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 Staff, with No Recommendation from the Zoning Commission Due to a Tie Vote, to Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending an Existing SPECIAL EXCEPTION ORDINANCE No. 12,043 with a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-2 (Single-Family Residential) District for a Fair Grounds to Add Various Events and a Previously Constructed Parking Lot Expansion for the Property Identified as Parcel Identification No. 14-17-100-001 and Located at 1601 W. NORTHMOOR RD, PEORIA, IL. (Council District 4) Case No. 13-27B (REVISED COMMUNICATION)
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Rob Murphy of Expositions Gardens Corp.
Current use: Heart of Illinois (HOI) Fair and year-round indoor/outdoor activities and events
Proposed use: 1) The HOI Fair, and 2) Non-HOI fair events and activities conducted within the following manner:
a) Motorized events or activities with amplified sound must be conducted within buildings only.
b) Non-motorized and non-amplified activities conducted outside of buildings must be located within the interior area bound by the existing roadway system of the property.
Revised Proposed
Use: 1) The HOI Fair as conducted in past years.
2) Two (2) 1/4 scale Tractor events per year (each event is one weekend).
3) One (1) Outdoor Concert per year (must end no later than 10:00 PM).
4) No additional internal combustion motors or amplified events outside of enclosed buildings.
5) All non-internal combustion motors or amplified events must take place within the boundary of the interior road system, with the exception of:
a) A running event.
b) Parking in the area adjacent to Northmoor Road.
c) Use of the existing camp grounds for camping purposes.
6) Outdoor events are limited to typical fairgrounds related activities and are limited to between 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM.
7) No truck or car sales events are permitt...
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