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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, AS AMENDED
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WHEREAS, the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Orland Park, an Illinois home rule municipality, have on February 8, 1991, adopted a Land Development Code (“the Code”) and zoning map; and
WHEREAS, amendments to the Code are adopted from time to time to ensure that the Code is up to date and responsive to community needs; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment allowing lattice towers installed by government entities and for government uses acknowledge the unique demands of emergency communications which require specific locations and heights for specialized functions critical to public safety operations; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission of the Village held a public hearing on February 4, 2025 on whether the proposed amendments should be approved, at which time all persons present were afforded an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, a public notice in the form required by law was given of said public hearing by publication not more than thirty (30) days nor less than fifteen (15) days prior to said hearing in the Daily Southtown, a newspaper of general circulation in this Village; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission of this Village has filed its report of findings and recommendation that the proposed amendments to Section 6-311 (G) of the Land Development Code of the Village be made, and this Board of Trustees has duly considered said report and findings and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park have determined that it is in the best interests of the Village and its residents to update the aforementioned sections of the Land Development Code in order to bring it in line with the Village’s needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
This Board finds and determines that the adoption of the following amendments to the Land Development Code of the Village of Orland Park is in the best interests of the Village and its residents, is in the public interest, constitutes an improvement to the Land Development Code of the Village of Orland Park, and is in keeping with the spirit and in furtherance of the purpose of the Land Development Code of the Village of Orland Park, as set forth in Section 1-102 thereof.
SECTION 2
Article 6, Section 6-311 (G)(3) shall hereby be amended as follows: (deleted language marked with strikethrough and new language marked with underlining):
SECTION 6-311 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND SATELLITE DISHES
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G. Location and Standards of Wireless Communication Facilities
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3. Wireless communication facilities may locate as a new freestanding monopole via a special use permit on any non-residential parcel located in the VC Village Center District, BIZ General Business District, MFG Manufacturing District, COR Mixed Use District or ORI Mixed Use District, or on institutional parcels in any zoning district provided proximity requirements to residential buildings are met.
a. The parcel must meet the minimum lot size requirement of the zoning district in which it will be located.
b. Freestanding wireless communication facilities must meet all setback requirements of the zoning district in which they will be located.
c. Freestanding wireless communication facilities can not be located in the required landscape buffers of the zoning district in which they will be located.
d. Freestanding wireless communication facilities must be a minimum of 500 feet from any residential building.
e. Freestanding wireless communication towers shall be no taller than 100 feet.
f. All new wireless communication towers shall be self-supporting monopoles, except for towers installed by and used for government purposes. Lattice towers may be allowed for government uses when necessary. Guyed or lattice towers are prohibited. All towers shall be constructed with at least one release point so as to bend and fold over on themselves when necessary and meet current industry standards for engineering.
g. The base and ground equipment of new freestanding wireless communication facilities shall be screened with an 8 foot tall solid, opaque fence enclosure constructed of either wood or neutral colored (e.g. non-white) vinyl material. The base and ground equipment enclosure shall be landscaped using Type 2 Bufferyard requirements as outlined in Section 6-305, “Landscape and Tree Preservation,” of this Code. If the required bufferyard cannot be accomplished due to spatial constraints, other incremental improvements or a fee in lieu of landscaping may be required to mitigate the visual impact to the surrounding area.
h. Existing on-site vegetation shall be preserved or enhanced where possible, and disturbance of existing topography shall be minimized, unless such disturbance would reduce the visual impact on the surrounding area.
SECTION 3
To the extent necessary, all tables of contents, indexes, headings, and internal references or cross-references to Sections that need to be amended or deleted within the Orland Park Village Code, as amended, as a consequence of the above Code Amendments, shall be amended by the Village’s codifier so as to be consistent with the terms of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such conflict, are repealed.
SECTION 5
Each section, paragraph, clause and provision of this Ordinance is separable and if any provision is held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance, nor any part thereof, other than that part affected by such decision.
SECTION 6
Except as to the Code amendments set forth above in this Ordinance, all Chapters and Sections of the Orland Park Land Development Code, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 7
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
SECTION 8
The Village Clerk be and herby is authorized and directed to publish this Ordinance in pamphlet form.