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 Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE for ELDERLY HOUSING in a Class R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District and a Class R-1 (Single-Family Residential) District from the Property Located at 6414 N MOUNT HAWLEY ROAD, Peoria, IL. Case No. ZC 14-03B (Council District 3).
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Joe Gilfillan of Cusack, Gilfillan, and O'Day, LLC for Bob Fredericks of Squire Development Co.
Current use: The property currently contains a vacant school building.
Proposed use: The petitioner is requesting to amend the existing Special Exemption with a Special Use for Elderly Housing. The proposal is for the existing building to be reused and is proposing a portico addition on the front of the building. The petitioner is proposing to have up to 30 residential units and 10 employees. The units will be primarily single-bedroom units. The site will be staffed 24 hours a day and will have up to 6 employees at one time, with an additional 4 employees on rotation.
Present zoning: R-3 (Single-Family Residential) and R-1 (Single-Family Residential) District.
Proposed zoning: No change
The property is
surrounded by: The subject parcel is surrounded by R-1 (Single-Family Residence) District to the south, R-2 (Single Family Residential) District to the west and north, and R-1 (Single-Family Residential) and R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District to the east.
Future land use
designation: Public/Semi-public and Low Density Residential.
Acreage: 5.67 acres
Density: Proposed use meets the density requirements of the R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District.
KEY ISSUES:
1) Building Setback
The existing building meets the required 25 foot setback in the R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District. A portico addition is ...
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