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AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING AN OFFICIAL PLAN
FOR THE CITY OF McHENR Y
ILLINOIS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, that:
SECTION I. OFFICIAL PLAN
A. Adoption and Establishment.
There is hereby adopted and established an Official Plan
of the City of McHenry.
B. Purpose and Extent of Application.
The Plan and the parts thereof shall regulate, control and
govern the development and redevelopment of the territory
within the municipality of the City of McHenry and all
contiguous unincorporated territory not more than one and
one-half miles beyond the corporate limits of the City of
McHenry and not included in any other municipality.
C. Content of Official Plan.
The Official Plan consists of the following described
documents and all of the provisions thereof, each document
having been duly recommended and adopted according to
law:
1• Zoning Ordinance as adopted on the 5th day of
November, 1951, and as amended.
2. An Ordinance concerning Plats,. Surveys and
Dedications as adopted on the 5th day of January,
1953, and amended on the 5th day of November,
1956.
3. Building Code of the City of McHenry as adopted
on the 12th day of July, 1955.
4. Official Generalized Land Use Map of August,
1959, as adopted on the 19th day of October, 1959.
SECTION II. BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN
A. Long Range Needs.
Certain features of the Official Plan are of necessity
based on future public needs which are expected to prevail
when a majority of the land within that tributary to the
corporate area is subdivided and developed or is otherwise
improved and occupied. Among such features are:
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112 E. ELM STREET
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1. Alignment and width of rights -of -way of major
and other streets;
2. Location and size of sites for parks, playgrounds,
public buildings and grounds; and
3. Elevations of building sites and buildings near
storm water drainage channels and other features
of the design of drains, ditches, and sanitary
sewers which will lessen or avoid the hazards
from future flood water levels.
B. Accomplishment of Plan by Stages.
Certain features of the Official Plan can only be realized
by stages, and the need for or extent of a particular
improvement will depend on the demands created by
surrounding growth and ability to finance its cost and
many other factors. Such improvements include among
others: pavements, culverts, bridges, storm sewers,
opening of railroad grade crossings, grade separations,
sanitary sewerage, water supply facilities, development
of parks and playgrounds, schools and other public
buildings, grounds and facilities. Such improvements,
as well as all other improvements, whether public or
private, when made shall be in conformance with the
provisions of the Official Plan of the City of McHenry,
as amended from time to time, and to the provisions of
all other law in effect at the time the improvement is made.
SECTION III. AMENDMENT
As a result of changes in the law that governs planning, and changes in
the conditions in and circumstances of the territory defined in Section
I-B of this Ordinance and the area surrounding it, needs of the afore-
said area and the methods of meeting such needs shall become evident
only from time to time in the future and shall call for additions,
deletions or amendments to the said Official Plan to protect the health,
safety, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of the aforesaid
area." This Ordinance and documents referred to herein may be
amended from time to time either in whole or in part to effect the best
practicable Official Plan in the light of changing conditions and circum-
stances.
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption and
approval, as provided by law.
AYES:
NAYES:
ABSENT:
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Passed and approved this 19th day of October, 1959.
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Mr -HENRY, ILLINOIS
WHENRY 1580
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Mayor