The following uses may be allowed by a "special use permit' in accordance with the provisions of § 159.176 of this chapter, and provided the uses are located on a lot of not less than five acres with a minimum width of 400 feet and a minimum depth of 400 feet. If a "special use permit" is granted and portions of the property are sold reducing the lot size to less than four acres or reducing the width or depth of the property to less than 400 feet the "special use permit" will be deemed to have been revoked concurrent to that action. The following uses are special uses within the district:
(A) Mining or extraction of minerals, sand, gravel, topsoil, or other aggregates, including equipment, buildings, or structures for screening, crushing, mixing, washing, or storage, provided that:
(1) No open pit or shaft will be less than 200 feet from any property line or public roadway;
(2) All buildings or structures shall be located not less than 200 feet from any property line;
(3) The borders of the property shall be fenced with a solid fence or wall at least six feet in height when the property is adjacent to or across the street from any district other than an industrial district;
(4) A plan of development for the reclamation of the land shall be provided as part of the application for the special use permit. The plan of development shall be accompanied by a written agreement between the owner or his agent and the village and a performance bond in an amount equal to the cost of the reclamation of the land as set forth in the development plan;
(5) No blasting or other use of explosives is permitted unless specifically requested and authorized within the special use permit after the required public hearing by the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC). If permitted by the Village Board, blasting must conform to the following standards:
(a) The use handling and detonation of explosives (sometimes referred to as "blasting") in connection with said quarrying operations shall be under the direct supervision of persons having the requisite experience and knowledge to conduct such operations with safety. If such persons are hereafter required to be licensed by any federal agency, state or county, such persons shall meet the licensing requirements and obtain such license and furnish such proof to the village.
(b) The storage of explosives shall be in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations and shall be stored in magazines, buildings, or structures which shall meet the safety requirements of such laws and regulations.
(c) Blasting procedures shall be in accordance with modern techniques, generally accepted in the quarrying industry, whereby a shot shall consist of a series of drill holes containing quantities of explosives fired or detonated in sequence of multiple delays at intervals of milliseconds, so as to counteract and reduce the ground motion or earthborne vibration from each successive detonation (sometimes referred to as "short period delay blasting"). Blasting procedures shall be designed, on the basis of maximum charge per delay (that is, quantity of explosives in pounds per detonation) and distances in feet, so that the maximum ground vibration intensity shall not exceed 0.5 inches per second of ground particle velocity resulting from any shot or blast measured by any one of three mutually perpendicular planes of ground motion as recorded at the nearest existing building.
(d) Blasting procedures shall be subject to and comply with the applicable lawful requirements of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) of the United States Department of the Interior, and any other governmental agency having jurisdiction thereof.
(e) Blasting procedures shall be in conformity with approved safety regulations, customs, and practices generally accepted in the quarrying industry, and the safety regulations of governmental agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
(f) Compliance with the provision of these regulations governing blasting procedures and quarrying operations shall be subject to review and inspection from time-to-time by authorized village officials, upon reasonable prior notice and during reasonable business hours.
(g) The actual detonation of any blast will be restrictive to the local time period between 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm Monday through Saturday of each week. No blasting shall take place on Sunday or on the following legal holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
(B) Parks and forest preserves.
(C) Essential services, including, but not limited to: police and fire stations, communication reception and transmission facilities, public utilities, gas regulator stations, telephone exchanges, electric substations.
(D) Membership riding clubs, including but not limited to polo clubs, rodeo clubs and similar uses.
(E) Agribusiness uses:
(1) Riding stables, not nearer than 500 feet to any zoned residential district or 500 feet from an existing dwelling other than the dwelling of the owner or lessee of the site, but not less than 100 feet from any property line of the owner or lessee of the site;
(2) Mechanized industrial animal farms;
(3) Buying or selling of livestock, but not a stockyard or a slaughter house;
(4) Sale of farm supplies by farmers as agents, where grain elevators or similar commercial facilities are not maintained on the farm premises;
(5) Agricultural implement sales and services;
(6) Grain storage, when not accessory to the pursuit of agriculture;
(7) Animal Feed: preparation, grinding, mixing, and storage;
(8) Feed yards;
(F) Sanitary landfills, public or private, provided that the facilities are not less than 1,000 feet from any residential use and potable municipal well;
(G) Private schools or colleges;
(H) Convalescent or nursing homes;
(I) Railroad yards and shops;
(J) Hunting, fishing, game preserves and recreational clubs or camps;
(K) Floodplain development;
(L) Off premise or outdoor advertising (billboard) sign, see requirements contained in §§ 159.121 et seq. (Signage);
(M) Uses not explicitly enumerated in this section as special uses, but closely similar thereto, provided those uses are not explicitly mentioned as permitted or special uses elsewhere in this chapter;
(N) Personal communication facility (see § 159.021).
(O) Churches and church-schools, and other places of worship.
(Am. Ord. 06-0369, passed 2-1- 06; Am. Ord. 07-0508, passed 2- 21-07; Am. Ord. 18-1482, passed 5-16-18)