ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE Ordinance No. 13,221 as Amended, in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District for a Shopping Center to Add FREESTANDING SIGNS for the Properties Commonly Known as NORTHWOODS MALL and Located at 2200 WEST WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE, 2316 WEST WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE, 4512 NORTH STERLING AVENUE, and 4518 NORTH STERLING AVENUE, (Parcel Identification Nos. 14-19-451-003, 14-19-451-007, 14-19-451-011, 14-19-451-012, 14-19-451-013, 14-19-451-014, and 14-30-201-022), Peoria, Illinois.
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BACKGROUND: Petitioner Ryan Vande Bosche of Washington Prime Group, Inc is requesting to add a 35-foot tall, 640 sq. ft. multi-tenant freestanding sign located at the southernmost mall entrance on Sterling Avenue. The request also includes allowance for two additional freestanding signs of the same size and height to be placed in yet to be determined locations.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 5 to 0 to APPROVE the request subject to the following conditions:
1) No more than three freestanding signs may exceed 35 feet in height and 640 sq. ft. in size.
2) Verification that the proposed sign meets clearance requirements for existing overhead utility lines
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for detailed information.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting): N/A
IMPACT IF APPROVED: Up to three 35-foot tall, 640 sq. ft. multi-tenant free standing signs may be placed on the subject property.
IMPACT IF DENIED: No signs exceed 25 feet in height and 70 sq. ft. in size may be placed on the subject property.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
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