ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to ADOPT ORDINANCE A or the Recommendation of Staff to ADOPT ORDINANCE B, Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE, Ordinance No. 14,063, as Amended, for a Shopping Center in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District to Add a New Commercial Building, for the Property Commonly Known as JUNCTION CITY SHOPPING CENTER Located at 5901 N PROSPECT ROAD (Parcel Identification Numbers 14-16-452-038, -039, -040, -042, -043, -034, & -008), Peoria, IL. PZ 14-36. (District 3).
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Chuck Hollis of New Junction Ventures, LLC.
Current use: Junction City Shopping Center
Proposed use: Junction City Shopping Center with the addition of a new commercial building fronting Humboldt Avenue.
Present zoning: C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District.
Proposed zoning: No change
The property is
surrounded by: Surrounded by R-2 (Single-Family Residential) zoning to the north and east, and C-1 (General Commercial) zoning to the south and west.
Future land use
designation: Commercial
Acreage: Approximately 13.3 Acres
KEY ISSUES:
The petitioner is requesting to amend the existing Special Use to add a new commercial building, as described below:
1. Buildings & Yards
The proposed commercial building is located on the east side of the site, along the Humboldt frontage. The proposed building is approximately 11,880 square feet and is 29 feet in height.
The proposed building will be wood framed, with painted wood board and batten siding and painted wood lap siding, similar in design to the existing commercial buildings within the Shopping Center.
In the C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District, the Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum 20-foot setback from the front property line along Humboldt. The petitioner is proposing a setback o...
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