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 and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-1 (Single-Family Residential) District, for Church Facilities, Ordinance No. 11,550, as Amended, to Allow a Day Care Center, for the Property Located at 1420, 1504, 1508 W. MOSS AVENUE and 425 N. MALVERN LANE (Parcel Identification Nos. 18-08-133-001, 18-08-176-009, 18-08-176-010, 18-08-176-011, 18-08-176-012, 18-08-176-015, and 18-08-176-016), Peoria, Illinois. (Council District 2).
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BACKGROUND: The petitioner, Laura Tobben of Farnsworth Group Inc., on behalf of Jim Burnham of Westminster Presbyterian Church is requesting to amend an existing special use for church facilities to include a day care center use. The Peoria Public Schools District 150 would operate the day care center, referred to as a Latchkey Program. The day care would use the fellowship hall and kitchen in the existing Parish Hall Building.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 6-0 to approve the request with the following conditions:
1. Replace the non-ADA-compliant sidewalk and curb along Moss Avenue frontage.
2. Accessible parking spaces shall have an accessible route to the building entrance. Accessible parking spaces shall have markings and signs clearly visible pursuant to City of Peoria Code Appendix A, Section 8.1.5.E Handicapped Accessible Parking.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet PZ 20-19 and meeting minutes for detailed information.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting): The petitioner stated, representatives of Westminster Presbyterian Church had recently met with the Moss-Bradley Residential Association and received support for the use. No other comment was received.
IMPACT IF APPROV...
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