ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class I-1 (Industrial/Business Park) District for a MACHINE SHOP for the Property Identified as Parcel Identification No. 14-06-226-016 with an address of 8600 INDUSTRIAL RD, Peoria, IL. (Council District 5)
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BACKGROUND:
Proposal
Petitioner Steve Wessels of Alcast Company is requesting a Special Use for a machine shop in the existing 52,400 sq. ft. warehousing building as described below:
Buildings & Yards
The existing 52,400 sq. ft. building is in compliance with required building setback regulations for the front and rear yards. The petitioner is proposing a 35,300 sq. ft. future building addition, which is also in compliance with setback regulations.
Parking & Access
The site includes an existing building entrance and parking lot along the south fa?ade of the building. The petitioner intends to remove this entrance and parking lot and reclaim as a grass yard.
The site also includes an existing 3.3 acre parking lot located to the north of the building with access from Industrial Road and Pioneer Road. The petitioner is proposing to stripe a portion of the existing north parking lot with 25 parking spaces including 1 handicap accessible space and leave the remainder of the parking lot unused. The maximum parking regulation for manufacturing is one parking space per two employees plus one space per company vehicle. The petitioner states that there will be 20 employees and no company vehicles, therefore the maximum number of parking spaces allowed by right is 10. Staff recognizes that the parking lot was constructed with the original development of the property and is over-sized for the proposed use. Therefore an impact fee is not required for the 15 excess parking spaces.
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