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 Approving the Peace Brothers Motorcycle Rodeo Event to be Held on August 22, 2015, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Exposition Gardens, Located at 1601 W. NORTHMOOR ROAD (14-17-100-001), Peoria, IL (Council District 4).
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BACKGROUND:
Proposal, including Conditions
Exposition Gardens requests to host a Peace Brothers Event on Saturday, August 22, 2015, as described on the attached letter.
The subject property has been zoned single family residential since it was annexed to the City in 1986. In 1989, a Special Exception for a fair grounds was granted by City Council. On February 25, 2014, the City Council approved Special Use Ordinance 17,070 which the approved the following conditions:
1. The HOI Fair as conducted in the past years.
2. Two (2) ¼ scale tractor events per year (each event is one weekend) conducted within the boundary of the interior road system.
3. One (1) outdoor concert per year (must end no later than 10:00 pm) conducted within the boundary of the interior road system.
4. No additional internal combustion motors or amplified events outside of buildings without prior approval from City Council.
5. All non-internal combustion motors or amplified events must take place within the boundary of the interior road system, with the exception of:
a. Running events
b. Parking in the area adjacent to Northmoor Road
c. Use of the existing camp grounds for camping purposes.
6. Outdoor events are limited to typical fairgrounds related activities and must comply with all City Codes.
7. A berm must be constructed along the west property line adjacent to the camp grounds.
8. Landscaping for the front yard along Northmoor Road and the previously constructed parking lot expansion located in the southwest corner of the property must be planted, in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance, within three years.
9. Amplified or speaker systems for announcement purposes must be directed to the east or away from the immediate residential properties.
10. Waiver to allow parking on an unpaved surface.
11. Eliminate the Special Use application fee of $7500.
Pursuant to condition 4, Exposition Gardens previously obtained approval from City Council to host the Peace Brothers Motorcycle Rodeo event on August 23, 2014.
As of June 23, 2015, condition #7 was satisfied with a fence approved by the Zoning Administrator.
Existing Conditions
The subject property contains approximately 78 acres of land and is developed as the Exposition Gardens Fairgrounds. The property is zoned R-2 (Single Family Residential) District and surrounded by R-2 (Single Family Residential) zoning to the north and east, and R-3 (Single Family Residential) zoning to the south and west.
Analysis and Recommendations
The Site Plan Review Board recommends APPROVAL of the request, subject to adherence to the conditions listed above.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS:
IMPACT IF APPROVED: Exposition Gardens will host a Peace Brothers Event on Saturday, August 22, 2015, as described on the attached letter.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The event will not be permitted to occur.
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. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development