus imbricario (Shingle Pear)
Pyrus calleryana (Callery Pear)
Platanus cerifolia (London Planetree)
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood)
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum)
Liriodendram tulipifera (Tulip Tree)
Zelkova serrata (Japanese Zeklova(
Catalpa speciosa (Catalpa)
Alnus glutinosa (European Black Alder)
Nyssa sylvatica (Black Tupelo)
Betula platyphylla 'whitespire' (Whitespire Birch)
Comus altemi folia (Pagoda Dogwood)
Acer ginnala (Amur Maple)
Acer griseum (Paperbank Maple)
Malus supp. (Flowering Crabs)
Magnolia acuminate (Cucumber Tree Magnolia)
Magnolia x soulangiana (Saucer Magnolia)
Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia)
Pseudosuga menziesli (Douglas Fir)
Pinus strobes (Eastern White Pine)
Pinus cembra (Swiss Stone Pine)
Picea ables (Norway Spruce)
Picea glance (White Spruce)
Small — 5' tall
Intermediate — 5'-8' tall
Large — 8' tall
New Jersey Tea
Buttonbush
Red Chokebery
Fragrant Gro-low Sumac
Spreading Cotoneaster
Silky Ddogwood
Meadowsweet
Compact Winged Enonymus
Gray Dogwood
Black Chokecherry
Meadowlark Forsythia
American Hazelnut
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Miss Kim Lilac
Burning Bush
Rockspray Cotoneaster
Koren Spice Virburnum
American Wdchazel
Slender Dentzia
Judd Viburnum
Spicebush
St John's Wart
Pink Princess Old-fashioned Weigela
Pussy Willow
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Red Prince Old-fashioned Weigela
Elderberry
Alpine Currant
Arrowwood Viburnum
Shrub Roses
Nannyberry Viburnum
Gold Flame Spirea
Highbush Cranberry
Anthony Waterer Spirea
Blackhaw Viburnum
Dwarf Weigela
American Bladdemut
Dward Burning Bush
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D. Approved Plants and Grasses:
Sweet Glag (Acores Calamus)
Big Bluestein (Andropogon Gerardii)
Groundnut (Apios Americana)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias)
Heath (Aster Ericoides)
Cream False Indigo (Babtisa Bracteata)
Sideouts Grama Grass (Boutelous Curtipendula)
Woodland Brome (Bromus Pubescens)
Bluejoint Reedgrass (Calamagrostis)
Common Wood Sedge (Carex Blanda)
Bottlebrush Sedge (Carex Comosa)
Common Bur Sedge (Carex Grayii)
Lake Sedge (Carex Lacustris)
Penn's Sedge (Carex Pensylvanica)
Awl -Fruited Sedge (Carex Stipata)
Fox Sedge (Carex Vulpinoidea)
Virgin's Bower (Clematis Virginiana)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea Purpurea)
Slender Spikerush (Eleocharis Acicularis)
Blunt Spikerush (Eleocharis Obtusa)
Creeping Spikerush (Eleocharis Smallii)
Streambank Rye (Elymus Riparius)
Virginia Wildrye (Elymus Virginicus)
Fowl Managrass (Glyceris Stpata)
Soft Rush (Juncus Effusus)
Rice Cutgrass (Leersia Orysoides)
Woodland Lily (Lillium)
Prairie Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum)
Showy Penstemon/Beardtongue (Penstemen Grandiflorus)
Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Hirta or Goldstrum)
Hardstem Bubrush )Sciqus Acutus)
Dark Green Rush (Scirpus Atrovirens)
River Bulrush (Scirpus Fluviatilis)
Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago Rigida)
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum Nutans)
Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina Pectinata)
Prairie Dropseed (sporobolus Heterolepis)
Hoary Vervain (Verbena Stricta)
Riverbank Grape Otis Riparia)
E. Undesirable Trees and Plants:
Tree of Heaven (Alianthus Attissima)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria Pertiolata)
Nodding Musk Thistle (Carduus Nutans)
Canada Thistle (Cirsium Arvense)
Crown Vetch (Coronilla Caria)
Cut -Leafed Teasel (Dipsacus Laciniatus)
Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus Unbellata)
Creeping Charlie (Glechoma Hederacea)
Dame's Rocket (Hesperis Matrionalis)
Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza Cuneata)
Japanese Honeysuckle (lonicera Japonica)
Morrow's Honeysuckle (Lonicera Morrowii)
Hybrid Honeysuckle (Lonicera X Bella)
Moneywort (Lysimachia Nummularia)
White Sweet Clover (Melilotus Alba)
Slender Wheatgrass (Agropyron Trachycaulum)
Little Bluestein (Andropogon Scoparius)
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia Candensis)
Sky Blue (Aster Asureus)
Smooth (Aster Laevis)
Blue False Indigo (Baptisia Australis)
Prairie Brome (Bromus Kalmii)
Buffalograss (Buchlow Dactyloides)
Bebb's Sedge (Carex Bebbii)
Dark Scaled Sedge (Carex Buxbaumii)
Crested Sedge (Carex Cristatella)
Porcupine Sedge (Carex Hystericina)
Hop Sedge (Carex Lupulina)
Curly -Styled Wood Sedge (Carex Rosea)
Tussock Sedge (Carex Stricta)
Common Wood Reed (Cinna Arundinacea)
Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis Lanceloata)
Purple Coneflower (Echincea Purpurea)
Red -Rooted Spikerush (Eleocharis Calva)
Marsh Spikerush (Eleocharis Palustris)
Canada Wildrye (Elymus Canadensis)
Silky Wildrye (Elymus Villosus)
Prairie Smoke (Geum Triflorum)
Bottlebrush Grass ( Hystrix Patula)
Torrey's Rush (Juncus Torreyi)
Rough Blazing Star (Liatris Aspera)
Prairie Hunegrass (Loeleria Cristata)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus Quinquefolia)
Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa Pratensis)
Little Blue Stem (Schizachyrium Scoparium)
Three -Square Bulrush (Scirpus Americanus)
Woolgrass (Scirpus Cyperinus)
Softstem Bulrush (Scirpus Validus)
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago Speciosa)
Common burred (Sparganium Eurycarpum)
Slender Wedge Grass (Sphenopholis Intermedia)
Porcupine Grass (Stipa Spartea)
Periwinkle (Vinca Minor)
Heartleaf Golden Alexander (Zizia Aurea)
Mimosa (Albizzia Julibrissin)
Smooth Brome Grass (Bromus Inermis)
Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus Orbiculantus)
Bull Thistle (Cirsium Vulgare)
Chinese Yam (Dioscorea Batatas)
Common Teasel ( Dipsaucus Sylvestris)
Tall escue (Festuca Arundinacea)
English Ivy (Hedera Helix)
Rose -of -Sharon (Hibiscus Syriacus)
Common Privet (Ligustrum Vulgare)
Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera Maackii)
Tatarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera Tatarica)
Bird's -Foot Trefoil (Lotus Comiculatas)
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria)
Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus Officinalis)
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Eulalia, Japanese Grass (Microstegium Vimineum)
Eurasian Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum Spicatum)
Princess Tree (Paulownia Tomentosa)
Common Reed (Phragmites Australis)
White Poplar (Populus Alba)
Sawtooth Oak (Quercus Acutissima)
Smooth Buckthorn (Rhamnus Frangula)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa Multiflora)
Bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara)
Siberian Elm (Ulmus Pumila)
European Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum Opulus)
Leafy Spurge (Wuphorbia Esula)
White Mulberry (Morus Alba)
Parsnip (Pastinaca Sativa)
Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris Arundinacea)
Japanese Knotwood (Polygonum Cuspidatum)
Kudzu (Pueraria Lobata)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus Cathartica)
Black Locust (Robinia Pseudo -Acacia)
Sandbar Willow (Salix Interior)
Johnson Grass (Sorghum Halepense)
Wayfaring Tree (Viburnum Lantana)
Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria Sinensis)
This planting list was compiled using information from the Conservation Foundation, McHenry County
Conservation District, the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Greenway Project, and the University
of Minnesota, salt tolerant plant study.
SECTION 2. That Chapter XVII Nonconformities of the City of McHenry Zoning Ordinance is
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
XVII. NONCONFORMITIES
A. PURPOSE
The intent of this section is to provide for the continuation and, under appropriate circumstances,
elimination of existing uses of property that do not conform to the requirements of this Ordinance or
that may not conform to future amendments thereto.
The provisions herein are designed to accomplish this intent in a way that:
recognizes the rights and interests of owners of individual properties that have been
rendered nonconforming by City action to upgrade zoning policies and standards.
2. allows the property owner or lessee to recover his or her investment in the
nonconformity, while also recognizing that by virtue of the nonconformity he or she
enjoys a special right not available to other property owners in the same zoning district.
3. minimizes the nuisance, reduction in neighboring property values, and other adverse
effects of properties that do not conform to their environs
B. TYPES OF NONCONFORMITIES
A nonconformity is any characteristic of a building, structure, or lot or parcel of land, or of the use
thereof, which was lawful prior to the date of enactment of this Ordinance or any amendment thereto
but that does not currently conform to the requirements applicable to the zoning district in which it is
located.
The lawful issuance of a Building Permit prior to the dates specified above shall be considered to
establish the lawfulness of any building or structure.
There are three categories of nonconformities:
Nonconforming Uses
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A property with a nonconforming use is being used for a purpose not allowed in its
zoning district.
Nonconforming uses are any activities or functions carried on at a premises (as either a
Principal or Accessory Use) that are not allowed by the Permitted and Conditional Uses
of the zoning district in which the premises is situated, irrespective of the use for which
the premises was designed.
2. Standards Nonconformities
Standards Nonconformities are all other nonconformities with the requirements of this
Ordinance, including nonconformities involving:
a. yards
b. building height
C. lot area or lot area per dwelling unit
d. lot width
e. floor area ratio
f. off-street parking and loading
g. signs
h. landscaping and screening
An undeveloped lot not meeting the minimum width required by its zoning district, or an
otherwise conforming business with a sign that does not meet a requirement of the sign
regulations, would be examples of Standards Nonconformities.
C. ELIMINATION OF NONCONFORMITIES
1. REPAIR AND RESTORATION
Routine maintenance and minor repairs within any 12-month period costing 33 percent
or less of the value of the improvements on a property with a Nonconformity may be
performed without elimination of any Nonconformity.
Reconstruction or repairs costing over 33 percent of the value of the improvements on a
property with a Nonconformity that is damaged or destroyed may be performed so long
as the new construction does not exhibit any greater degree of nonconformity than
existed before the damage or destruction.
2. ADDITIONS, ENLARGEMENTS, AND ALTERATIONS TO STRUCTURES
A. Nonconforming Uses
No addition, enlargement, or structural alteration shall be made to a structure on
a property having a nonconforming use.
B. Standards Nonconformity
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No addition, enlargement, or structural alteration as defined herein shall be made
to any structure on a property having a Standards Nonconformity without the
conformance of any new addition or enlargement portion of the structure to all
requirements of the zoning district.
3. EXPANSION WITHIN STRUCTURES
A. Nonconforming Uses
A nonconforming use shall not be expanded within any building.
B. Standards Nonconformity
Expansion of a nonconforming use within a structure on a property having a
Standards Nonconformity is permitted provided such expansion is in compliance
with all provisions of this ordinance.
4. EXPANSION OF USE OF LAND
Expansion of the use of land having any Nonconformity, whether involving a Principal or
Accessory Use, is permitted beyond the land area presently occupied only provided that
the Nonconformity is eliminated and no new Nonconformity is created.
6. MOVING OF STRUCTURES
No structure with any Nonconformity shall be moved in whole or in part to any other
location on the same or any other lot unless in the new location it will conform to all
regulations of the applicable zoning district.
6. CHANGE IN ACTIVITY
A. Nonconforming Uses
A nonconforming use shall not be changed or otherwise replaced by another
nonconforming use.
B. Standards Nonconformity
A conforming use on a property having a Standards Nonconformity may be
changed or otherwise replaced by another conforming use.
7. DISCONTINUANCE OF ACTIVITY
A. Nonconforming Use
If for any reason a nonconforming use is discontinued for a period of thirty
consecutive days, no subsequent use of the same property shall resume or
establish any such Nonconformity.
8. NONCONFORMING RESIDENTIAL LOTS OF RECORD
Any lot of record as of the effective date of this Ordinance that is located in a
Residential District, that has no substantial structure upon it, and that has a Standards
Nonconformity, may be used for a single-family detached dwelling without eliminating
the Nonconformity.
9. VALUE OF IMPROVEMENTS
For purposes of this section, the value of improvements on a property shall be the most
recent equalized assessed valuation for property tax purposes divided by the
assessment ratio of assessed to true value.
D. CONDITIONAL OR INTERMITTENT USES
Conditional Uses approved by the City shall not be considered nonconforming uses but shall require
an additional Conditional Use Permit for any alteration, enlargement, or extension. Temporary uses
in compliance with this ordinance or approved by the City Council shall not be considered
nonconformities.
SECTION 3: All Ordinances or parts thereof in conflict with the terms and provisions hereof are
hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be published in pamphlet form by and under the authority of
the corporate authorities of the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval, and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
PASSED and APPROVED THIS 21st DAY OF Ap! , 2008
AYES: Santi. Schaefer, Murgatrovd, Wimmer, Peterson, Condon
NAYS: Glab
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
ATTEST:
U16 66A.-I a 16-
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