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-3 (Single Family Residential) District for a Convent for the property located at 2311 W. WAGNER LANE (Parcel Identification Number 14-30-253-024), Peoria, Illinois.
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BACKGROUND:
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
The property is zoned R-3 (Single Family Residential) District, and is surrounded by the R-3 (Single Family Residential) District. The property is currently developed with a single family structure.
From 1990 - 2012, the properties were zoned R-3 (Single Family Residential) District. From 1963 - 1990, the properties were zoned R-1 (Low Density Residential) District; and not yet annexed to the City prior to 1963.
PROPOSED USE
The petitioner is requesting to establish a Special Use in the R-3 (Single Family) District for a Convent with six nuns. The nuns will live together as a family unit, with a common kitchen; and included within the home will be a chapel for use by the residents only.
In 1987, in Ordinance 11,622, a special exception was granted for a Convent in the then R-1 Residential District with the conditions that there be no exterior storage, and no more than ten sisters may reside at the house. For the past three years, the property was used as a single family residence; the special exception from 1987 is no longer valid.
SITE PLAN REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION
The Site Plan Review Board recommends approval of the request, with the condition that parking be limited to the two spaces provide in the garage.
PLANNING AND ZONNG COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6 to 0, with one abstention, to approve the request, with the condition that parking be limited to the two spaces provided in the garage.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CON...
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