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 for the Following:
A. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a Preliminary Plat with a Waiver from UDC Subdivision Requirements Section 2.13.13.b.6. Regarding Access to Street Frontage, for the Property Located at 1322 and 1400 NE JEFFERSON AVENUE (Parcel Identification Nos. 18-03-401-003 and part of 18-03-401-002), Peoria, Illinois (Council District 1); and,
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a Rezoning Property from a Class R-4 (Single Family) District to a Class P-1 (Parking) District for the Property Located at 1322 and 1400 NE JEFFERSON AVENUE (Parcel Identification Nos. 18-03-401-003 and part of 18-03-401-002), Peoria, Illinois. (Council District 1)
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BACKGROUND: The petitioner is requesting a waiver from UDC Subdivision Requirements Section 2.13.13.b.6. regarding access to street frontage. This would allow subdivision of a 0.080 portion of the subject property to be accessed from the alley, away from Jefferson. The rest would maintain the existing residential zoning along Jefferson. (ORDINANCE A)
The petitioner is also is requesting to rezone property from a Class R-4 (Single Family) District to a Class P-1 (Parking) District. This parking will serve the property immediately southeast, across the alley. (ORIDNANCE B)
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: Prior to the hearing, an email of support was submitted by a neighbor on the same block frontage along Jefferson. This letter was included with the record during the hearing.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The property will be rezoned, property along Jefferson will remain available for single family use, and a parking lot will be permitted and accessed from the alley.
IMPACT IF DENIED: No change.
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. 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