AGENDA MEMO
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: June 21, 2010,
2010
Issue Statement
PZC 2010-08: PZC 2010-08: 133 Plainfield Road, Kingswood Academy: Petitioner seeks approval of a plat of vacation, to vacate a public utility easement.
Discussion/Overview
The Planning and Zoning Commission considered this matter at their
meeting on June 16, 2010. The Commission
recommends approval.
The Municipal Services Committee will consider this matter at their special meeting on June 21, 2010, prior to the City Council’s June 21, 2010, meeting.
The draft ordinance is attached.
The complete staff memo follows as “Additional Information.”
Decision Mode
The Planning/Zoning Commission considered this item at its meeting on June 16, 2010.
The Municipal Services Committee will consider this item at its meeting on June 21, 2010.
The City Council will consider this item at its meeting on June 21, 2010.
Additional Information
Issue Statement
PZC 2010-08: PZC 2010-08: 133 Plainfield Road, Kingswood Academy: Petitioner seeks approval of a plat of vacation, to vacate a public utility easement.
Applicable Regulations: Subdivision Regulations, Section 5B of the City Code
General Information
Petitioner: Scott F. Uhler, attorney
Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd.
20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1660
Chicago, IL 60606
Property Owner: Darien Public School District #61
7417 Cass Avenue
Darien, IL 60561
Property Location: 133 Plainfield Road
PIN: 09-26-104-004; -008
Existing Zoning: R-2 Single-Family Residence
Existing Land Use: Private school
Surrounding Zoning and Land Use:
North: R-2 Single-Family Residence – single-family detached homes.
South: R-2 Single-Family Residence – single-family detached homes.
East: R-2 Single-Family Residence – single-family detached homes.
West: R-2 Single-Family Residence – single-family detached homes.
Comprehensive Plan Update: Low Density Residential
Floodplain: None.
Natural Features: None.
Transportation: Property has frontage on Plainfield Road, Eleanor Place and Janet Avenue.
Documents Submitted
This report is based on the following information submitted to the Community Development Department by the petitioner:
1. Plat of Vacation, 1 sheet, prepared by Intech Consultants, Inc., dated December 28, 2009.
Planning Overview/ Discussion
The subject property is located
on the south side of
The property includes several platted and recorded lots. Consequently, there are several public utility easements platted along lot lines in typical fashion for lots intended for detached, single family homes. The plat of subdivision was approved in 1946.
The present school building straddles several lot lines and a public utility easement. The petitioner seeks to vacate the portion of the public utility which runs through the building, shown on the plat of vacation.
Staff has verified that there are not any City utility structures which run through the easement to be vacated. Therefore, staff does not object to vacating the easement as shown on the plat of vacation.
Vacating an easement or a portion of a plat of subdivision requires consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Municipal Services Committee, and approval by the City Council, the same process for approving a plat of subdivision. A public hearing is not required.
Staff Findings/Recommendations
Staff does not object to vacation the public utility easement as shown on the proposed plat of vacation. Therefore, staff recommends the Planning and Zoning Commission make the following recommendation:
Based
upon the submitted petition and the information presented, the request associated
with PZC 20010-08 is in conformance with the standards of the Darien City Code
and, therefore, I move the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of
the petition as presented.
Planning and Zoning
Commission Review – June 16, 2010
The Planning and Zoning Commission considered this matter at its
meeting on June 16, 2010. The following
members were present: Beverly Meyer – Chairperson, Robert Erickson, Donald
Hickok, Ronald Kiefer, Raymond Mielkus, Kenneth Ritzert, Susan Vonder Heide, Michael Griffith – Senior Planner and
Members absent: Gloria Jiskra, John Lind.
Michael Griffith, Senior Planner, reviewed the
staff memo.
It was noted that the building was built under the County, prior to the
existence of
Chairperson Meyer noted that the utilities have already signed off on
the easement vacation, as noted on the copy of the plat provided.
There was not anyone from the public to comment.
Without further discussion,
Commissioner Kiefer made the following motion, seconded by Commissioner
Ritzert:
Based
upon the submitted petition and the information presented, the request associated
with PZC 20010-08 is in conformance with the standards of the Darien City Code
and, therefore, I move the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of
the petition as presented.
Upon a roll call vote, THE MOTION CARRIED by a vote of
7-0.
(Commissioners Jiskra and Lind
were absent.)
Municipal Services Committee
– June 21, 2010
A full sized copy of the plat of vacation will be available at the
meeting. The portion of the plat showing
the easement to be vacated is attached to this memo.
Based on the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation, staff
recommends the Committee make the following recommendation:
Based
upon the submitted petition and the information presented, the request associated
with PZC 20010-08 is in conformance with the standards of the Darien City Code
and, therefore, I move the Municipal Services Committee recommend approval of the
petition as presented.