ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Director of Community Development with a Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE AMENDING an Existing Special Use for a RETIREMENT AND NURSING HOME, Ordinance NO. 13,392, as Amended, in a Class R-7 (Multi-Family Residential) District and a Class R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District, to Allow for BUILDING EXPANSIONS to Existing Townhouses, Nursing Center, Dining Area, and Independent Living Area, and PARKING LOT MODIFICATIONS, for the Property Located at 3415 N. SHERIDAN ROAD (Parcel Identification Nos. 14-29-428-002 & 14-29-428-004), Peoria, Illinois. PZ 14-42. (District 2).
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Charles L. Fischer of Architectural Research & Design, P.C. for Christian Buehler Memorial Home
Current use: The property is currently developed with a retirement and nursing home.
Proposed use: The property will continue to be developed with a retirement and nursing home, with the following building and site modifications:
* The petitioner is requesting to amend the existing Special Use for a 550 square foot dining expansion to the nursing center, a 20,490 square foot independent living facility addition), a reconfiguration of the parking areas, and a future nursing center expansion. The property contains 20 townhouse units. As part of the March 2014 amendment, approval was granted for building additions to 5 of the existing townhouses (a total of 2,000 square feet of additional space). Since that approval 2 of the 5 additions have been completed and 3 are planned for the future. Note that a 12,600 square foot addition to the independent living facility was approved in 2014; however, at this time a 3rd story is proposed, resulting in a total addition of 20,490 square feet. The proposed reconfiguration of the parking area provides 202 parking spaces and allows for correction to existing deficiencies in parking space size and acce...
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