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 Planning and Zoning Commission to ADOPT an ORDINANCE, Approving a SPECIAL USE for ELDERLY HOUSING, with Waivers, in a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District, for the Property Located at 5712-5720 NORTH KNOXVILLE AVENUE (Parcel Identification Numbers 14-16-451-014 &-14-16-451-016), Peoria, Illinois. (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Chuck Hollis of Criterion Development, LLC
Current use: Vacant commercial building and parking lot
Proposed use: Elderly Housing
Present zoning: C-1 (General Commercial) District.
Proposed zoning: No change. Please note that when this case went to the Planning and Zoning Commission in March, the case also included a request to rezone to R-1 (Single-Family Residential) District; however, since that time the Zoning Ordinance was amended to allow elderly housing as a Special Use in the C-1 (General Commercial) District and the applicant has therefore withdrawn the request to rezone, as the use is now permitted as a Special Use in the current zoning district.
The property is
surrounded by: Surrounded by C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District to the north, C-1 (General Commercial) District to the east, R-1 (Single-Family Residential) to the south, and R-2 (Single-Family Residential) District to the west.
Future land use
designation: Commercial
Acreage: Approximately 2.15 Acres
KEY ISSUES:
The petitioner is requesting to obtain a Special Use for elderly housing and construct a new elderly housing development, as described below:
1. Buildings & Yards
The proposed 4 story building is approximately 66,080 square feet (16,510 square feet per floor) and is 73 feet in height. The building will have 90 units and 25 employees' onsite. The proposed building will be wood frame with stone on the lower portion of the facade, a...
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