City of Peoria - File #: 15-344

• File #: 15-344
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/5/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/27/2015
• Final action: 10/27/2015
• Title: 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. 13,932, as amended, in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District, to Add a Freestanding Sign for the Property Commonly Known as THE SHOPPES AT GRAND PRAIRIE Located at 5201 W. WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE, Peoria, IL. (Council District 5)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2015	1	City Council	adopted	Pass

ACTION REQUESTED:
Title
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. 13,932, as amended, in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District, to Add a Freestanding Sign for the Property Commonly Known as THE SHOPPES AT GRAND PRAIRIE Located at 5201 W. WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE, Peoria, IL. (Council District 5)

Body
BACKGROUND:

Proposal
Petitioner Greg Slowiak for Institutional Mall Investors, LLC is requesting to amend the existing Special Use to add a 38-foot tall, 474 sq. ft. in size, multi-tenant freestanding sign to the Shoppes at Grand Prairie area. The sign is designed with painted aluminum pillars and a stone-like material at the base. The sign also includes an electronic multiple message board.

Requested Waivers
1) Increase the size of a freestanding sign from 70 sq. ft. to 474 sq. ft.
2) Increase the height of a freestanding sign from 25 feet to 38 feet.

Current Development
The subject property contains approximately 55 acres of land and is currently developed as the Shoppes at Grand Prairie mall. The property is zoned Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) and is surrounded by Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) zoning to the north, south, east, and west.

The original Special Use for the shopping center was approved in 1995. Since 1995, amendments to the Special Use have been approved to allow for expansions to the shopping center, signage plans, and other site plan revisions.

Previous amendments to the special use included the adoption of Local Sign Regulations for two sections of the shopping center: Grand Prairie Plaza and the Shoppes at Grand Prairie. The Grand Prairie Plaza area is bound by Grand Prairie Drive, War Memorial Drive, and Orange Prairie Road. The Shoppes at Grand Prairie area is bound by IL Route 91, War Memorial Driv...