ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff To Adopt an ORDINANCE Approving a REZONING from a Class R-4 (Single Family) District to a Class CG (General Commercial) District, Located at 18-03-253-012, Known as 1419 NE JEFFERSON, Peoria, Illinois (Simple Majority Vote). (DISTRICT 1)
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BACKGROUND:
PROPERTY AND SITE CHARACTERISTICS:
1. ACREAGE: 0.12 acres
2. CURRENT USE: Commercial structure with retail sales and service
3. PRESENT ZONING: R-4 (Single-Family Residential)
4. PROPOSED ZONING: CG (General Commercial)
5. PUBLIC FACILITIES: The site is served with public sewer and public water
6. FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION: Bordered between medium density residential and mixed use
ADVISORY COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. The subject lot is developed with a commercial structure, 0.12 acres, and adjacent to a 0.23 acre property, which is currently zoned CG (General Commercial).
2. The rezoning will have a relatively low impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
ZONING COMMISSION VOTE: 7 - 0 to approve.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: An adjacent neighbor expressed concerns related to an existing easement agreement for the subject property; and that he once looked into a rezoning for commercial also, but was advised it was not appropriate at that location.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The amount of existing CG (General Commercial) property on an arterial street will be expanded by 0.12 acres; and an existing commercial use in an existing commercial structure and use will no longer be nonconforming.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The site will remain zoned R-4, with an existing commercial structure and use. Future use commercial of the subject property will be limited to that allowed by the neighborhood store use allowed in the zoning ordinance.
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
2. Attractive Neighborhoods with Character: Safe and Livable
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Grow employers and jobs.
2. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development