(A) Purpose. The purpose of this district is to designate areas of public use such as parks, playgrounds, schools, governmental uses or other public areas; to delineate institutional uses, such as churches, hospitals and community facilities; and to distinguish areas for public service uses, and public and private utilities.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Municipal uses, village-owned and operated;
(2) Public parks and playgrounds;
(3) Public utility and public services uses;
(4) Non-commercial parking;
(5) Signs for municipal and public utility use;
(6) Public and private schools, athletic fields and related educational or recreational facilities;
(7) Government offices and facilities, and post offices;
(8) Churches and cemeteries;
(9) Public and private facilities, such as water wells, water and sewage pumping stations, sewage disposal plants, water storage tanks, electrical power substations, telephone exchanges, transmitting towers, receiving towers, relay towers, microwave radio towers, municipal storage yards;
(10) Public housing;
(11) Museums, libraries, auditoriums and community centers not conducted for profit;
(12) Nursing homes and hospitals; and
(13) Off-street parking and loading facilities as required in § 157.035.
(C) Dimensional requirements. In the Public and Institutional District, the requirements for lot area, lot width, setbacks and building height shall be consistent with basic planning and zoning principles and designed to encourage and promote improved aesthetic and environmental design. Such requirements as are made part of an approved site plan in accordance with the standards provided herein shall be construed to be enforced in accordance with this section.
(D) Procedure. The procedure for zoning of a Public and Institutional District shall be the same as required by §§ 157.110 through 157.116. In addition thereto, a site plan shall be required for zoning of a Public and Institutional District, prior to any physical change, as defined in division (D)(3) below, or any physical change in use to a property in a Public and Institutional District, and shall be subject to the following additional requirements:
(1) Site plan. The applicant shall file with the Planning Committee seven copies of a site plan which includes the following information:
(a) Name and address of the applicant. If the owner of the land is other than the applicant, a duly verified statement by the owner that the applicant is authorized by him or her to make the application;
(b) A statement describing the general character of the intended development, physical change or change in use;
(c) An accurate map of the project area, to include: its location, relationship to surrounding properties, including the zoning of adjacent properties, existing topography and natural drainage, all building and structure footprints, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, utilities and stormwater ,management structures;
(d) Landscaping plans for the entire site, including provisions for visual screening; and
(e) Such other plans and specifications and information as may reasonably be required by the Planning Committee or Village Board.
(2) Visual screening requirement. When adjoining or abutting a residential district, a visual screening may be required. Such visual screening shall consist of a single row hedge planting or solid wooden fence not less than six feet in height.
(3) Any physical change defined. In this section, ANY PHYSICAL CHANGE means any new construction of a building or structure, or modification of any property located within a Public and Institutional District which significantly affects the quality of the physical and human environment in the judgment of the Planning Committee. Projects necessary to maintain or repair buildings and grounds that will not require exterior physical design changes or use changes, or accessory structures with all setbacks at a minimum of 25 feet and considered incidental to a principal use on the property, will be permitted without a site plan.
(4) Approval of the site plan. Within 30 days after completion of the filing of the site plan, the Planning Committee shall forward to the Village Board a recommendation that such site plan be approved as submitted, approved with modifications, approved with conditions, or disapproved. The approval of the site plan shall establish the basic right of use for the area in conformity with such plan as approved, which shall be established as an integral component of the Public and Institutional District regulations.
(E) Character and intensity of land use. In review of site plans and all other matters concerning the Public and Institutional District, the Planning Committee and Village Board shall consider the uses proposed and their intensity and arrangement on the site, which shall be of an aesthetic, environmental and operational character which:
(1) Will be compatible with the physical nature of the site, with particular concern for the preservation of natural features, tree growth and open space;
(2) Will produce an attractive environment of sustained aesthetic and environmental desirability; and
(3) Will not create a traffic or parking demand incompatible with the existing or proposed facilities to serve it.
(F) Village exempted from site plan. The village in the development, administration and management of its property is exempted only from division (D) above, except that the village shall follow §§ 157.110 through 157.116 for zoning to a Public and Institutional District. The Village Board shall determine the information, plans and specifications necessary for approvals of village uses, buildings or facilities within the Public and Institutional District, and the Planning Committee or Village Board may require visual screening for village properties pursuant to division (D)(2) above.
(Prior Code, § 22.21(11)) (Ord. passed - -2011)