City of Peoria - File #: 23-218

• File #: 23-218
• Version: 1
• Name: Peoria Nazarene Special Use
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/2/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/27/2023
• Final action: 6/27/2023
• Title: 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 to Amend the Existing Special Exception Ordinance No. 8,901, as Amended, for a SPECIAL USE for CHURCH FACILITIES in a Class R-2 (Single-Family Residential) District, to Allow Three Freestanding Signs and One Wall Sign, for the Property Located at 5504 N. UNIVERSITY STREET (Parcel Identification Number 14-17-451-004), Peoria, Illinois. (Council District 3)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/27/2023	1	City Council	adopted	Pass

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 to Amend the Existing Special Exception Ordinance No. 8,901, as Amended, for a SPECIAL USE for CHURCH FACILITIES in a Class R-2 (Single-Family Residential) District, to Allow Three Freestanding Signs and One Wall Sign, for the Property Located at 5504 N. UNIVERSITY STREET (Parcel Identification Number 14-17-451-004), Peoria, Illinois. (Council District 3)

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BACKGROUND: The petitioner, Tom Wilcoxen of Latitude Signage + Design, on behalf of First Nazarene Church of Peoria, requests to install a wall sign and replace two freestanding signs at an existing church. The property currently has three freestanding signs. One of the three freestanding signs will not change.

With the existing Special Exception ordinance, the church is permitted to have one wall sign or one freestanding sign. This amendment would allow an increase in the number of signs from one to four (three freestanding signs and one wall sign). There are no prior zoning records on signs for this property.

The Planning & Zoning Commission, in case no. PZ 1361-2023, found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 4-0 (with one abstention) to approve the amendment to the special use with the following condition and waiver:
1. Accessible parking spaces shall have striping and signs clearly visible pursuant to City of Peoria Code Appendix A, Section 8.1.5.E.
2. Waiver to allow three freestanding signs and one wall sign for a special use in a residential district.

See the attached Staff report to the Planning & Zoning Commission and meeting minutes for detailed information.

FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting): None

IMPACT IF APPROVED: The existing special exception would be amended as a special use for church fac...