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 and Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE AMENDING Existing Use with Approvals as a SPECIAL USE with Waivers in a Class R-6 (Multi-Family Residential) District and a Class R-8 (Multi-Family Residential) District for an Existing NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, to Allow Parking Lot Improvements, a New Accessory Storage Structure and to Add Property to the Boundary of the Special Use for the Property Located at 800 NE MADISON AVE and 816 NE MADISON AVE, 803 and 809 NE JEFFERSON AVE (Parcel Identification Nos. 18-03-353-007, 18-03-354-001, 18-03-354-003, 18-03-354-012, 18-03-354-013) with the Property to be Added Located at 724 and 814 NE MADISON AVE, 801 and 815 NE JEFFERSON AVE, and 406 WAYNE ST (Parcel Identification Nos. 18-03-353-006, 18-03-354-002, 18-03-354-011, 18-03-354-014, and 18-03-354-009), Peoria IL. (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND: The property owner, Peoria Friendship House, requests to amend prior zoning approvals for a Neighborhood Center to add the following as a Special Use to the existing Neighborhood Center:
1. Parking lot improvements to allow alley access for food pantry pick-up at 800 NE Madison (main building);
2. Add 814 NE Madison (existing structure) to the special use for overflow tutoring and classes;
3. Construct a 1,080 square foot detached garage at 814 NE Madison Ave;
4. Add 801, 815 NE Jefferson Ave and 406 Wayne St (undeveloped lots) to the special use boundary (no development proposal at this time);
5. Add 724 NE Madison Ave to the special use for off-street parking in the West Parking Lot.
The property owner requests the following waivers:
1. Waiver from the condition to replace all non-ADA compliant sidewalks along property frontages.
2. Waiver to eliminate the parking lot perimeter landscaping requirement for the west parking lot, corner of NE Madison A...
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