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 an Existing SPECIAL USE Ordinance No. 16,725, as Amended, in a Class R-4 (Single Family Residential) District for Existing Non-Conforming Offices, to Install a FREESTANDING SIGN with Waivers, for the Property Located at 1716 NORTH UNIVERSITY STREET (Parcel Identification No. 18-05-201-018), Peoria, IL. (Council District 2)
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BACKGROUND: The Peoria County Farm Bureau is requesting to amend an existing Special Use to install a new, freestanding sign that is taller and sized larger than allowed. The existing special use, approved in 2015, is for office uses and site conditions. The proposal is to install a new 45 square foot electronic message board that would be 18 feet in height. The existing special use would allow a 20 square foot sized sign that is no taller than 5 feet in height.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request in Case No PZ 606-2021 met the Findings of Fact and voted 4-0 to approve the request with the following conditions and waivers:
1. Approval of the sign is subject to approval by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
2. Record a thoroughfare setback encroachment agreement for installation of a sign less than twenty-five (25) feet from the N University Street right-of-way.
3. Provide four (4) accessible parking spaces including required markings and signage.
4. Waiver to allow a freestanding sign of 45 square feet in size.
5. Waiver to allow a freestanding sign 18 feet in height.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for details.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting): None
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The Special Use will be amended to allow the freestanding sign as proposed.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The Special Use will not be amended. Proposed sign will not be allowed.
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. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development