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 a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-7 (Multi-Family Residential) District and a Class R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District, for an Assisted Living Facility, Ordinance No. 13,392, as amended, to Allow Building Additions and Grounds Improvements, with a Waiver, for the Property Located at 3415 NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD (Parcel Identification Nos. 14-29-428-002 & 14-29-428-004), Peoria, Illinois (Council District 2)
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BACKGROUND: The request is to:
1. Amend the existing Special Use for an assisted living facility, Ordinance 13,392, as amended, to allow building additions and grounds improvements; and
2. Grant a waiver to allow an increase in maximum allowable building height from 45’to 52’6”.
More information is provided in the attached memorandum to the Planning and Zoning Commission dated December 7, 2017.
On December 7, 2017, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7 - 0 to approved the request.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financials
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: Neighbors expressed concerns of construction traffic and related activity being disruptive to the neighborhood.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The site will add 12, 2 bedroom units plus 16 one bedroom units, in addition to the existing 20 townhomes and 125 apartments. Overall, a net loss of 16 units will occur due to remodeling and conversion of units. Thus if approved, along with 67 rooms in the nursing center, the site will add two buildings, and contain a total of 224 units.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The site will remain unchanged, with the exception of a previously approved construction project already in progress.
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
2. 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. Support sustainability.
3. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development