CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance amending Chapter 3 (Required Improvements) of Title 7 (Subdivision Regulations) regarding student generation rates for residential developments proposed within the boundaries of Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Allison Laff, AICP, Deputy Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The City Council held the first reading of this ordinance on April 7, 2021. There were no speakers.
BACKGROUND:
On February 2, 2021, City Council initiated, at the request from Indian Prairie Community
Unit School District No. 204 ("SD204"), an amendment to the generation tables included in Section 7-3-5 of the City's Land Cash Ordinance specific to the school district. SD204 made this request based on discrepancies observed between the school-aged children estimated by the current tables set forth in the Land Cash Ordinance and the actual school-aged children being generated within built developments. SD204 has submitted a 19/20 Generation Analysis and an updated Generation Table, both prepared by RSP (see attached). Per the findings of the report prepared for SD204, the existing generation tables in the Naperville Municipal Code:
- Overestimate the number of school-aged children being generated by detached single-family homes; and
- Underestimate the number of school-aged children being generated by attached single-family homes and apartments.
SD204 is proposing that the City Council amend the Land Cash Ordinance population generation estimates to be consistent with the above findings. As an example, the amended tables would impact the cash-in-lieu of land donation per development type as follows:
SD204 is not seeking any updates to the fair market value for school land or the number of acres required to serve the school needs of the school-aged children generated by a development. SD204 has concurrently submitt...
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