ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to ADOPT Either ORDINANCE A, a Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission, Or ORDINANCE B, a Recommendation from the Development Review Board, Both of Which Amend the OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN for UNITYPOINT HEALTH PROCTOR HOSPITAL, Ordinance No. 13,154, as Amended, to Add a Building on the Property Located at 5431 N. KNOXVILLE AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 14-21-131-001) and to Add the Property Located at 314 W. BELCREST DRIVE (Parcel Identification No. 14-21-126-014) to the Boundary of the Official Development Plan, in a Class N-1 (Institutional) District, for the Property Located at 5404 and 5410 N. SHERIDAN ROAD and 5215, 5405, 5409, and 5431 N. KNOXVILLE AVENUE, 314 W. BELCREST DRIVE, and 500, 503, and 600 W. HIDDEN LANE (Parcel Identification Nos. 14-21-101-002, 14-21-101-003, 14-21-101-004, 14-21-101-019, 14-21-101-023, 14-21-101-024, 14-21-101- 026, 14-21-101-027, 14-21-103-014, 14-21-126-014, 14-21-129-002, 14-21-129-003, 14-21-130-001, 14-21-130-002, 14-21-130-003, 14-21-130-004, 14-21-130-005, 14-21-130-006, 14-21-130-007, 14-21-130-008, and 14-21-131-001), Peoria, Illinois. (Council District 3) PZ 16-45
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner is requesting to amend the Official Development Plan to add a 30, 094 square foot building on the parcel addressed as 5431 N Knoxville Avenue (Parcel Identification No. 14-21-131-001) and to add the property containing the Proctor Professional Building, located at 314 W Belcrest Drive (Parcel Identification No. 14-21-126-014), to the boundary of the Official
Development Plan. Please note that apart from the proposed building and parking area at Knoxville Avenue and Belcrest, the ODP area will remain unchanged.
The Planning and Zoning Commission VOTED 5 - 0 TO APPROVE the request, with all waivers and conditions; however, the Commission modified condition 14 to require a sidewalk along the property frontage on Belcrest Drive and removed the requirement for sidewalk along Knoxville Avenue (Ordinance A attached).
The Development Review Board (DRB) initially requested that sidewalk be provided along the property frontage on Knoxville Avenue in compliance with the City Council adopted Complete Streets Policy. Sidewalk was strongly encouraged along the property frontage on Belcrest Drive.
Following a meeting with the representatives from UnityPoint and Farnsworth, the petitioner agreed to provide a copy of the construction easement between Unity Point and the Park District for landscaping work between the two properties, and a copy of the Park District board meeting minutes where the alternative landscaping plan was approved. The DRB recommendation was then modified to include the following conditions (Ordinance B attached):
v Sidewalk is required along the property frontage on Knoxville Avenue and for the subject parcel frontage on Belcrest (to be installed on the south side of Belcrest Drive) and must be installed at such time that sidewalks are required or installed on neighboring properties.
v A crosswalk is required, extending across Belcrest from the new building and connecting to the existing sidewalk on the south side of Belcrest Drive.
v A sidewalk/multi-use path, which connects from Proctor to the Park District trails, is required, as shown on the alternative landscape plan.
v UnityPoint must install landscaping on northern edge of the subject parcel and on the southern boundary of the Park District property to the north, per the proposed alternative landscape design, which meets the screening intent of a transitional buffer yard.
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 meeting
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The Official Development Plan will be amended for the addition of a new building with waivers.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The Official Development Plan would not be amended.
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