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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Planning Commission
DATE: April 21, 2016
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving a Final Plan on property located at 1400 Mitchell Road, 301, 307 and 309 E. Sullivan Road, and Vacant Property located just south of 1400 Mitchell Road (Unilock Chicago, Inc. - 16-00220 / AU10/4-15.025-Fpn - TV - Ward 1)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Unilock Chicago, Inc., is requesting approval of a Final Plan for property located at 1400 Mitchell Road and 301, 307 and 309 E. Sullivan Road for Unilock Aurora Facility.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is located at 1400 Mitchell Road and 301, 307, 309 E. Sullivan Road which also includes vacant property that is located south of 1400 Mitchell Road. These properties are currently utilized by Unilock as offices and a concrete manufacturing facility and consist of several parcels which have a combination of zoning, being M-1 Manufacturing, Limited, R-1 One Family Dwelling and M-1(S) Manufacturing, Limited which is part of the Mitchell Road Industrial Park Special Use Planned Development. Additional information on the legislative history of the property can be found in the attached Property Information Sheet.
The details of the Final Plan included the construction of a 68,000 square foot concrete paver storage lot behind the 1400 Mitchell Road building. The existing detention facility at the southwest corner of the property is being slightly modified to accommodate the volume from the stormwater facility that is being eliminated behind the 1400 Mitchell Road building for the storage lot. The Petitioner is constructing an additional 13 parking spaces along Mitchell Road and 28 parking spaces along the existing access road to provide parking for the existing offices at 1400 Mitchell Road. Landscaping is also being supplemented along the frontage of Mitchell Road.
The Special Use and Rezoning proposal , which is under separate action being reviewed and approved concurrently, includes establishing a new Special Use Planned Development that will incorporate1400 Mitchell Road and 301, 307, 309 E. Sullivan and the vacant property that is located south of 1400 Mitchell Road under one plan description. The Plan Description is comprised of one zoning lot with M-1 Manufacturing, Limited zoning and contains one modification to the M-1 zoning district which reduces the Mitchell Road setback from 25 feet to 10 feet.
Concurrently, under separate action, the vacant property that is located south of 1400 Mitchell Road, being 0.20 acres, is being annexed into the City with R-1 One Family Dwelling zoning. As part of this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting that this property be rezoned to M-1 Manufacturing, Limited District and incorporated into the Special Use Planned Development.
DISCUSSION:
Staff has reviewed the Final Plan 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.
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.
11.1(3) To encourage new development contiguous to existing development.
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 recommends CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of the Resolution Approving a Final Plan on property located at 1400 Mitchell Road, 301, 307 and 309 E. Sullivan Road, with the following conditions:
1. That a dormant Special Service Area (SSA) be established for the existing stormwater facility at the southwest corner of the property.
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit "A-1" Final Plan
Exhibit "A-2" Landscape Plan
Exhibit “A-3” Fire Access Plan
Land Use Petition with Supporting Documents
Landscape Material Worksheet (1-23)
Property Research Sheet
Legistar Number: 16-00220
cc: 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 Final Plan on property located at 1400 Mitchell Road, 301, 307 and 309 E. Sullivan Road
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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 3, 2016, Unilock Chicago, Inc. filed with the City of Aurora a petition requesting approval of a Final Plan for property located at 1400 Mitchell Road and 301, 307 and 309 E. Sullivan Road for Unilock Aurora Facility and related required documents as attached hereto as Exhibits "A-1" through Exhibit “A-3”; and
WHEREAS, after referral of said petition from the Aurora City Council, the Aurora Planning Commission on April 20, 2016, reviewed the petition and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
WHEREAS, on April 28, 2016, the Planning and 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, as follows: 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. That a dormant Special Service Area (SSA) be established for the existing stormwater facility at the southwest corner of the property.
as attached hereto as Exhibit "A-1" Final Plan, Exhibit “A-2” Landscape Plan, and, Exhibit “A-3” Fire Access Plan, along with any dedications or modifications deemed necessary by the Aurora City Engineer.