ACTION REQUESTED:  
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE, Ordinance Number 17,081, as Amended, for Assisted Living, with the Construction of a New Building in Class R-3 and R- 1 (Single-Family Residential) Districts for the Property Located at 6414 N. MOUNT HAWLEY ROAD (Parcel Identification Numbers 14-16-129-014 & 14-16-177-001), Peoria, Illinois.  (Council District 3)  PZ 16-43
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BACKGROUND:  
A Special Use was granted in 2014 for assisted living (elderly housing) within the existing building (former school). In March of 2016, the special use was amended to obtain a waiver from the front yard setback to add additional parking, to obtain a waiver from the retaining wall requirements to increase the height beyond the allowed 3 feet, to extend the time to establish the Special Use, as it expired in March of 2016, and to allow a deck addition on the back of the property and a stairway addition on the south side of the building.
The petitioner is now requesting to amend the existing Special Use for assisted living to demolish the existing building and build a new, 18,125 square foot, 1-story building, per the attached site plans and elevations.  
The Planning and Zoning Commission VOTED 5 - 0 TO APPROVE the request.
For additional background information, please refer to the Staff memorandum to the Planning and Zoning Commission.  
FINANCIAL IMPACT:  N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS:  None expressed at the meeting. 	
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The Special Use will be amended for a new building to be developed with assisted living.  
IMPACT IF DENIED:  The Special Use will not be amended.  
ALTERNATIVES:  N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A    
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