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 Rezoning Property from a Class R-1 (Single-Family Residential) District to a P-1 (Parking) District for the Property Located at 5005 N Sherwood Avenue (Parcel Identification Number 14-20-251-021), Peoria, IL (Council District 3).  
PZ 15-47.
 
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BACKGROUND:  
 
Petitioner: Paul Sherman
 
Current Use: The property is currently developed with a single-family dwelling. 
 
Present zoning: R-1 (Single-Family Residential) District  
 
Proposed zoning: P-1 (Parking) District.
 
The property is surrounded by: C-1 (General Commercial) District to the south and west and R-1 (Single-family Residential) District to the north and east.  
 
Future land use designation: The future land use designation for the property is low-density residential.
 
Acreage: Approximately .52 acres.
 
History:
 
| Date | Zoning | 
| 1963 to 1990 | R-1 (Low Density Residential) District | 
| 1990 to Present | R-1 (Single Family Residential) District | 
 
STAFF COMMENTS: 
While the proposed request does not align with the Comprehensive Plan Designation of the property, the current request to rezone the property to P-1 (Parking) District would provide a transition from the more intensive commercial zoning to south to the less intensive residential zoning to the north and therefore staff does not object.  A zoning of P-1 would also limit the use of the property to parking and, as a result, restrict more intensive uses.     
 
ZONING COMMISSION ACTION: 
The Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact requirements and VOTED 6 to 0 to APPROVE.
 
FINANCIAL IMPACT:  N/A
 
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS:  None expressed at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
                     
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The property will be rezoned to P-1 (Parking) District. 
 
IMPACT IF DENIED:  The property will not be rezoned to P-1 (Parking) District.  
 
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