ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-6 (Multi-Family Residential) District for Additional Dwelling Units in an Accessory Structure, for the Property Located at 255 NE RANDOLPH AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 18-04-329-014), Peoria, Illinois.
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BACKGROUND: Petitioner Shane Sharp is requesting to add four dwelling units in an existing carriage house. The main house contains 9 dwelling units, which are lawful through the establishment of a continuous non-conforming use. The 9 dwelling units in the main house along with the proposed 4 dwelling units in the carriage house results in 13 dwelling units on the subject property.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 7 to 0 to APPROVE a Special Use to add four dwelling units in an existing carriage house with the following condition and waivers:
1) Obtain the necessary building permits and Historic Preservation Commission approval prior to commencing any interior or exterior work on the main house and carriage house.
2) Waiver to increase density from the district standard of 15.02 to 50 dwelling units per acre. Note the current density is 34.9 dwelling units per acre.
3) Waiver to reduce the number of required off-street parking spaces from 20 to 4.
4) Waiver to eliminate the requirement for a garbage dumpster enclosure as long as dumpster is placed behind the carriage house and accessible from the alley.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for detailed information regarding the requested special use.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: A neighbor and the president of the Randolph-Roanoke Neighborhood Association spoke in favor of the request noting the availability of on-street parking. Two neighbors spoke in opposition citing concerns for parking and density.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: Four dwelling units may be located in the existing carriage house building.
IMPACT IF DENIED: No additional dwelling units may be placed in the existing carriage house building.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Grow Peoria
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development