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 APPROVE a RESOLUTION Amending an ANNEXATION AGREEMENT for the Property with an Address of W GRANGE HALL RD (Parcel Identification No. 08-35-100-038), Peoria, Illinois.
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BACKGROUND: In 2017, the subject property was annexed to the City of Peoria along with a Special Use for Outdoor Recreation which included the following attractions: Miniature Golf, Batting Cages, Go-Kart and Dune Buggy Tracks, Bumper Boats, and a Playground.
The annexation agreement requires non-agricultural development of the property to connect to public sanitary sewer.
Petitioner Mark Larson is requesting to amend the annexation agreement to allow for a septic system until such time as a public sanitary sewer line has been extended to his property line. Allowing a septic system is a waiver of the public sanitary sewer connection required by Subdivision Section 2.13.11 Utilities of the Unified Development Code and Chapter 31-32 Private Means of Disposal of the City Code.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 3 to 0, with 1 abstention, to APPROVE the request with the following conditions:
1) Septic system is allowed until a public sanitary sewer line becomes available to any adjacent parcel. At such time the septic system must be replaced with public sanitary sewer within 12 months.
Note that the recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff is to allow the septic system until a public sanitary sewer becomes available to any adjacent parcel. Mr. Larson is requesting the septic system until the public sanitary sewer line is extended to his property.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for detailed information.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting): A nearby property owner expressed opposition to the request for a septic system stating that nothing has changed since the original annexation agreement was approved. Such waiver should have been requested at that time.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The annexation agreement will be amended to allow for the construction of a septic system in place of connection to the public sanitary sewer system.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The annexation agreement will not be amended. Connection to the public sanitary sewer system will be required upon development of the property.
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. Grow employers and jobs.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development