O-69-05 08/08/2005VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE NO. o - (P i - oS
AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE AND AMEND THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ZONING MAP
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This 8th day of August, 2005.
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Lemont, Cook, Will and DuPage Counties,
Illinois on this 8th day of August, 2005
AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE AND AMEND THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ZONING MAP
WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, has the
following powers under 65 ILCS 5/11 -13 -1 (1) to regulate and limit the height and bulk;
(2) to establish, regulate and limit the building or set -back lines; (3) to regulate and limit
the intensity of the use of lot areas; (4) to classify, regulate and restrict the location of
trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specified industrial,
business, residential and other uses; (5) to fix standards to which buildings or structures
therein shall conform; (6) to prohibit uses, buildings, or structures incompatible with the
character of such districts; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont seeks to create a Downtown District based
upon traditional standards for city building; and
WHEREAS, the Village desires this district to take into account the Village's
specific historic, community, architectural, and aesthetic ambience and values, the
preservation and continuation of which is necessary and desirable to the enjoyment and
welfare of the Village; and
WHEREAS, the Village seeks to enable a mixed -use physical environment to
further enhance the preservation of the historical characteristic of the Downtown and
the economic and cultural success of the Downtown and surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont entered into a Public/Private Partnership
with Marquette Companies for purposes of assisting in facilitating this objective; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont established a Tax Increment Finance District
(TIF) for the purpose of providing a financial instrument for purposes of funding public
infrastructure and improvements in the Downtown District; and
WHEREAS, the Village seeks to establish this Downtown District based on the
Master Plan developed in January 2005 through a design charette process involving the
community and a team of design professionals; and
WHEREAS, the Lemont Comprehensive Plan — 2002 recommends the Zoning
Map reduces the number of manufacturing districts and rezone the reaming M -1
Parcels in the Downtown to B -2 District.
WHEREAS, a duly noticed Public Hearing was opened and closed on July 19th,
2005 by the Zoning Board of Appeals to consider the Village of Lemont's petition for
rezoning; and
WHEREAS, on August 2 ", 2005 the Zoning Board of Appeals recommended the
addition of this section and made findings that the recommended zoning is consistent
with the current zoning, there is no anticipated diminution in value to properties within
the proposed zoning, and there will be a large gain to the public as a whole to include
public amenities, public infrastructure, increased revenue stream, as well as serving as
an incubator for potential jobs; and
WHEREAS, on August 8th, 2005, the Village Board of Trustees adopted
Subsection VIII/DD, Downtown District.
NOW, THEREFORE IT BE ORDAINED by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Lemont that
SECTION 1: The findings, representations and agreements set forth in the above
Recitals are material to this Agreement and are hereby incorporated into and made a
part of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2: The areas as described in Exhibit "A" and shown in Exhibit "B"
which is attached hereto and made part hereof, are rezoned Downtown District and the
Lemont Zoning Map is hereby amended to reflect such.
SECTION 3: Effective Date: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 4: Repealer: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: Severability Clause: If any provision of this Ordinance, or any .
section, sentence, clause, phrase, or word, or the application thereof, in any
circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance shall be
construed as if such invalid part were never included herein, and this Ordinance
shall be and remain valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL AND
DuPAGE, ILLINOIS on this 8th day of August, 2005.
Debbie Blatzer
Peter Cowles
Clifford Miklos
Brian Reaves
Ron Stapleton
Jeanette Virgilio
Attest:
AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
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Approved by me this 8th day of August, 2005.
JOHN PI ZZA, Village P
sident
Exhibit A
Legal Description of the Lemont Downtown District — Lemont, Illinois
That part of the East '/2 Southwest '/a and the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 and the West '/2
of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20, Township 37 North, Range 11 East of the Third
Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of the 20 foot southwest - northeast alley
lying south of and contiguous to Lots 1 through 5 in Block 6 of the Village of Lemont,
according to the plat thereof recorded August 8, 1874 as Document 184242, with the
centerline of Joliet Street, said point of beginning being in the East 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4
of said Section 20;
Thence northwest along the centerline of Joliet Street to the north line of Main Street;
Thence northeast along the north line of Main Street to a point that is 330 feet southwest
of the intersection of the north line of Main Street with the westerly line of Lockport
Street, said point being the southwest corner of property having a P.I.N. of 22- 20 -306-
012;
Thence northwest along the westerly line of said property having a P.I.N. of 22- 20 -306-
012, and its northwesterly extension, to the north line of the Gulf Mobile & Ohio (G. M.
& 0) Railroad;
Thence southwest along the aforesaid north line of the G. M. & 0 Railroad to the west
line of the East 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 20;
Thence north along the west line of the East '/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 20 to
the southerly line of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, its successor being the
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway;
Thence northeast along the southerly line of the aforesaid Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway to the easterly line of Stephen Street;
Thence continuing northeast along the southerly line of the aforesaid Atchison Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway to the northerly line of property having a P.I.N. of 22 -20- 400 -001;
Thence northeast along the northerly line of said property having a P.I.N. of 22- 20 -400-
001, and its northeast extension, to the easterly line of the 16 foot northwest- southeast
alley lying east of and contiguous to Lots 1 through 24 in Block 3 of Singer and Talcott's
Stone Company Subdivision, according to the plat thereof recorded June 4, 1872 as
Document 34986;
Thence southeast along the aforesaid easterly line of said alley to the northerly line of a
90 foot wide strip of land lying north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal;
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Thence northeast along the aforesaid northerly line of a 90 foot wide strip of land lying
north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to the east line of the West 1/4 of the Southeast %<
of Section 20;
Thence south along the east line of the West `h of the Southeast `/a of Section 20 to the
northerly line of a 50 foot wide strip dedicated as the Canal Reserve Strip;
Thence southwest along the aforesaid northerly line of the 50 foot wide Canal Reserve
Strip to the easterly line of Lot 3 of the Final Plat of Senffner Subdivision, according to
the plat thereof recorded June 15, 1999 as Document 99573056;
Thence southeast along the aforesaid easterly line of Lot 3, and its southeasterly
extension, to the centerline of Main Street;
Thence northeast along the centerline of Main Street to the centerline of Illinois Street;
Thence southwest along the centerline of Illinois Street to the centerline of Julia Street;
Thence southeast along the centerline of Julia Street to the northeasterly extension of the
southerly line of Illinois Street;
Thence southwest along the aforesaid northeasterly extension and the southerly line of
Illinois Street to the centerline of Stephen Street;
Thence southeast along the centerline of Stephen Street to the northeasterly extension of
the south line of Lot 1 in the Resubdivision of Lots 1 to 6 of Block 4 of Truesdell's
Addition, according to the plat recorded May 24, 1894 as Document 2047733;
Thence southwest along the aforesaid northeasterly extension and the south line of said
Lot 1 to the southwest corner of Lot 1, also being on the east line of Lot 2 in said
Resubdivision;
Thence southeast along the aforesaid east line of Lot 2 to the northernmost southeast
corner of said Lot 2;
Thence southwest along the northernmost south line of said Lot 2 to the westernmost east
line of said Lot 2;
Thence southeast along the aforesaid westernmost east line of Lot 2 to the southernmost
southeast comer of said Lot 2;
Thence west along the south line of the aforesaid Lot 2 to the centerline of a 20 foot
southeast - northwest alley lying west of and contiguous to Lot 3 in Block 11 of N. J.
Brown's Addition to Lemont, according to the plat thereof recorded March 23, 1900 as
Document 2739077;
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Thence southeast along the centerline of the aforesaid 20 foot southeast - northwest alley
to the northeasterly extension of the centerline of a northeast - southwest alley of
undetermined width, said alley lying northwest of and contiguous to Lot 5 in Block 11 of
said N. J. Brown's Addition to Lemont;
Thence southwest along the aforesaid northeasterly extension and centerline of a
northeast - southwest alley to the centerline of a northwest- southeast alley of undetermined
width, said alley lying northeast of and contiguous to Lot 7 in Singer and Talcott's
Resubdivision in Section 20;
Thence northwest along the centerline of the aforesaid northwest- southeast alley to the
northeasterly extension of the north line of said Lot 7 in Singer and Talcott's
Resubdivision in Section 20;
Thence southwest along the aforesaid northeasterly extension and the north line of said
Lot 7, and its southwesterly extension, to the centerline of Lemont Street;
Thence northwest along the centerline of said Lemont Street to the northeasterly
extension of the centerline of the 20 foot northeast- southwest alley lying southeast of and
contiguous to Lot 14 and Lots 1 through 6 in Block 8 of the Village of Lemont according
to the plat thereof recorded August 8, 1874 as Document 184242;
Thence southwest along the aforesaid centerline of the 20 foot northeast - southwest alley,
through said Block 8 and also through Blocks 7 and 6 of said Village of Lemont, to the
Point of Beginning, all in the Village of Lemont, Cook County, Illinois.
Legal Description prepared on June 24, 2005 and revised on August 3, 2005 by:
URS CORPORATION
Illinois Professional Land Surveyor No. 2545
License expires November 30, 2006
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