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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: B.A.
Non-Conforming Gravel Driveways
FILE NUMBER:
Ordinance No. 21-O-0038
COMMITTEE AGENDA DATE: Dec. 13, 2021
COUNCIL AGENDA DATE: Dec. 20, 2021
STAFF REVIEW: Tom Dabareiner, AICP SIGNATURE a Ke ras
APPROVED BY CITY ADMINISTRATOR: Michael Guttman SIGNATURE
ITEM SUMMARY:
The Municipal Code requires that all parking lots and driveways be hard-surfaced and no longer con-
sist of just gravel. In fact, the Code set a deadline of July 1, 2004 for the conversion of all gravel park-
ing area and driveways to an acceptable hard surface.
As discussed during the October 11, 2021 Development Committee meeting, enforcement of this re-
quirement was halted several years ago due to an overwhelming number of resident complaints, leav-
ing about 151 driveways unchanged. Discussion in October focused on next steps and it was general-
ly agreed that existing gravel driveways and parking areas be treated as non-conforming structures. -
Staff believes the attached draft Ordinance No. 21-O-0038 addresses the Development Committee’s
direction. When brought before the Plan Commission, wording was added to require conversion to an
acceptable hard surface when a property is sold. However, Staff believes this would conflict with the
legal direction given. Because previous time-of-sale inspections routinely ignored the requirement it is
potentially legally challenging to enforce the requirement now. The proposed draft Ordinance, there-
fore, does not include this proposed amendment.
At its December 7, 2021 meeting, Plan Commission members voted 6-1 in favor of the change as dis-
cussed by Development Committee, with the one Nay vote objecting to the proposed requirement to
pave driveways at the time of sale.
ACTION PROPOSED:
Discussion and recommendation of Ordinance No. 21-O-0038.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
At the December 13, 2021 meeting, members of the Development Committee voted unanimously (5-
0) to recommend in favor of the Text Amendment.
PC: Draft Ordinance 21-O-0038