ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE, Ordinance Number 16,406, as amended, in a Class R-3 (Single-family Residential) District for a Cemetery, to add a Wireless Communication Tower Facility, for the Property Commonly Known as SPRINGDALE CEMETERY and Located at 3014 N. PROSPECT ROAD (Parcel Identification Nos. 14-34-200-006, 14-34-132-002, 14-27-476-001, 14-35-101-001), Peoria, Illinois (Council District 3). PZ 16-27.
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner is requesting to amend the existing Special Use to place a new 105 foot cell tower and communication facility at Springdale Cemetery, near the entrance off of Prospect Road, on 230.6 acres. The new tower is proposed as a Flag Pole design.
Per the Zoning Ordinance, wireless communication facilities shall locate according to the following priorities with a) being the highest priority:
a) Existing towers or other structures
b) Industrial or institutionally zoned or publicly-owned
c) Commercial, office, central business or parking zoning
d) Agricultural zoning
e) Residential zoning
This request is priority #2 per the Zoning Ordinance, as it is a new tower on publicly owned land.
The Planning and Zoning Commission VOTED 7 - 0 TO APPROVE the request.
For additional background information, please refer to the Staff memorandum to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: None expressed at the Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The Special Use will be amended to allow for a wireless communication facility.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The Special Use will be not be amended a wireless communication facility would not be developed on the site.
ALTERNATIVES: None
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
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