(A) Intent. Public facilities, as used throughout this zoning code, means facilities classified as main and accessory buildings and uses in the schedules set forth in this section. Districts and regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(1) To provide proper zoning classification for recreational and quasi-public facilities in proper locations and extent so as to promote the general safety, convenience, comfort, and welfare;
(2) To protect such public facilities from the encroachment of certain other uses and to make such uses compatible with adjoining residential uses;
(3) To provide an environment for the proper functioning of public facilities in relation to the plans for community facilities.
(B) Use regulations. Buildings and land shall be used and buildings shall be designed, erected, altered, moved, or maintained in a Park District only for uses set forth in the following schedule:
DISTRICT | MAIN BUILDINGS AND USES | ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES |
P-1 | Recreational: parks, recreational fields and playgrounds, pools and public gardens, and municipal park buildings | Public parking areas or storage building |
(C) Use regulations. In P-1 Municipal Districts, unless otherwise provided in this zoning code, no building or premises shall be erected which is arranged, intended, or designed to be used except for the following purposes and regulated by applicable sections of this zoning code:
(1) Municipal park buildings and improvements shall be erected in a P-1 Park District.
(2) Accessory uses incident to the permitted uses are permitted.
(3) Essential services furnished by public utilities or other governmental agencies, as are necessary for furnishing services to the community, are permitted.
(D) Required conditions.
(1) No structure or premises shall be erected, occupied or used until application is made to the Planning Commission for approval of such structure or use. The Commission shall determine the conditions to be imposed on such structure or use to assure that the health, safety and general welfare of the resident of the village and the property values of the adjoining property are preserved, including buffer zones necessary to protect surrounding property from noise, dust, artificial illumination, sound systems, acoustic vibration or disturbances, and to preserve aesthetic values within the area.
(2) All parking operations shall be conducted within the lot lines of the premises. The Park and Recreation Board's recommendation on the parking shall apply to the P-1 Municipal District.
(E) Park and Recreation Board authorization. No municipal park building or improvement shall be erected without the affirmative recommendation of the Park and Recreation Board.
(F) Final site plans.
(1) Final site plans shall be submitted to and be subject to the approval of the Planning Commission before a building permit is issued. Such plans shall show drainage, sanitary sewers, the location of all buildings, fences, wall, lighting installations, parking areas, traffic flow patterns, and elevation plans of proposed structures. When such plans are submitted to the Commission they shall submit them to the Village Engineer for technical comment and his recommendation to the Commission. Before approving such plans, the Commission shall impose such conditions on the proposed structure or use as will assure that the health, safety, peace, and quiet of the community and of the occupants of the adjacent property will be preserved and protected from noise, dirt, dust, artificial illumination, or other disturbance.
(2) The Commission shall have final authority for approval of plans and specifications for all buildings and improvements to be constructed in a P-1 Municipal District.
(G) Fees (exemptions). There shall be no fee required in connection with any matter presented to the Planning Commission by the village relative to land within a P-1 zoning classification, or for application for a zoning certificate, occupancy permit, or any other type of certificate or permit required by the village for zoning construction, occupancy, or otherwise upon land within the P-1 zoning classification.
(Ord. 20, passed 5-3-00; Am. Ord. 2018-80, passed 11-20-18)