Goodenow Rd, Beecher, IL 60401

Intermodal Terminal District

The purpose of an intermodal terminal district/P.U.D. industrial (hereafter I-T District) is to permit: Intermodal terminal facilities and other industrial/commercial uses that would not be possible under the strict application of the other sections of this section.; A creative approach to the use of land and related physical facilities that results in better industrial development and design.; An efficient use of the land resulting in more economic networks of utilities, streets, and other facilities.; A land use which promotes the public health, safety, comfort, morals, and public welfare, while providing land use by heavy and intense industries.; Developers of large-scale and complex industrial projects to have the flexibility to complete those projects.; The I-T district is intended to provide for large-scale logistics-oriented developments directly adjacent to a Class 1 railroad right-of-way and intended to be served by either a Class 1 railroad or a short-haul or a terminal railroad serving the rail yard portions of the development. The I-T district may include a variety of industrial, manufacturing, intermodal rail, commercial or business uses which are planned and developed as a unit or in multiple phases. Such development may consist of conventional subdivided lots or provide for development by a special industrial planned development concept plan which establishes the general location and extent of the features of the special industrial planned unit development.