ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the PEORIA URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE DESIGNATING ORDINANCE to Add Units of Local Government and Amend Territory.
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BACKGROUND: In December 2014, the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Village of Peoria Heights and the City of West Peoria submitted a joint application for a multi-jurisdictional Enterprise Zone. The new Enterprise Zone, named the Peoria Urban Enterprise Zone, was approved and certified by the State of Illinois. The Peoria Urban Enterprise Zone became active on January 1, 2016.
Each of the four units of local government divided the allowable Enterprise Zone square miles according to the table below. Note that the chart below includes the addition of Junction City and Gateway at River City as approved by City Council on March 22, 2016.
Designating Government
Current
Square Miles
Maximum
Square Miles
Remaining
Square Miles
City of Peoria
5.61
10.00
4.39
County of Peoria
3.58
4.55
0.97
Peoria Heights
0.27
0.30
0.03
West Peoria
0.13
0.15
0.02
Total
9.58
15.00
5.42
Peoria County has requested to add three new units of local government to the Peoria Urban Enterprise Zone: Village of Bartonville, Village of Bellevue and the Village of Mapleton. Peoria County's 4.55 square mile cap will be reduced to provide square miles to the new units of government. The City of Peoria's 10 square miles will not be reduced. The chart below reflects the proposed split of the Peoria Urban Enterprise Zone's 15 square miles.
Designating
Government
Proposed Maximum Square Miles
City of Peoria
10.00
County of Peoria
3.36
Peoria Heights
0.30
West Peoria
0.15
Bartonville
0.95
Bellevue
0.12
Mapleton
0.12
The Amending Ordinance also corrects a few minor issues that were in the original Designating Ordinance:
* Currently, the Designating Ordinance states that the units of government shall waive building, zoning or permit fees in connection wi...
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