ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE, in a Class R-6 (Multi-Family Residential) District, for a SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS for the Property Identified as Parcel Identification No. 18-03-310-015, with an address of 919 NE JEFFERSON AVE, Peoria IL. (Council District 1)
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BACKGROUND: Petitioner Marsha Romain is requesting a Special Use for a School for the Arts to utilize the individual rooms within the former Greeley School building as art studios.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 5 to 0 to APPROVE.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for detailed information regarding the requested special use.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting): Several citizens spoke in support of the proposed use noting how it will bring more people back to the neighborhood. Two citizens spoke in opposition with concerns that the proposed use will negatively impact the Human Service Center located across the street.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: A Special Use for a School for the Arts will be granted allowing the building to be used for art studios. The currently vacant building will be occupied and become a positive feature for the neighborhood.
IMPACT IF DENIED: A special use for a School for the Arts will not be granted and the property will remain vacant until a permitted use or another special use is proposed.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL'S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Grow Peoria
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Grow employers and jobs.
2. Reinv...
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