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 Appendix A, the Unified Development Code, Relating to PARKING IN THE WAREHOUSE FORM DISTRICT. (Council District 1)
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BACKGROUND: In 2018, a text amendment was approved which removed the parking setback line in the Warehouse Form District. The parking setback line required that all parking be placed at least 30 feet behind the front of the building. The amendment in 2018 inadvertently left off several necessary associated code amendments. This item resolves the outstanding items.
The table below describes the proposed parking location requirements in the Warehouse Form District.
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Parking Location |
Setback Requirement |
Notes |
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Below Grade |
No setback from the property line required |
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Street Level with No Building |
No setback from the property line required |
A street wall is required |
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Street Level with Building |
Parking must be at least 30 feet behind the property line to allow a commercial use to front the street |
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Above Street Level with Building |
No setback from the property line required |
Building element requirements are required on all levels |
The intent is to allow for incremental development that may begin as an at-grade surface parking lot, without a parking setback, may become a multi-story parking deck, with a parking setback to allow for building storefronts, as demand increases.
The image below shows a multi-story structure with commercial uses fronting the street on the ground level and parking on the upper levels.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 6 to 0 to APPROVE the request.
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): None
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The Unified Development Code will be amended to require a parking setback line for structures with parking located in the first story.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The Unified Development Code will not be amended.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Grow Peoria
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Grow employers and jobs.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development