= LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY GREATERKANKAKEEAIRPORT Kankakee,Illinois October2008 = = LANDUSE,TRANSPORTATIONANDECONOMICDEVELOPMENTSTUDY........................i 1.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................1 2.0 BASELINECONDITIONS....................................................................................................2 2.1 PHYSICALCONDITIONS....................................................................................................2 2.2 MARKETCONDITIONS.......................................................................................................3 2.2.1 AviationUses...............................................................................................................4 2.2.2 NonAviationUses=.....................................................................................................6 2.3 STAKEHOLDERINTERVIEWS.........................................................................................10 2.3.1 Airport’s potential improvement plans and potential for airport to= drive economicdevelopment.............................................................................................................11 2.3.2 Areawidegrowthtrendsasrelatestothestudyarea.........................................11 2.3.3 Opportunitiesandlimitationsforfuturelanddevelopmentinthestudyarea12 2.3.4 Potentialforimpactsonotherlandusesinthestudyarea.................................13 2.3.5 Infrastructure improvements needed to realize economic development potential13 3.0 LANDUSEANALYSISANDRECOMMENDATIONS................................................14 3.1 SCOPEANDINTENTOFANALYSIS..............................................................................14 3.2 DEFININGINFLUENCES..................................................................................................14 3.3 GENERALIZEDLANDUSEPLAN=..................................................................................18 3.3.1 MajorLandUsePolicies=...........................................................................................18 3.3.2 ImprovementstotheRoadNetwork.....................................................................20 4.0 RECOMMENDATIONSFORDEVELOPMENTSTANDARDS...................................21 4.1 APPLICABILITYOFTHETRIVILLAGEDEVELOPMENTREGULATIONS...........21 4.2 RECOMMENDEDSTANDARDSFORCOMMERCIAL/RETAILDEVELOPMENT=23 4.2.1 CommercialDevelopmentAccessControl...........................................................23 4.2.2 BuildingandLandscapeSetbacks..........................................................................24 4.3 COMMERCIAL/RETAILDEVELOPMENTSTANDARDS...........................................25 4.3.1 BuildingandArchitecturalStandards...................................................................25 4.3.2 LandscapeStandards................................................................................................27 5.0 MARKETING PLAN FOR KANKAKEE COUNTY= AND THE= KANKAKEE AIRPORTBUSINESSPARK=...........................................................................................................34 5.1 MARKETINGPREPARATIONANDRESEARCH.........................................................35 5.1.1 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................35 5.1.1.1 Action=......................................................................................................................35 5.1.2 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................36 Pagei= = = 5.1.2.1 Action=......................................................................................................................36 5.1.3 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................36 5.1.3.1 Actions=....................................................................................................................36 5.1.4 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................37 5.1.4.1 Actions=....................................................................................................................37 5.1.5 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................37 5.1.5.1 Actions=....................................................................................................................38 5.2 TACTICALMARKETINGEXTERNAL=............................................................................38 5.2.1 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................38 5.2.1.1 Actions=....................................................................................................................38 5.3 TACTICALMARKETINGINTERNAL=..........................................................................39 5.3.1 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................39 5.3.1.1 Actions=....................................................................................................................39 5.4 TARGETMARKETING–INDUSTRYANDGEOGRAPHIC=.......................................40 5.4.1 TargetIndustryLists................................................................................................41 5.4.2 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................42 5.4.2.1 Actions=....................................................................................................................42 5.4.3 MarketingObjective=.................................................................................................42 5.4.3.1 Actions=....................................................................................................................42 APPENDIX................................................................................................................................................ = = = = = = Pageii = = 1.0 INTRODUCTION = KankakeeCounty,theCityofKankakeeand=theKankakeeValleyAirportAuthorityproposea= studytomakerecommendationsregardingthefuturelanduses,transportationimprovements and marketing initiatives that would best serve the area surrounding the Greater Kankakee Airport.=TheAirportservestheCityofKankakeeandKankakeeCountyasanaviationportfor individuals and businesses that seek to do business in the Kankakee area, other parts of the StateandtheNation.=TheAirportisafederallyobligatedairport=andisincludedinboththe federalandstatesystemplansforairports.=Inaddition,landdevelopmentcontinuestoemanate fromtheChicagoMetropolitanArea,primarilyfollowingtransportationcorridorsthatprovide= connectivity= between population and business centers. = Interstate 57 provides a= unique opportunity= for the Kankakee area to benefit from development that requires significant= highwayaccessandvisibility.= = The purpose of this study is to develop a= land use framework that encourages and= supports= economicdevelopmentopportunitiesandensurescompatibility=withairport=operations.=This studyisnonbindingandistherecommendationsareofferedbytheStudyTaskForcewhichis comprisedof=representativesofthethreeparticipatingentities.=Implementationofindividual recommendationswithinthisstudywill betheresponsibilityofindividualmunicipalentities withinthestudyarea.=ThestudyisfundedbyanIllinoisPlanningAssistanceGrantfromthe IllinoisDepartmentofCommerceandproceedsfromthethreesponsoringentities. = TheareaoffocusforthisstudyiscenteredontheGreaterKankakeeAirportandInterstate57.== Ageneraldistanceof1milefromtherunwayendswillbeusedtodefinestudyarea.=Thestudy= areawasthenadjustedtofollowroadwaysorlogicalbreaksinlanduse.Exhibit11=identifies theboundariesutilizedforthestudyarea. = = = == A1 = = 2.0 BASELINE CONDITIONS = Theinitialstepofanyplanningeffortistheinventoryofexistingconditions.Asthisprojectwill involve the identification of specific market conditions and trends,= the baseline conditions= assessmentwillinvolve=bothphysicalandmarketcategories.=Inaddition,anextensiveeffort was conducted to interview local community leaders and stakeholders to identify key issues= thatcouldaffectfuturelanddevelopmentwithinthestudyarea.= = = 2.1 PHYSICAL CONDITIONS = TheexistingKankakeeGeographicInformationSystemwasusedasthebasisfortheassessment= ofphysicalconditions.=InformationcontainedwithintheGISwasaugmentedwithadditional resource= information available through Airport records and documentation,= municipal information and state and federal resource documents. = Exhibits 21= through 25= provide= graphical representations of the baseline physical conditions. = Below is a summary of the= existingfeaturesthatbecomethebasisforthestudy. = SummaryofBaselinePhysicalConditions = a. Airport:=TheGreaterKankakeeAirportiscomprisedoftworunwaysandterminal developmentwithlandholdingsofapproximately1,050acres.= = b. Roadways:==Interstate57bisectsthestudyarearunningfromthesouthwesttothe northeast portions of the study area and bounds the airport to the north. = Illinois= Route 45/52 is a north/south roadway west of the airport and junctions with Interstate 57 at interchange 308. = Airport Road traverses along the southern= perimeteroftheairportandterminalareaandisdesignatedasCountyRoad35and continues to the Iroquois River and= then follows the River south. All