ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-3 (Single Family Residential) District for a MONASTERY, CONVENT AND RELIGIOUS CHAPEL for the Property Identified as Parcel Identification No. 13-25-176-005, with an Address of 3737 N. MARYBELLE DR., Peoria, IL (Council District 4)
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BACKGROUND: Petitioner Brian Mooty for Fraternite Notre Dame Inc., is requesting a Special Use to re-establish a monastery, convent, and religious chapel, at a property that was previously approved and built as a religious facility. The existing facility was built in 1990 to include a chapel, meeting room, dining facilities, and 16 single-bedroom apartments.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact requirements and VOTED 5 TO 0 TO APPROVE the request subject to the following condition and waiver:
1) Provide three handicap accessible parking spaces.
2) Waiver to allow the existing steeple to exceed the maximum district height of 35 feet.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for detailed information regarding the proposed religious facility.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting): Two letters of support were submitted to the Planning & Zoning Commission noting that the religious facility will enhance the neighborhood and benefit the community in general.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: A religious facility will be re-established to include the previously built chapel, meeting room, dining facilities, and 16 single-bedroom apartments.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The religious facility will remain vacant with no active use.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2014 - 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Grow Peoria: Businesses, Jobs, and Population
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development