ACTION REQUESTED:
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REPLACEMENT 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 Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE Ordinance No. 17,014, in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District for a Shopping Center to Add a Building and Revise the Site Plan for the Property Identified as Parcel Identification Numbers 09-32-126-008 (10128 N Eva Ln), 09-32-126-009 (10104 N Eva Ln), 09-32-126-013 (10117 N Knoxville Ave), 09-32-126-017, 09-32-126-020, 09-32-126-021, and 09-32-126-022 with a Temporary Address of 10023 N. KNOXVILLE AVE, PEORIA, IL (Council District 5)
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BACKGROUND:
The Petitioner has submitted a revised site plan which includes:
* Five-foot wide sidewalk along Richmar Road and Eva Lane to provide pedestrian connectivity.
* Designated sidewalk pathways within the shopping center to provide connectivity between buildings and parking areas.
* Six-foot tall privacy fencing along the north property line adjacent to Building #7 and the west property line adjacent to Building #4 and #5 to provide screening for the adjacent residential properties from the parking lot and refuse area.
* Additional landscaping for the parking area along Knoxville Avenue and transitional buffer yards.
Note, portions of Richmar Road have been and continue to be part of an intergovernmental agreement and jurisdictional transfer involving IL Dept of Transportation, City of Peoria, Medina Township, and the Petitioner. This will be addressed through a separate approval process. Approval of the Special Use site plan does not preclude future actions concerning jurisdictional transfer of this right-of-way.
The attached ordinance has been re-drafted pursuant to the revised site plan.
In 2013, an annexation agreement was approved to annex the subject property to the City of Peoria. At the same time, a Special Use for a...
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