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 and the Planning and Zoning Commission to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-4 (Single Family Residential) District for an ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY for the Property Located at 1021, 1027, 1029, and 1031 LINCOLN AVENUE (Parcel Index Numbers 18-08-462-025, -024, -023; and -022), Peoria, Illinois
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BACKGROUND:
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
The subject site contains four lots, totaling one-half acre. The street along Lincoln contains both single family structures and nonconforming, commercial.
The property is zoned R4 (Single Family Residential) District, and is surrounded by the R4 (Single Family Residential) District.
From 1990 - 2013, the properties were zoned R4 (Single Family Residential) District. The properties were rezoned to R1 (Low Density Residential) District in 1982; and from 1963 - 1982, the properties were zoned W-1 (Warehouse and Wholesale). From 1958 - 1963 the properties were zoned J (Industrial). From 1931 - 1958, all of the properties were zoned J (Light Industrial) District.
PROPOSED USE
This case replaces PZ Case No. 15-15, previously heard by the Commission. Case number PZ 15-15 did not advance to City Council; subsequent to the Commission vote, the City's Economic Development Department offered the vacant lot at 1021 Lincoln Avenue to the owner, to add to the project. The lot is located between the original project site and the alley the intersections with New Street and Lincoln Avenue.
As a result of receiving the additional parcel, the owner and applicant revised the proposed site plan to reflect the additional space. The additional parcel was not included in the original application; therefore, once it was added, the project no longer met notification requirements, and could not continue. For clarity and to meet legal requirement...
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