ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to APPROVE an ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A of the UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE of the City of Peoria Relating to WAIVERS as a Special Use in a Multi-Family Residential District for Additional Units in Accessory Structures Only.
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BACKGROUND:
Proposed Amendment
This proposed amendment is part one of a three part amendment regarding additional dwelling units and types in residential districts.
The proposed text amendments will come to the council in three parts, at three separate meetings, as follows:
1. Part One - Waiver as a special use for additional units in accessory structures in multi-family residential districts.
2. Part Two (at a later date to be determined) - All waivers as special uses in multi-family residential districts.
3. Part Three (at a later date to be determined) - Additional housing types, including accessory dwelling units, in R-4 (Single-family) Districts.
Following the discussion at Council on June 12th, all proposed changes in a single-family residential district have been removed from this current request. As requested by the City Council, the attached ordinance includes an amendment that waivers for additional units in accessory structures only, in multi-family residential districts, are subject to a special use.
The ordinance also includes a change related to parking, to reduce the parking requirement for multi-family uses from 2 parking spaces per unit to 1.5 parking spaces per unit.
The Planning and Zoning Commission VOTED 6 - 0 TO APPROVE to approve a larger request, which included the amendment outlined in the attached ordinance.
For additional background information, please refer to the Planning and Zoning Commission memo and minutes.
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