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 & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE Ordinance No. 14,832, as Amended, in a Class R-7 (Multi-Family Residential) District for a WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWER HEIGHT EXTENSION for the Property Located at 1601 W. GIFT AVENUE (Parcel Identification No.14-32-153-022), Peoria, IL. (Council District 2)
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BACKGROUND: Petitioner Bernard Dumyahn of Mastec Network Solutions, LLC, is requesting to remove a 15-foot section of an existing wireless communication tower and replace with a 20-foot section resulting in a tower height of 168 feet, measured to the top of the pole.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 7 to 0 to APPROVE with the following condition:
1) Provide solid screening for the street facing façade of the fenced equipment facility.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for detailed information
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting): None
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The wireless communication tower may be modified to a height of 168 feet with improved screening of the equipment facility at the base of the tower.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The wireless communication tower will not be modified and will remain as currently constructed.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Grow Peoria
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Grow employers and jobs.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development