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 Staff to WITHDRAW a Request to Amend an Existing Special Use Ordinance No. 13,932 as Amended in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District for a Shopping Center to WAIVE THE PARKING IMPACT FEE for the Property Located at 7425 N. GRAND PRAIRIE DRIVE (Parcel Identification No. 13-11-151-027), Commonly Known as THE SHOPPES AT GRAND PRAIRIE Located at 5201 W. WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE, Peoria, IL. (Council District 5)
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BACKGROUND:
This item was initiated prior to a recently approved text amendment which eliminated parking requirements and the over-parked impact fee. See Item No. 19-130, approved May 7, 2019. Therefore, Staff is requesting to withdraw this item as it is no longer necessary.
Petitioner Chris George, of Tartan Realty, is proposing to develop a two-tenant commercial building on a vacant parcel within the Shoppes at Grand Prairie shopping center. The proposed development includes 80 parking spaces. The maximum number of parking spaces allowed by-right is 35. Parking spaces in excess of 35 are subject to the $250 parking impact fee. The petitioner is requesting a waiver of the $11,250 parking impact fee for the 45 parking spaces (80 - 35 = 45) which exceed the number allowed by-right.
The submitted site plan documents originally included a freestanding sign and handicap parking design which did not comply with the Unified Development Code. Following the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, the petitioner submitted a revised site plan and freestanding sign which meet zoning requirements thereby eliminating all conditions of approval.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 3 to 1 to approve the waiver for the parking impact fee.
Staff recommends denial of the proposed ordinance. The parking impact fee has been in place since 2014 with the i...
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