The College District (C District) is provided to meet the needs
of colleges and theological seminaries located within the Village
consistent with the planning and zoning goals of the Village. The
College District regulations provide for uses and establish standards
and requirements to guide the growth and development of these educational
institutions in a manner that is consistent with the overall community
character of the Village.
The College District shall be mapped only on property lying
between Half Day Road and Duffy Lane and west of the west lines of
the Northeast Quarter of Section 19 and the Southeast Quarter of Section
18, both Township 43 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
All development within the College District, except senior assisted living facilities approved pursuant to a special use permit, shall be in conformity with an approved campus development plan meeting the requirements of §§ 260-1164 and 260-1131E(12) of this code. Senior assisted living facilities shall be in conformity with the special use permit approved therefor.
The following uses and no others are permitted as of right in the College District. See § 260-1151 of this code regarding use interpretations.
Accessory structures and uses are permitted in the College District, subject to the provisions of § 260-901 of this code.
Temporary uses are permitted in the College District, subject to the provisions of § 260-903 of this code.
The following uses may be permitted in the College District, subject to the issuance of a special use permit as provided in § 260-1162 of this code and subject to the additional standards hereinafter set forth. See § 260-1151 of this code regarding use interpretations.
A.
Services.
(1)
Day-care centers (8351), subject to the following additional
standards:
(a)
Required approvals. No day-care center shall be established
without the prior licensing, certification, or other approval of every
public agency charged with the regulation or supervision of any facet
of the activity of the proposed center. Every application for a special
use permit for a day-care center shall set forth each agency that
must approve the establishment or operation of the center and shall
be accompanied by a formal acknowledgement of approval from each such
agency. In the event any such approval has been delayed, the application
shall set forth the status of each such application and shall state
any facts known to the applicant that might have contributed to the
delay of any required approval that has not been obtained as of the
time of the filing of the application for a special use permit.
(c)
Outdoor play area. Unless waived by the Board of Trustees based
on evidence of staggered usage by subgroups of all enrolled children,
every day-care center shall provide at least 75 square feet of open
space per child, exclusive of areas occupied by recreational structures
as well as any open space located within 200 feet of Half Day Road.
The entire outdoor play area shall be completely enclosed by a fence
or other suitable barrier sufficient to prevent access of children
to neighboring properties or to traffic or other hazards.
(d)
Landscape buffer. Trees and shrubs shall be planted and maintained
around outdoor play areas to create a visual barrier from abutting
residential properties and to absorb and diffuse noise.
(e)
Recreational devices. No recreational device shall be located
within 100 feet of any street or of abutting property used or zoned
for residential purposes.
(f)
Financial stability. No special use permit for a day-care center
shall be granted unless the applicant therefor shall establish, to
the satisfaction of the Board of Trustees, that there exists a reasonably
certain source of continuous and sufficient funds to provide for the
operation and maintenance of such facility in accordance with the
representations of the application and the various standards applicable
to such facility by reason of this code and other laws and regulations.
B.
Other.
(1)
Buildings not owned or operated by a college, subject to the
following additional standards:
(a)
College operation not feasible. Buildings may be owned or operated
by non-college entities only if the college demonstrates to the satisfaction
of the Board of Trustees that college ownership and/or operation is
not feasible.
(b)
Exclusive educational purpose. Such buildings shall be used
exclusively for college educational and related purposes.
(c)
Internal entrances. Entrances to any such buildings shall be
from private streets within the college grounds.
(2)
Public utility stations, subject to the following additional
standards:
(a)
Structure appearance and screening. All buildings and structures either shall have exteriors that give the appearance of a structure permitted in the College District or shall comply with the buffer and landscape requirements applicable to nonresidential uses abutting a residential district pursuant to § 260-908H of this code.
(b)
Safety fencing. All such uses shall be fenced where any hazard
to the safety of human or animal life is present.
(c)
Service and storage prohibited. No service or storage yard or
building shall be permitted.
(3)
Roof-mounted antennas and antenna support structures in excess of the area, dimension, or height restrictions of § 260-901D(8)(d)[1] and [2], subject to the limitations of § 260-901D(8)(d)[3].
(4)
Uplink satellite dishes for educational purposes only.
(5)
Real estate signs in excess of the size limitation of § 260-906G(12)(c).
(6)
Personal wireless services antennas mounted on support structures other than existing structures, provided that such antennas shall be subject to the regulations of § 260-910, and provided further that the maximum height of any support structure shall not exceed a height of 75 feet.
[Added 2-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-07]
(7)
Nonstudent recreational uses, subject to the following additional
standards:
[Added 1-28-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-02; amended 5-29-2007 by Ord. No.
2007-18]
(a)
Duration. A special use permit for nonstudent recreational uses
shall be required for each i) summer vacation season and ii) school
season; provided, however, that the Village Board may, in its sole
discretion, issue one special use permit that covers both the summer
vacation season and school season. A new application for a special
use permit for nonstudent recreational uses shall be filed before
December 1 of the year prior to the summer vacation season for which
a new special use permit is sought and before June 1 of the year prior
to the school season for which a new special use permit is sought.
(b)
Hours and dates of operations. The hours and dates of the operation of the summer vacation season and school season nonstudent recreational uses shall be restricted as follows, except as specifically authorized by a variation granted pursuant to § 260-1153E(1)(m) of this code:
[Amended 2-28-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-09]
(c)
Group size restrictions. The groups authorized to participate
in the summer vacation season and school season nonstudent recreational
uses on the campus shall not exceed the following group size:
[1]
Youth groups: 400 people.
[2]
Adult conferences: 400 people (restricted to indoor uses only), except as specifically authorized by a variation granted pursuant to § 260-1153E(1)(l) of this code.
[Amended 2-23-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-08]
[3]
Basketball camps: 200 people (restricted to indoor uses only).
[4]
Soccer camps: 170 people.
[5]
Baseball camps: 50 people.
[Added 2-28-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-09]
[6]
Football camps: 70 people.
[Added 2-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-03]
[7]
Volleyball camps: 100 people (restricted to indoor uses only).
[Added 1-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-03]
(d)
Type of authorized uses. The application for a special use permit
shall specify the specific users or groups proposed to utilize the
campus for the summer vacation season and school season nonstudent
recreational uses, as well as a description of such user's or group's
uses of the campus, and only those users and groups approved in the
special use permit ordinance shall be authorized to participate in
the summer vacation season and school season nonstudent recreational
uses.
(e)
Use of athletic fields. Not more than one user or group shall
be permitted to use the athletic fields at any one time.
(f)
Supervision; contact person. A college representative shall
be required to supervise all summer vacation season and school season
nonstudent recreational uses. Further, the college shall designate
a contact person to receive any complaints from Village residents
or the Village regarding the nonstudent recreational uses.
(g)
Lighting. No outdoor lighting shall be permitted for the summer
vacation season and school season nonstudent recreational uses on
the campus.
(h)
Facilities. The college shall provide adequate restroom facilities
on the campus for, and in reasonably close proximity to, the summer
vacation season and school season nonstudent recreational uses. The
locations of such facilities shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Village prior to such installation.
(i)
Enforcement. If, at any time during any summer vacation season
or school season, the Village Board determines, in its sole discretion,
that the operation of the nonstudent recreational uses has violated
any one or more of these conditions or restrictions, or any other
Village ordinance or regulation, the Village shall have the right
to order the college to cease all or any portion of the summer vacation
season or school season nonstudent recreational uses, or both, or
to modify any use or operation to cure such noncompliance. Immediately
upon notification of any noncompliance, the college shall either cease
or modify its operations, as required by the Village.
(8)
Senior assisted living facilities not owned or operated by a
college or theological seminary, subject to the following additional
standards:
[Added 9-14-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-18]
(a)
Frontage and access. The senior assisted living facility must
be located on a lot that has frontage on, and direct vehicular access
to, IL Route 22/Half Day Road.
(b)
Adjacent institutional uses. The zoning lot on which the senior
assisted living facility is located must be directly adjacent to other
institutional uses (such as college campus or government service facilities)
along at least 50% of its perimeter.
(c)
Separation. No special use permit shall be granted for a senior
assisted living facility that is located within 1,000 feet of another
senior living facility within the Village, as measured from property
line to property line.
(d)
Approval of deviations. In connection with approval of a special
use permit for a senior living facility, the Village Board may approve
deviations from the following generally applicable College District
standards:
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
The sign regulations applicable in the College District are set forth in § 260-906 of this code.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
Except with respect to senior assisted living facilities approved pursuant to a special use permit, bufferyards, landscaping, and screening in the College District shall be provided in accordance with an approved campus development plan as provided for in § 260-1131E(12)(d) of this code. Bufferyards, landscaping, and screening for senior assisted living facilities shall be provided in accordance with the special use permit approved therefor.
A.
Educational uses only. All uses, except special uses approved in accordance with the provisions of this code and except temporary uses pursuant to § 260-903D(10) of this code, established in the College District shall be owned and operated by a college or theological seminary exclusively for educational or related purposes.
[Amended 4-11-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-13]
B.
Retail uses limited. Retail uses in the College District shall be
limited to campus bookstores or similar establishments offering student
supplies for sale and eating places within student housing or student
union buildings, except as may be expressly approved in a special
use permit for a senior assisted living facility.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
C.
Housing occupation by students and college personnel only. Except
with respect to senior assisted living facilities approved by special
use permit, all housing provided in the College District shall be
occupied only by registered students of that college or theological
seminary or by that college or theological seminary's faculty, administrative
staff, and employees and their families.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
D.
Nonstudent housing limited. Nonstudent housing for administrative
personnel shall be limited to a maximum of four dwelling units for
the district and shall comply with the bulk and space regulations
applicable in the A District. This limitation shall not apply to or
include dwelling units within a senior assisted living facility operating
in accordance with an approved special use permit.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
E.
Dwelling facilities limited. No more than 50% of the gross floor
area in the College District shall be devoted to residential dwelling
purposes; provided, however, that such percentage may from time to
time be increased up to an absolute maximum of 55% so long as the
campus development plan indicates that the development of planned
future nonresidential buildings will reduce such percentage to 50%
or less; and provided, further, that if at any time such percentage
reaches 55%, no building permits shall be issued for any new structure
in the College District designed in any part for residential dwelling
purposes until such percentage has been reduced to 50% or less. For
purposes of this subsection, the floor area of a senior assisted living
facility operating in accordance with an approved special use permit
shall not be considered in calculating:
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
F.
Temporary facilities prohibited. Temporary or mobile facilities,
whether for classroom, office, educational or housing purposes, are
prohibited, except as may be allowed pursuant to a special use permit
for a senior assisted living facility.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
G.
Parking lot access. Except with respect to senior assisted living
facilities approved by special use permit, no access to or from any
parking lot in the College District shall be via any public street
other than Lakeside Drive. Access to or from a parking lot in the
College District that serves a senior assisted living facility shall
be via IL Route 22/Half Day Road; provided, however, that alternative
emergency access routes may be provided via other public or private
streets if authorized by the special use permit approved therefor.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
H.
No thoroughfare. There shall be no thoroughfare through the College
District connecting any two or more public or private roads not within
the College District.
[Amended 1-25-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
In addition to the requirements set forth above, the building
height, lot, setback and coverage requirements applicable in the College
District are set forth in the following table. Footnote references
appear in Subsection E of this section at the end of the table.
B.
Minimum total lot area (acres): 100.(5)
C.
Minimum setbacks.(3)(4)(5)
(1)
Setback from center line of Half Day Road (feet): 200.
(2)
Setback for structures and uses without structures, other than
parking and loading, from district boundaries (feet): 100.
(3)
Setback for unstructured parking from residential areas (feet):
75.
(4)
Setback for unstructured loading (feet): 150.
E.
Exceptions and explanatory notes.
(1)
Height exceptions. Church steeples located more than 200 feet
from the College District boundary may extend to a height of 70 feet.
(2)
Height limitation for accessory structures. No accessory structure shall exceed 15 feet in height; provided, however, that flagpoles many extend to a height of 10 feet above the highest point of the roof of the principal structure and the height of antennas shall be governed by § 260-901D of this code.
(5)
Credit for right-of-way dedication. For any zoning lot included
within the College District that has any frontage along Half Day Road
(Illinois Route 22), to the extent that any land from such lot is
dedicated or otherwise conveyed for right-of-way purposes for Half
Day Road, the Half Day Road lot line(s) for such lot shall be deemed
to be the lot line(s) as existing on September 22, 2008. The prededication
lot area and dimensions of such lot shall be applied for purposes
of calculating lot area, setbacks, building coverage, and lot coverage
requirements; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply
to any zoning lot from which additional right-of-way has been taken,
dedicated, or otherwise conveyed beyond the right-of-way lines set
forth in the Illinois Department of Transportation Plats of Highway
for Illinois Route 22, consisting of 16 pages, and dated September
22, 2008.
