File #: 15-075    Version: 1 Name: ORDINANCE Amending OFFICIAL ZONING MAP - 3011 SW ADAMS STREET
Type: Action Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 2/12/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/10/2015 Final action: 3/10/2015
Title: 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 Amending the OFFICIAL ZONING MAP of the City of Peoria, to Rezone Property from a Class CG (General Commercial) District, to a Class I2 (Railroad/Industrial) District, Located at 3011 SW ADAMS STREET (Parcel Index No. 18-17-309020), Peoria, Illinois (District 1). Case No. PZ 15-2
Indexes: Goal 2 - Safe Peoria, Grow employers and jobs.
Attachments: 1. ORD NO 17,197 (15-075), 2. PZ 15-2 - COU Ordinance, 3. PZ Commission Minutes February 5
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 Amending the OFFICIAL ZONING MAP of the City of Peoria, to Rezone Property from a Class CG (General Commercial) District, to a Class I2 (Railroad/Industrial) District, Located at 3011 SW ADAMS STREET (Parcel Index No. 18-17-309020), Peoria, Illinois (District 1).  Case No. PZ 15-2
 
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BACKGROUND:  
Petitioner:  Olfield Allan, of Barney's Auto Service
 
Background and request: The subject property is one of the final towing companies under review as part of a project to review the Zoning status of existing tow companies and related eligibility to remain on the official Tow Rotation for the City of Peoria Police Department. This request is rezone the subject property from a Class CG to a Class I2.  
 
Property characteristics:  The property is zoned CG (General Commercial), and is surrounded by the R4 (Single Family Residential) District to the north, and the I-2 (Railroad/Industrial) District to the west, east, and south.  The property is developed with a towing and impound lot along with adjacent, I-2 property.  Property to the Northeast contains two other towing and impound lots.
 
In 1999, the property was rezoned from I-2 (Railroad/Warehouse Industrial) to C-1 (General Commercial); and a Special Use was granted to allow Car Sales.  From 1963 - 1990, the property was zoned W-1 (Warehouse) District.  From 1958 - 1963, the property was zoned J (Industrial).  From 1931 - 1958, the property was zoned J (Light Industrial).  
 
Staff comments:
1.      When evaluating whether a  Zoning Map amendment is appropriate, the Commission should consider the holdings from the La Salle National Bank V. City of Highland Park case offer factors to consider in determining whether a rezoning is appropriate:
§      Uses and zoning of nearby property
§      Diminution of property values
§      Promotion of public welfare
§      Gain-loss balance (does the current or proposed zoning deny reasonable economic use)
§      Suitability as zoned
§      Length of time property remains vacant
§      Community need
§      Care with which the community has undertaken its development land.
2.      The rezoning would revert the property to the I-2 zoning it contained through1999.Staff finds that the proposed I-2 (Railroad/Industrial) Warehouse district would be appropriate at the subject site, and is consistent with the existing, adjacent I-2 Zoning.
 
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTION:
The Planning and Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact requirements and VOTED 6 TO 0 TO APPROVE.
 
FINANCIAL IMPACT:  N/A
 
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (expressed at the Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting):  No stated.
      
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The property will be zoned I-2.
 
IMPACT IF DENIED:  The zoning classification of the subject property will be unchanged.  
 
ALTERNATIVES: None
 
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.      Grow employers and jobs.
 
DEPARTMENT: Community Development