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 Site Plan Review Board to Adopt an ORDINANCE Reducing the 100 Foot CENTERLINE SETBACK REQUIREMENT Along Prospect Road for the Property Located at 717 E. BITTERSWEET LANE, Peoria, Illinois (PIN 14-22-101-013). (Council District 3).
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BACKGROUND:
The property owner has recently purchased the property located at 717 E Bittersweet Lane and proposes to demolish the existing home and build a new 4,000 square foot house. Appendix B, Article 3.1.f.(11). requires owners of property along primary thoroughfares to agree to remove any structure, placed within 100 feet of the thoroughfare centerline, at his/her expense and to hold the City of Peoria harmless from any expense or liability arising out of the removal or relocation of the structure, if the full setback requirement or a portion thereof, is needed for public improvement. Upon proper petition by the owner of property affected by the above requirements, the City Council, by majority vote, upon recommendation of the Site Plan Review Board and appropriate state or county officials, may waive the signing of the above statement.
A lesser setback than the required 100 foot centerline setback has already been established in the immediate area. The property owner is requesting a 43 foot 2 inch reduction, to allow the building to be placed 56 feet 10 inches from the centerline of Prospect Road, at the closest point. The property owner indicates that the irregular shape of the parcel creates a hardship for the meeting the 100 foot centerline setback requirement. This results in a setback of 20 feet 2 inches from the front property line, at the closest point. The setback requirement in the R-3 (Single-Family) District, of which the property is zoned, is 25 feet. As a result a minor variance is required and has been requested, which is currently in ...
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