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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission
DATE: May 20, 2022
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving a Final Plan for the property located 417 5th Street for an Educational Services (6100) Use. (East Aurora School District #131 - 22-0320 / AU27/1-22.107-CU/Fpn - JS - Ward 3)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner East Aurora School District #131 is requesting approval of a Final Plan for the property located at 417 5th Street for an Educational Services (6100) Use
BACKGROUND:
The Petitioner is requesting approval of a Final Plan for the property located at 417 5th Street for an Educational Services (6100) Use. The property is currently being utilized as an administrative building by East Aurora School District. Their plan is to demolish the building and construct a space to facilitate extracurricular activities for students and parents. The building is not planned to host after school sports, it will mainly contain indoor after school events. A psychologist and social worker will be onsite to assist the mental health of the students. The physical site has some restraints which call for a Planned Development to be approved. Setbacks along three sides of the site (except the south) are being reduced in order to accommodate the building and parking lot.
Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Planned Development for the East Aurora School District Resilience Center located at 417 5th Street. The property is currently zoned R-3 One Family Dwelling District. The original building was constructed prior to the City of Aurora’s requirement of a Conditional Use for educational services, such as schools and their accessory uses. As such, staff has made a policy of requiring new Conditional Uses when school district properties without conditional uses redevelop. This particular property is requiring a Planned Development due to the number of variances from the Zoning Ordinance requested, which was detailed in the above request.
DISCUSSION:
Staff has reviewed the Final Plan Resolution petition and have sent comments back to the petitioner on those submittals. The petitioner has made the requested revisions to these documents and they now meet the applicable codes and ordinances, with the exceptions of the following items which are also reflected in the conditions listed in the Staff Recommendation below.
POLICIES AND GUIDELINES:
The Staff’s Evaluation and Recommendation are based on the following Physical Development Policies:
10.0 To provide for the orderly, balanced and efficient growth and redevelopment of the City through the positive integration of land use patterns, functions, and circulation systems. To protect and enhance those assets and values that establishes the desirable quality and general livability of the City. To promote the City’s position as a regional center.
11.0 To guide the growth of the City in an orderly and structured manner.
11.1(5) To guide and promote development to areas where public utilities, public roads and municipal services are either available or planned.
12.0 To plan and provide for the growth of the city through the integration of land use patterns and functions that promotes complementary interactions between different land use components.
14.1(4) To encourage quality site design throughout the City.
14.1(5) To provide for the visual enhancement of the City through attractive landscaping, quality signage and diverse building design and arrangement.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of the A Resolution Approving a Final Plan for the property located 417 5th Street for an Educational Services (6100), with the following conditions:
1.) The Final Engineering Documents are received and approved by the Engineering Department.
2.) That the 6’ tall privacy fence along the southern property line be setback 22.2 feet from 5th Street ROW.
ATTACHMENTS:
Land Use Petition with Supporting Documents
Property Maps
Exhibit "A-1" Final Plan
Exhibit "A-2" Landscape Plan
Exhibit “A-3” Building and Signage Elevations
cc: Alderman Michael B. Saville, Chairperson
Alderwoman Patty Smith, Vice Chairperson
Alderman Carl Franco
Alderman Sherman Jenkins
Alderman Ron Woerman
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution approving a Final Plan for the property located 417 5th Street for an Educational Services (6100)
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, by petition dated April 18, 2022, East Aurora School District #131 filed with the City of Aurora a petition requesting approval of a Final Plan for the property located at 417 5th Street for an Educational Services (6100) Use and related required documents as attached hereto as Exhibits "A-1" through Exhibit “A-3”; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission on May 18, 2022, reviewed the petition and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2022, the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee of the Aurora City Council reviewed said Final Plan and the before mentioned recommendations and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, finds as facts all of the preamble recitals of this Resolution and hereby grants CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said Final Plan with the following conditions:
1.) The Final Engineering Documents are received and approved by the Engineering Department.
2.) That the 6’ tall privacy fence along the southern property line be setback 22.2 feet from 5th Street ROW.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Aurora hereby adopts the Final Plan and related required documents, as attached hereto as Exhibit "A-1" Final Plan, Exhibit “A-2” Landscape Plan, and Exhibit “A-3” Building and Signage Elevations, along with any easement dedications deemed necessary by the Aurora City Engineer.