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TO: Mayor Robert J. O’Connor
FROM: Planning Commission
DATE: April 21, 2017
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plan for Lot 2 of Bell Gale Business Park Resubdivison Being Vacant Land located at 335 Marshall Avenue being northwest corner of Marshall Avenue and Gale Street (A & E Roofing and Siding, Inc. - 17-00250 / AU21/4-16.032-Ppn - JM - Ward 4)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner A & E Roofing and Siding, Inc. is requesting approval of a Preliminary Plan for Lot 2 of Bell-Gale Business Park Resubdivision located at 335 Marshall Avenue being the northwest corner of Marshall Avenue and Gale Street.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is currently vacant with M-1(S) Manufacturing, Limited zoning, which is part of the Bell-Gale Industrial Condominium Park Special Use Planned Development. Additional information on the legislative history of the property can be found in the attached Property Information Sheet.
The Petitioner is requesting approval of a Preliminary Plan. The details of the request include the construction of two office/warehouse buildings. The easterly 8,312 square feet building will be constructed in the first phase. The building consists of 3,427 square feet of office and 4,885 of warehouse with a total of 40 parking spaces, of which 14 parking spaces are within a gated area. The westerly 9,000 square foot building is shown as future and will be completed in the second phase. This building consists of 1,500 square feet of office and 7,500 square feet of warehouse with a total of 31 parking spaces. The Petitioner will be constructing a sidewalk along Gale Street and Marshall Avenue. Access into each parking lots will be off of Marshall Avenue. Stormwater detention has already been account for as part of the overall subdivision.
The building elevations are not subject to review and approval at this time however at the time of Final Plan approval Staff will be looking for an upper scale industrial appearance to meet the intent of this development being an “upper scale industrial condominium park”.
DISCUSSION:
Staff has reviewed the Preliminary Plan petition and have sent comments back to the petitioner on those submittals and have yet to receive the revised documents, therefore, Staff has conditioned items which are mentioned in the Staff Recommendation listed below.
POLICIES AND GUIDELINES:
The Staff’s Evaluation and Recommendation are based on the following Physical Development Policies:
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.
40.1(1) To attract and encourage industrial, office and office-research development to planned sites where requisite public facilities are either present or proposed.
40.1(7) To encourage improvements in existing industrial areas that minimize industrial blight and reduce incompatibilities with neighboring land uses.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Planning Commission recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of the Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plan for Lot 2 of Bell Gale Business Park Resubdivison Being Vacant Land located at 335 Marshall Avenue being northwest corner of Marshall Avenue and Gale Street, with the following condition:
1. That all portions of the three parking lots, including all islands, be curbed and the parking spaces and dumpster location be altered accordingly to incorporate the width of the curb.
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit "A" Preliminary Plan
Fire Access Plan
Land Use Petition with Supporting Documents
Property Research Sheet
Legistar Number: 17-00250
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Alderman Saville, Chairman
Alderman Donnell
Alderman Irvin
Alderman Hart-Burns, Alternate
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plan for Lot 2 of Bell Gale Business Park Resubdivison Being Vacant Land located at 335 Marshall Avenue being northwest corner of Marshall Avenue and Gale Street
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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 March 15, 2017, A & E Roofing and Siding, Inc. filed with the City of Aurora a petition Requesting approval of a Preliminary Plan for Lot 2 of Bell-Gale Business Park Resubdivision located at 335 Marshall Avenue being the northwest corner of Marshall Avenue and Gale Street and related required documents as attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, after referral of said petition from the Aurora City Council, the Aurora Planning Commission on April 19, 2017, reviewed the petition and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
WHEREAS, on April 27, 2017, the Planning and Development Committee of the Aurora City Council reviewed said Preliminary Plan and the before mentioned recommendations and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, finds as fact all of the preamble recitals of this Resolution and hereby grants CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said Preliminary Plan with the following condition:
1 That all portions of the three parking lots, including all islands, be curbed and the parking spaces and dumpster location be altered accordingly to incorporate the width of the curb.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Aurora hereby adopts the Preliminary Plan and related required documents, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" Preliminary Plan.