Will County Zoning Ordinance - USGBC â Illinois Chapter
Will County Zoning Ordinance - USGBC â Illinois Chapter
Will County Zoning Ordinance - USGBC â Illinois Chapter
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<strong>Will</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Zoning</strong> <strong>Ordinance</strong><br />
Approved July 19, 2012<br />
Effective October 1, 2012
Can you date these photos
…1978 – the year of the last<br />
comprehensive update.
Why the update<br />
• Over 70 amendments<br />
• Changes in ILCS and Counties Code<br />
• Outdated format and organization<br />
• Not aligned with adopted policies and plans<br />
- Land Resource Management Plan<br />
- Long Term Energy Efficiency and<br />
Conservation Plan<br />
• Unintended regulatory barriers
Not a comprehensive rezoning!<br />
No zoning map changes!
What was approved and what will<br />
happen<br />
• Revised <strong>Zoning</strong> <strong>Ordinance</strong> passed July 19,<br />
2012<br />
• Revised <strong>Zoning</strong> <strong>Ordinance</strong> effective October 1,<br />
2012
What was the process<br />
• U.S. Department of Energy Efficiency and<br />
Conservation Block Grant<br />
• Project commenced in February 2011<br />
• Contract awarded to Duncan Associates,<br />
Primera, and the Lakota Group
What was the process<br />
• Stakeholder sessions attended by<br />
representatives of 30 public and private<br />
organizations<br />
• Series of 4 drafts, 2 public workshops, 2 public<br />
hearings, and many committee meetings<br />
• <strong>Zoning</strong> <strong>Ordinance</strong> approved at July 19, 2012<br />
<strong>County</strong> Board meeting
What was the process<br />
• Included a public involvement web site for the<br />
community based on Engaging Plans, an<br />
online engagement platform from Urban<br />
Interactive Studio
Updated organization and format<br />
• Modern, inclusive use classification system<br />
• Tables, charts, and illustrations
Updated organization and format<br />
• Tables, charts, and illustrations
Regulatory barrier removal<br />
• Farmstead splits permitted use<br />
• Legitimizes existing residential leaseholds<br />
• Now building coverage, not lot coverage<br />
• Outdoor storage permitted use in more zoning<br />
districts<br />
• Special use permit for floodplain development<br />
eliminated<br />
• Special use permit for ECHO housing eliminated<br />
• More opportunity to use nonconforming lots<br />
• Nonconforming building restoration authorized
Certainty and predictability<br />
• Sign regulations<br />
• Landscaping and screening regulations<br />
• Temporary uses<br />
• Outdoor storage and display regulations<br />
• New parks and open space element
Streamlining and efficiency<br />
• More permitted uses<br />
• Fewer special use permits<br />
• Fewer variances<br />
• Expanded PZC decision-making authority<br />
• Expanded staff decision-making authority
Promoting sustainability<br />
• Relaxes regulations for small (accessory) wind<br />
energy systems
Promoting sustainability<br />
• Expressly allows solar and geothermal energy<br />
systems, community gardens, electric vehicle<br />
charging stations, and residential composting
Promoting sustainability<br />
• Permit a wide range of recycling-related uses<br />
and adaptive reuse<br />
• Makes it easier to have shared and off-site<br />
parking
Promoting sustainability<br />
• Promotes reduced impervious cover through<br />
reduced off-street parking requirements<br />
• Landscape regulations encourage bioretention<br />
• Better addresses needs of pedestrians and<br />
cyclists (short-term bicycle parking, incentives<br />
for motorcycle parking, etc.)
Promoting sustainability<br />
• Authorizes bee keeping and chicken keeping<br />
within certain parameters<br />
• Provides incentives for LEED-ND within a PUD
Other Initiatives
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