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 and Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Rezoning Property from a Class P-R (Prospect Road) Form District to a Class C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) District, and Removing Property from the PROSPECT ROAD FORM DISTRICT REGULATING PLAN, for the Property Located at 3618 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, 3612 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, 1312 EAST WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE, and 1320 EAST WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE (Parcel Identification Nos. 14-27-401-001, 14-27-401-002, 14-27-401-003, 14-27-401-004, 14-27-401-005, & 14-27-401-006), Peoria, Illinois. (Council District 3) PZ 17-42
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BACKGROUND: The City is requesting to rezone property from a Class P-R (Prospect Road Form) District to a Class C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) District.
The Form Districts are intended to promote traditional urban form and a lively mix of uses. These districts are intended to allow for shopfronts, sidewalk cafes, and other commercial uses at the street level, with wide sidewalks and canopy shade trees, overlooked by upper story residences and offices. The Prospect Road Form District anticipates infrastructure changes to become more pedestrian oriented; however, the properties located along War Memorial, a primary thoroughfare, have developed in a manner consistent with an automobile gateway and would be better suited as commercial zoning. The subject properties are located within the Heart of Peoria area and therefore only C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) and C-G (General
Commercial) zoning are permitted.
The Planning and Zoning Commission VOTED 7 - 0 TO APPROVE the request.
For additional background information, please refer to the Staff memorandum to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: None expressed at the Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The property will be rezoned to C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) and removed from the Prospect Road Form District regulating plan.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The property will not be rezoned.
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