ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with either the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission to ADOPT ORDINANCE A or the Recommendation from Staff to ADOPT ORDINANCE B both Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE Ordinance No. 13,932, as Amended, in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District to Add a WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWER FACILITY for the Property Commonly Known as the SHOPPES AT GRAND PRAIRIE and Located at 5201 W. WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE. The Proposed Wireless Communication Tower is Located on the Property Identified as Parcel Identification No. 13-11-126-013 Which is Situated Immediately North of the Property Located at 5121 W. AMERICAN PRAIRIE DRIVE, Peoria, IL (Council District 5)
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BACKGROUND: Petitioner Kathleen Groark of Insite, Inc. and Verizon Wireless is proposing a 180-foot cell tower and communication facility on a 0.45 acre parcel within the Shoppes at Grand Prairie Shopping Center.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact requirements and VOTED 3 TO 2 TO APPROVE Ordinance A. Staff recommends approval of Ordinance B which includes the requirement to utilize a stealth design of the tower to reduce visual impact and improve the aesthetic compatibility with the surrounding commercial properties. Staff recognizes that a stealth design may reduce the coverage area and capacity for additional co-location carriers.
The following table lists the conditions and waiver included in Ordinance A and Ordinance B:
Conditions and Waivers
Planning & Zoning Commission Ordinance A
Staff
Ordinance B
Provide stealth design to reduce visual impact
No
Yes
Provide signage in compliance with Zoning Ordinance
Yes
Yes
Equipment must be screened by fence and landscaping
Yes
Yes
Transformer located outside of fence area must be screened
Yes
Yes
Add second row of staggered landscape tree to provide required screening
Yes
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