BUILDING REVIEW BOARD AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Recommend amendments to Chapters 2 and 10 of Title 5 (Building Regulations) of the Naperville Municipal Code pertaining to equipment screening, installation of sustainable materials, and variance jurisdiction for fa?ade materials and landscape to the Naperville City Council.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Amy Emery, AICP, TED Operations Manager
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Naperville is committed to quality design. To support that goal, Naperville has adopted Citywide Design Guidelines, as well as, supporting ordinance requirements pertaining to landscaping, signage, height, bulk and a variety of other design considerations. Taken together, these documents provide direction to guide new construction and redevelopment efforts. The amendments here are intended to provide additional clarification of desired outcomes to development professionals in line with the existing adopted Citywide Design Guidelines and observations of staff of common requests and challenges associated with the existing language
DISCUSSION:
The existing municipal code language pertaining to rooftop equipment screening is vague. This is particularly challenging for existing properties seeking to update equipment where a parapet wall may not exist or past installations have occurred without screening for some, but not all, tenants. In such situations, flexibility is required to accommodate unique circumstances. The current code also does not adequately address installation of environmentally sustainable technologies (e.g. solar panels). As written, the existing language actually requires screening that may inhibit the function of sustainable installations. The existing code also does not provide any requirements for ground mounted equipment.
The proposed text amendments related to equipment screening are intended to encourage quality design practices to pr...
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