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 Nos. 13,111 and 13,194), in a Class C-2 (Large-Scale Commercial) District, to Allow for a 300 sq. ft. Wall Sign for the Property Located at 4100 W. WILLOW KNOLLS DRIVE and Commonly Known as the Willow Knolls Shopping Center, (Parcel Identification Nos. 13-12-300-018, 13-12-300-020, 13-12-300-021, 13-12-300-022, 13-12-300-024, 3-12-300-030, 13-12-300-031, 13-12-300-032, and 13-12-302-003), Peoria, IL. (Council District 4)
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BACKGROUND: Petitioner, Dawn Wilkie of Honegger Sign, on behalf of Willow Knolls Peoria IL, LLC is proposing to amend the existing special use for the Willow Knolls Shopping Center to install a 300 sq. ft. wall sign for the tenant space to be occupied by "Ollie's". The original special use for the shopping center includes a limitation for wall signs not to exceed 100 sq. ft. in size.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case number PZ 992-2022, met the Findings of Fact and voted 5-0 to approve the request, subject to the following conditions:
1. One wall sign for entire tenant fa?ade.
2. Sign must be designed with individual channel cut letters and mounted without use of a raceway.
The condition for sign design is consistent with the previously approved Burlington Coat Factory's signage and the existing signs for other tenants within the shopping center.
See the attached case packet to the 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: A wall sign, up to a 300 sq. ft. in size, may be placed on the front fa?ade of the tenant space occupied by "Ollie's".
IMPACT IF DENIED: A 300 sq. ft. wall...
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