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 to ADOPT an ORDINANCE, Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE, Ordinance No. 14,063, as Amended, for a Shopping Center in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District, to Add Property to the Boundary of the Special Use and Rezone it from C-1 (General Commercial) District to C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District (Parcel Identification No. 14-16-452-009), and Add a New Building to the Shopping Center (Parcel Identification No. 14-16-452-043), for the Property Commonly Known as JUNCTION CITY SHOPPING CENTER Located at 5901 N. PROSPECT ROAD (Parcel Identification Nos. 14-16-452-008, -009, -034, -038, -039, -040, -042, & -043), Peoria, Illinois. (PZ 16-14.) (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND: The petitioner is requesting to amend the existing Special Use to rezone parcel 14-16-452-009 to C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District and add it to the Special Use boundary, and add a new 7,250 square foot commercial building on Parcel 14-16-452-043. The tenants and exact floor plan are not finalized. The renderings provided are conceptual. The petitioner would like to be able to adjust floor plans, doors, building outlines, etc. to meet the needs of tenants.
The Planning and Zoning Commission VOTED 6 - 0 TO APPROVE the request.
For additional background information, please refer to the Staff memorandum to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: Roger Sparks, an interested citizen, expressed concern for the noncompliant dumpsters and mechanical units. Mr. Sparks’s main concern was pedestrian and handicap accessibility within the Junction City shopping center.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: Parcel 14-16-452-009 will be rezoned to C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District and added to the Special Use boundary, and a new 7,250 square foot commercial building will be built on Parcel 14-16-452-043.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The special use will not be amended, and remain unchanged from the previous amendment.
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. Attractive Neighborhoods with Character: Safe and Livable
2. Grow Peoria: Businesses, Jobs, and Population
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
2. Grow employers and jobs.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development