ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with Either the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission to APPROVE or the Recommendation from Staff to DENY a RESOLUTION Approving An ANNEXATION PETITION and ANNEXATION AGREEMENT Including a Preliminary Plat and to Rezone Property From a Class R-3 (Single Family Residential) District to a Class A-1 (Agricultural) District for the Property Located North of Parcel Identification No. 08-35-300-030, South of Parcel Identification No. 08-35-300-032, East of Orange Prairie Road, and Along the West Side of IL Route 91, Property Identified as Part of Parcel Identification No 08-35-300-028, with an Address of 9619 N IL ROUTE 91, PEORIA, IL. (District 5)
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BACKGROUND:
Proposal
The petitioner, Darlene Hoerr, owns a tract of land containing 6.69 acres which is currently developed with a single family residence situated at the west end of the parcel. The petitioner proposes to subdivide the land into two parcels each approximately 3.3 acres in size. The eastern parcel is proposed for annexation while the western parcel, with the residential structure, is not proposed for annexation and will remain in the County.
Since the parcels are less than 40 acres in size, a waiver from the City's Subdivision Ordinance for public sanitary sewer is required. Additionally, the proposed plat creates a "flag-shaped" parcel that also requires a waiver from the Subdivision Ordinance. To address these issues, the petitioner is proposing an annexation agreement for the eastern parcel only, with the following general terms:
1) Upon annexation, property shall be re-zoned to A-1 Agricultural;
2) Public sanitary sewer will be required upon future non-agricultural development of the property; and,
3) Approval of the attached plat creating two parcels.
The property is contiguous to the current City boundary and will be annexed immediat...
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