ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff for the Following:
A. Approve a RESOLUTION Amending the Official COMPREHENSIVE PLAN for the City of Peoria to Change the Future Land Use Designation of Property Currently Designated High Density Residential to Office;
B. Adopt an ORDINANCE Rezoning Certain Property from a Class R-7 (Multi-Family Residential) District to a Class O-2 (Exclusive Office Park) District for the Property Identified as Parcel Identification No. 14-07-201-010, with an Address of 7722 N. ALLEN ROAD, Peoria, IL (DISTRICT 5)
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Gene Muehring of Church of Christ Northwest
Current use: Church of Christ Northwest
Proposed use: No Change
Present zoning: Class R-7 Multi-Family Residential
Proposed zoning: Class O-2 Exclusive Office Park
The property is
surrounded by: North: Class C-1 General Commercial
South: Class O-2 Exclusive Office Park
East: Class C-2 Large Scale Commercial
West: Class R-3 Single Family Residential
Future land use
designation: High Density Residential
Public facilities: The site is served with public sewer and public water
Acreage: 4.95 acres
Density: NA
KEY ISSUES: There are no significant issues with this request. A church is a permitted use in the O-2 Exclusive Office Park zoning district.
ZONING COMMISSION ACTION:
The Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact requirements and VOTED 7 TO 0 TO APPROVE.
PAST ACTIONS:
The property was annexed to the City of Peoria in 1965 and zoned R-2 Medium Density Residential. The church was constructed in the mid-1980's. In 1990 the zoning classification was changed to Class R-7 Multi-Family Residential with the adoption of the current Zoning Ordinance and map.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: NA
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: None
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan will be amended to Office and the property will be rezoned to O-2 Exclusive Office Park.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan will not be amended to Office and the property will remain Class R-7 Multi-Family Residential.
ALTERNATIVES: NA
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: NA
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. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development