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 an ADULT USE CANNABIS DISPENSARY for the Property Located at 3929 WEST WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE, Commonly Known as the WILLOW KNOLLS SHOPPING CENTER (Parcel Identification Nos. 13-12-300-032, 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, and 13-12-302-003), Peoria, IL. (Council District 4)
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BACKGROUND: Petitioner, Andrew Scott of Dykema Gossett PLLC, on behalf of Blue Apple Property LLC is proposing to amend the existing special use for the Willow Knolls Shopping Center to reuse the former Applebee's restaurant building as an adult use cannabis dispensary.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case number PZ 1037-2022, met the Findings of Fact and voted 4-0 to approve the request, subject to the following conditions:
1. Repair and restripe parking lot for regular and handicap parking spaces including required handicap space signs and install four (4) bicycle parking spaces all per Section 8.1 of the Unified Development Code (UDC).
2. Ground, wall, and rooftop mounted mechanical and utility equipment must be screened from view of the public right-of-way.
3. Provide a revised landscape plan to include a continuous hedge, a decorative masonry wall, or any combination thereof along the perimeter of the parking area along War Memorial Dr.
4. All signs will comply with Section 8.3 of the UDC approved through a separate sign permit application.
5. Exterior lighting will comply with Section 8.5 of the UDC.
See the attached Planning & Zoning Commission case packet and meeting minutes for detailed information.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
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