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-3 (Single-Family Residential) District, for Church Facilities, Ordinance No. 10,086, as Amended, to include a COMMISSARY KITCHEN AND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, for the Property Located at 3601 N NORTH STREET
(Parcel Identification Numbers 14-28-301-003 and 14-28-301-008), Peoria, IL (Council District 2).
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BACKGROUND: The petitioner, Jason McMeen, on behalf of St. Paul's Episcopal Church requests to amend an existing special use for church facilities to include a Commissary Kitchen and a School for the Arts. The existing special use permits a church and affiliated accessory uses. The amendment would allow two additional uses, independent of church operations and services. The Commissary Kitchen would use the existing kitchen facility to prepare pre-ordered meals for retail sale which are picked-up or delivered weekly. The School for the Arts is a request to use existing rooms, in the church building, for creating and teaching art or similar activities.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of Fact and voted 6-0 to approve the amendment to the special use with the following conditions:
1. School for the Arts may not store or use materials which exceed the limits allowed by a B (Business) Occupancy as defined by the building and fire safety codes adopted by the City of Peoria.
2. Each sink, made available to the School for the Arts users, shall have a well visible sign stating, "Do Not Dump Paint and Solvents Down the Drain".
3. On-site dining affiliated with the commissary kitchen is not permitted.
4. Commissary Kitchen operator must maintain Food Safety License from the Peoria City/County Health Department.
5. Repaint the striping for parking lot spaces.
6. Provide 1 accessi...
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