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 for the Following:
A. ADOPT an ORDINANCE REZONING Certain Property from a Present Class R-1 (Single Family Residential) District to a Class R-4 (Single Family Residential) District, for the Property Located at 824 WEST MOSS AVENUE (Parcel Identification Nos. 18-08-226-030 and 18-08-226-024), Peoria, Illinois;
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-4 (Single Family Residential) District to Build Townhomes, for the Property Located at 824 WEST MOSS AVENUE (Parcel Identification Nos. 18-08-226-030 and 18-08-226-024), Peoria, Illinois. (Council District 2)
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BACKGROUND: The request is to: 1) Rezone property from a Class R-1 (Single Family Residential) District to a Class R-4 (Single Family Residential) District; and 2) Obtain a Special Use to build townhomes (more information is provided in the attached memorandum to the Planning and Zoning Commission dated October 5, 2017).
On October 5, 2017, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6 - 0 to approve the request as presented. The Special Use request was forwarded to the City Council for a vote on October 24, 2017, at which time it was deferred until December 12, 2017. The deferral allowed the petitioner time to separately pursue a right-of-way vacation that would impact the proposed site plan and layout. The vacation item is also scheduled to be heard by the City Council on December 12. The revisions include the increased lot size that will result from the right-of-way vacation, one additional unit, and carports not originally proposed. The revised plans were included with the attached, proposed Ordinance.
As the property is located within a local historic district, a Certificate of Appropriateness was granted by the Historic Preservation Commission. Changes require a revised Certificate of Appropriateness.
The approvals involved with this request, and discussed above, are outlined in the following table:
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REQUEST |
REQUIRED COMMISSION |
DATE APPROVED |
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Certification of Appropriateness |
Historic Preservation Commission |
September 27, 2017 Date for approval of proposed revisions is not yet set (includes additional unit and carports). |
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Rezoning and Special Use |
Planning and Zoning Commission City Council for final approval |
October 5, 2017 Scheduled for December 12, 2017 (deferral from October 24, 2017) |
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Right-of-way Vacation |
City Council |
Scheduled for December 12, 2017 |
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: N/A
IMPACT IF APPROVED: A new, townhome development will be construction on a site that for years has presented as an opportunity for residential, infill development.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The property will remain undeveloped.
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. Support sustainability.
2. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development