Record #: O2014-4161   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 5/28/2014 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
Final action: 9/10/2014
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 17-11 extending landscape requirement compliance date for accessory vehicular use areas
Sponsors: Reboyras, Ariel
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 11 Landscaping & Screening
Attachments: 1. O2014-4161.pdf
ORDINANCE
 
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois; and,
 
WHEREAS,     pursuant to its home rule power, the City may exercise any power and perform any function relating to its government an affairs, including promoting the quality of life and the welfare of its citizens; and,
 
WHEREAS,    the City has had a landscape ordinance in effect since 1991; and,
 
WHEREAS,    the City takes pride in its programs for assisting small businesses; and,
 
WHEREAS,    due to the national economic turndown affecting small businesses, at the April 14, 2010 City Council meeting, the City Council approved an amendment to Title 17 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance by adding a new section 17-11-0201-F and extended the date of compliance with the landscape requirements until June 15, 2014; and now, therefore,
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
 
SECTION 1: Title 17 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
 
17-11-0200 Vehicular use areas.
 
(omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
 
17-11-0201-F The provisions of sections 17-11-0201-B, 17-11-0201-C, 17-11-0201-D, and 17-11-201-E shall not apply to any existing accessory vehicle use area, as of the effective date of this amendatory ordinance of 2014 until June 15, 2014 June 15, 2016.
 
(omitted text is unaffected by the ordinance)
 
17-11-020-C Fencing. Ornamental fencing is required to be installed along the perimeter of vehicular use areas along those lot lines adjacent to public street right-of-ways or abutting any existing front yard of property located within an R district.
 
(omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
 
3. Any pre-existing vehicular use areas must have ornamental fencing installe any existing hedges or, when no hedges exist, at the property line based on the fojjgwfj^y      ^hu lim schedule: w
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Area
Size of Vehicular Use Area
Required Date of Compliance
Central Area
Any
January 1, 2002
Outside of Central Area
30,000 square feet or more
January 1, 2004
Outside of Central Area
8,000 to 29,999 square feet
January 1, 2007
Outside of Central Area
2,000 to 7,999 square feet
January 1, 2008
 
 
Notwithstanding the above schedule, the required date of compliance outside the Central Area for accessory vehicular us areas less than 30,000 square feet in size shall be Jwe 15, 2014 June 15, 2016.
 
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take full force and effect upon-itspassage^
 
 
 
Ariel E. Reboyras Alderman, 30th Ward