The Northbrook Plan Commission met Feb. 7 to purchase property for a transitional services facility.
Here is the meeting's agenda, as provided by the commission:
PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA
BOARD ROOM
NORTHBROOK VILLAGE HALL, 1225 CEDAR LANE
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
7:30 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. MINUTES APPROVAL - January 17, 2017
3. COMMUNITY PLANNING REPORT
4. HEAR FROM THE AUDIENCE
5. REVIEW OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
A. DOCKET NO. PCD-16-04: 1500-1550 SKOKIE BOULEVARD – NORTHBROOK TOYOTA (Public
Hearing Closed - No Further Public Comment Accepted). Consideration of a resolution
recommending approval of an application by Northbrook Imports, LLC d/b/a Northbrook Toyota,
as owner of the properties commonly known as 1510-1530 and 1550 Skokie Boulevard, and
Equitable 1500 LLC, as owner of the property commonly known as 1500 Skokie Boulevard to
accommodate a lot line reconfiguration and site improvements on the Northbrook Toyota
parcels. The application requires the following approvals: (A) A final plat of subdivision
resubdividing the three parcels into three new lots of record, including the granting of waivers for
requirements regarding public sidewalk installation; parkway tree plantings, and overhead utility
line burial; (B) Rezoning a portion of 1500 Skokie Boulevard from the C-5 District to the O-3
District; (C) Zoning Code Text Amendment to allow tandem parking spaces; (D) For the 1510-1530
Skokie Boulevard parcel: (1) Special Permits for Automotive Repair with Outdoor Vehicle Storage
& Automotive Sales with Open Sales Lot; (2) Variations to reduce the required front setback, the
required interior side yard, the required rear yard, and the number of required loading spaces to
accommodate existing site improvements; (3) Approval to allow tandem parking spaces; and (4)
Site Plan approval; (E) For the 1550 Skokie Boulevard parcel: (1) Special Permits for Automotive
Repair with Outdoor Vehicle Storage, Automotive Sales with Open Sales Lot, and a wall sign the
top of which is in excess of 20’ from grade; (2) Variations to reduce the required front setback, the
required front yard, required interior side yard and setback, and the required number of loading
spaces to accommodate existing and proposed site improvements; and (3) Site Plan approval; and
(F) Any other such subdivision and zoning relief as may be necessary.
B. DOCKET NO. PCD-16-19: 1620 SUNSET RIDGE ROAD - PROVIDENCE FARM (Public Hearing Closed
- No Further Public Comment Accepted). Consideration of a resolution recommending approval
of an application by Providence Farm LLC as contractual purchaser of the property commonly
known as 1620 Sunset Ridge Road for the purposes of authorizing the following: A) A text
amendment to Article XII of the Northbrook Zoning Code to modify the existing definitions of
“Community Residence" and “Transitional Service Facilities” as necessary; B) A text amendment
to Articles III and IV of the Northbrook Zoning Code pertaining to the regulation of community
residences and transitional service facilities in the Single Family and Multi-family residential
districts to accommodate facilities with more than six residents; C) A special permit to allow a
group home as either a community residence or transitional service facility with up to eleven (11)
residents in the R-2 Single Family Residential District; and D) Any other such other zoning relief as
may be necessary.
C. DOCKET NO. 16-20: 5 REVERE DRIVE - HILCO GLOBAL WALL SIGN (Public Hearing Closed - No
Further Public Comment Accepted). Consideration of a resolution recommending approval of
an application filed by Hilco Global as lessee of a portion of the property commonly known as 5
Revere Drive for the purposes of: A) Approval of a special permit in the I-1 Restricted Industrial
District to allow one wall sign, on the north façade of the existing building, at a height no more
than 58’-4” above grade, which is in excess of the maximum allowed height of 20 feet; and B) Any
such other zoning relief as may be necessary.
6. CONTINUED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS
A. DOCKET NO. PCD-16-11: HERITAGE WOODS ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY (Applicant has Requested
Continuation of a Public Hearing to March, 7 2017). An application by Heritage Woods
Northwest, LLC, as contractual purchaser of the properties commonly known as 2060 & 2074
Shermer Road and 2005 & 2041 Techny Road, to accommodate the development and operation
of an assisted living facility. The Applicant has filed an application seeking the following
approvals: A) Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to change the use
classification of the Subject Property from Single Family Residential to Senior/Special Residential;
B) Rezoning from the R-2 Single Family Residential District to the RS Residential Specialty District;
C) Zoning Code Text Amendment to reduce the minimum required Gross Lot Area Per Dwelling
Unit for assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities in the RS District from 1,660 sq. ft. to
1,275 sq ft; D) Zoning Code Text Amendment to allow more than one ground sign in the RS
District when separated by a minimum of 300 linear feet; E) Special Permits for an Assisted Senior
Living Facility with a floor area ratio of 0.69 which is in excess of the maximum allowed by right
of 0.40, and for a height of 36’- 2 3/8” which is in excess of the maximum allowed by right of 35
feet; F) Special Permit to landbank 11 surplus parking spaces; G) Variation to reduce the required
interior side yard along the western property line from 49.29’ to 10’ to accommodate the
proposed landbanked parking and from 49.29’ to 10’-11 ¾” to accommodate the proposed
loading area; H) Plat of Consolidation to combine the existing 4 lots into one lot, which requests
includes a waiver of the Subdivision Code requirement to bury the existing overhead utility lines
that run along the Shermer and Techny road frontages; I) Site Plan Approval.
7. REVIEW OF NEW APPLICATIONS
A. DOCKET NO. PCD-17-01: 501 SKOKIE BOULEVARD - NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM
WALL SIGNS (First Public Hearing). An application filed by NorthShore University Health System
as owner of the property commonly known as 501 Skokie Boulevard, for the purposes of: A)
Approval of a special permit in the C-5 Commercial Boulevard District to allow four wall signs, the
height of each would be no more than 34’-6” above grade, which is in excess of the maximum
allowed height of 20 feet; and B) Any such other zoning relief as may be necessary.
8. OLD BUSINESS
9. NEW BUSINESS
10. ADJOURN
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