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 & Zoning Commission and Staff to DENY an ORDINANCE Amending APPENDIX B, the Zoning Ordinance, of the Code of the City of Peoria by Changing the Zoning of Certain Property from the Present Class R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District to a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District for the Property Located at 3523 N KNOXVILLE AVENUE (Parcel Identification No.14-28-331-009), Peoria, Illinois. Case No. PZ 14-47 (Council District 2).
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Peggy Pendell
Current Use: The property is currently vacant land
Present zoning: R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District
Proposed zoning: C-1 (General Commercial) District.
The property is surrounded by: R3 (Single Family Residential) District to the north, west, and south, and R-2 (Single-Family Residential) District to the east.
Future land use designation: The future land use designation is low density residential.
Acreage: Approximately .45 acres.
History:
Date
Zoning
1931 to 1958
A (One Family Dwelling) District
1958 to 1963
A (One Family) District
1963 to 1990
R-1 (Low Density Residential) District
1990 to the present
R-3 (Single Family Residential) District
STAFF COMMENTS:
Staff recommends DENIAL of the request to rezone the subject property to Class C-1 (General Commercial) District. This property is surrounded by residential zoning. Rezoning the subject property will result in "spot zoning" creating a conflict with the Comprehensive Plan and the surrounding residentially zoned properties.
Suggested factors to weigh when considering the appropriateness of a rezoning case are those that resulted from LaSalle National Bank of Chicago V. Cook County:
1. Existing uses of and zoning of nearby property: The property is entirely surrounded by properties zoned single-family residential with sin...
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