ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Director of Community Development with a Recommendation to Approve Either the Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to APPROVE or the Recommendation from Staff to DENY an ORDINANCE Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE Ordinance No 15,185 for a Shopping Center, in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District to Approve Landscape Plantings only on the Southside of the Property as an Alternative Dumpster Enclosure Screen for the Property Identified as Parcel Identification No. 14-08-226-025 with an Address of 7815 N KNOXVILLE AVENUE, Peoria, IL (District 5)
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Julie Waldschmidt
Current use: Mt Hawley Shopping Center with unscreened garbage dumpsters.
Proposed use: Mt Hawley Shopping Center utilizing landscape plantings to screen garbage dumpsters located along the south property line.
Present zoning: Class C-2 Large Scale Commercial
Proposed zoning: No change
The property is
surrounded by: North: Class C-2 Large Scale Commercial
South: Class C-1 General Commercial
East: Class R-1 Single Family Residential
West: Class C-2 Large Scale Commercial
Future land use
designation: Commercial
Public facilities: The site is served with public sewer and public water
Acreage: 3.25 acres
BACKGROUND:
In 2001, the property was rezoned from C-1 General Commercial to C-2 Large Scale Commercial and approved as a Special Use for a Shopping Center. The shopping center is approximately 39,000 sq. ft. in size with leasable units for 20 tenants. Current tenants are comprised of offices, retail, and restaurants.
In March of this year, a complaint was submitted to the Community Development Department regarding unscreened dumpsters located along the south property line of the shopping center. Inspection of the area found litter, debris, and food waste outside of the garbage dumpsters. Review of the approve...
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