ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class I-3 (General Industrial) District for a JUNK YARD and AUTO GRAVEYARD, with a TOWING AND IMPOUND LOT, for the Property Identified as 2226 W. CLARK STREET (18-19-401-001 AND 18-19-401-004), Located within Peoria, IL (District 1)
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BACKGROUND:
Proposal, including Waivers and Conditions
The petitioner requests to establish a Special Use that will allow an existing auto grave yard to lawfully exist on the current site, along with the other, existing uses, which include a towing and impound lot; incidental, related, auto sales; and an auto grave yard. The subject property is part of a current project in which the City is working with existing companies that are on the City's towing rotation list, to bring them into compliance with both the Land Development Code, and the City's Towing Ordinance.
The following waivers allow for compliance with LDC Section 4.3.7.C.2. Performance Standards, Screening, which requires solid screening on all lot lines:
LDC Section 8.4.4.B.3. General Outdoor Storage, which requires a solid screening, eight feet in height, a minimum 15 feet from the right of way.
LDC Section 8.2.6. Landscaping and screening, front yard landscaping.
An additional waiver is requested for existing conditions:
LDC Section 4.3.7.C.2. Screening is required on all lot lines; a waiver of this requirement is requested for the side and rear; and to allow the existing location in the front.
The following conditions are recommended:
1. All parking and access drives for the impound and auto sales lot must be paved, including the access drive from Clark Street.
2. Add 20-30 feet of gravel after the concrete approach to the junk yard and auto grave yard.
3. Obtain all required per...
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