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 Zoning Commission and Staff to Adopt an Ordinance rezoning Property from a Class O-1 (Arterial Office) District to a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District for the Property Located at 1310 - 1314 W. Forrest Hill Avenue (14-32-131-007), Peoria, Illinois. Case No. ZC 14-07. (Council District 2)
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Jack B. Teplitz of Jack B. Teplitz and Associates for Jeff Cohen and Karen Schiesel
Summary:
The subject property contains .36 acres of land and is currently developed with a multi-tenant office building. The property is zoned Class O-1 (Arterial Office) District and is surrounded by R-4 (Single-Family Residential) District to the west and south, C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) District to the east and C-1 (General Commercial) and C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District to the north.
The Comprehensive Plan Designation for the property is Office.
The petitioner is requesting to rezone the subject property from O-1 (Arterial Office) District to C-1 (General Commercial) District.
While the proposed request does not align with the Comprehensive Plan Designation of the property, the request to rezone the property to C-1 (General Commercial) District is not out of character with the surrounding area or the existing development on the property. Therefore Staff does not object to the request.
Please note that a Change of Use will be required for the convenience store and the barber shop uses, as no change of use was obtained at the time the spaces were occupied.
HISTORY
Date |
Zoning |
1931 to 1958 |
A (One Family) District for lot 104 of Acre View Subdivision and E (Commercial) District for lots 23 & 24 of Sunset Hills Subdivision. |
1958 to 1963 |
A (One Family) District for lot 104 of Acre View Subdivision and E (Commercial) District for lots 23 & 24 of Sunset Hills Subdivision. |
1963 to 1974 |
R-1 (Low Density Residential) District for lot 104 of Acre View Subdivision and C-1 (Commercial Residential) District for lots 23 & 24 of Sunset Hills Subdivision. |
1974 to 1990 |
P-1 (Parking) District for lot 104 of Acre View Subdivision and C-1 (Commercial Residential) District for lots 23 & 24 of Sunset Hills Subdivision. |
1990 to the present |
O-1 (Arterial Office) District |
ZONING COMMISSION CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION:
The Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact requirements and VOTED 5 TO 0 TO APPROVE.
STAFF CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION:
Staff's comments and recommendation are consistent with the recommendation from the Zoning Commission and can be found in the minutes of the Zoning Commission meeting.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (At the Zoning Commission Meeting): None
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The property will be rezoned to C-1 (General Commercial) District.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The property will remained zoned O-1 (Arterial Office) District.
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. Grow employers and jobs.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development