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 and Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving the Peace Brothers Motorcycle Rodeo Event to be Held on August 22, 2015, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Exposition Gardens, Located at 1601 W. NORTHMOOR ROAD (14-17-100-001), Peoria, IL (Council District 4).
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BACKGROUND:
Proposal, including Conditions
Exposition Gardens requests to host a Peace Brothers Event on Saturday, August 22, 2015, as described on the attached letter.
The subject property has been zoned single family residential since it was annexed to the City in 1986. In 1989, a Special Exception for a fair grounds was granted by City Council. On February 25, 2014, the City Council approved Special Use Ordinance 17,070 which the approved the following conditions:
1. The HOI Fair as conducted in the past years.
2. Two (2) 1/4 scale tractor events per year (each event is one weekend) conducted within the boundary of the interior road system.
3. One (1) outdoor concert per year (must end no later than 10:00 pm) conducted within the boundary of the interior road system.
4. No additional internal combustion motors or amplified events outside of buildings without prior approval from City Council.
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. Running events
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 must comply with all City Codes.
7. A berm must be constructed along the west property line adjacent to the camp grounds.
8. Landscaping for the front yard along Northmoor Road and the previously constructed parking lot expansion located in the southwest corner of th...
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