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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Planning Commission
DATE: November 8, 2018
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving a Final Plan on Lot 10 of Savannah Crossing Subdivision located at 1382 Butterfield Road being north of Butterfield Road and east of Church Road for a Restaurant with a drive-through facility (2530) Use (Woolpert/Popeyes - 18-0846 / BA35/4-17.220-SUPD/R/Fpn - JM - Ward 1)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner Woolpert on behalf of Popeyes is requesting approval of a Final Plan for Lot 10 of Savannah Crossing Subdivision located at 1382 Butterfield Road being north of Butterfield Road and east of Church Road for a Restaurant with a drive-through facility (2530) Use which includes the development of a 2,827 square foot restaurant.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is currently a vacant commercial lot with B-2(S) General Retail District with a Special Use zoning, which is part of the Savannah Crossing (also known as TMK Aurora Venture, LLC) 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 Final Plan for the construction of a drive-through restaurant. The details of the request include the development of a 2,827 square foot building with 72 seats. Staff worked with this petitioner and the Burger King, which is currently being built on the adjacent property, over the past two years to create a cohesive plan for the two lots to develop with restaurants with drive-through facilities. This included coordinating cross access between the lots in order to limit the access points from the interior drive aisle to the north to one access to alleviate potential traffic backing up onto Church Road. This petitioner worked to align their drive aisles and parking with the Burger King development. The site has two cross access to the Burger King property and has their own access to another interior road to the east. The project has one ordering lane with traffic circulating east to west, one way around the building. There are 10 stacking spaces and 26 parking spaces. Sidewalks will run along the interior access roads. The Landscape Plan features a mixture of trees and a hedgerow along the parking spaces facing Butterfield Road. The Building Elevations depict a building that references Louisiana architecture including being clad in mostly rusticated stone veneer with portions of the side being EIFS along with faux architectural elements, such as a balcony and windows that are covered with louvered shutters.
Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting approval of a Plan Description Revision to the Savannah Crossing Planned Development District. The details of the request include revising the Plan Description from allowing up to four drive-through restaurants on Lots 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 or 11 to allowing up to five drive-through restaurants on those lots along with allowing an electronic readerboard monument sign that adheres to the Aurora Sign Ordinance requirements for readerboards. The sign’s height, square footage, and setback requirements will adhere to the existing requirements for outlots, which includes a height of eight feet and area of 50 square feet. This revision will allow the development of Lot 10 with a Popeyes with a drive-through facility.
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, with the exception of the items 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.
11.1 (3) To encourage new development contiguous to existing development.
31.1 (3) To promote the development of commercial facilities in existing or planned
commercial areas.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Planning Commission recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of A Resolution Approving a Final Plan on Lot 10 of Savannah Crossing Subdivision located at 1382 Butterfield Road being north of Butterfield Road and east of Church Road for a Restaurant with a drive-through facility (2530) Use, with the following condition:
1.) That documentation be provided to the city for a cross access easement with the property to the west, which should be recorded with the county.
ATTACHMENTS:
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit "A-1" Final Plan
Exhibit "A-2" Landscape Plan
Exhibit “A-3” Building and Signage Elevations
Fire Access Plan
Land Use Petition with Supporting Documents
Property Research Sheet
Legistar History Report
Legistar Number: 18-0846
cc:
Alderman Michael B. Saville, Chairman
Alderman Sherman Jenkins, Member
Alderman Carl Franco, Member
Alderman William "Bill" Donnell, Alternate
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution Approving a Final Plan on Lot 10 of Savannah Crossing Subdivision located at 1382 Butterfield Road being north of Butterfield Road and east of Church Road for a Restaurant with a drive-through facility (2530) Use
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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 September 11, 2018, Woolpert on behalf of Popeyes filed with the City of Aurora a petition requesting approval of a Final Plan for Lot 10 of Savannah Crossing Subdivision located at 1382 Butterfield Road being north of Butterfield Road and east of Church Road for a Restaurant with a drive-through facility (2530) Use 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 November 7, 2018, reviewed the petition and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
WHEREAS, on November 15, 2018, 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, finds as facts all of the preamble recitals of this Resolution and hereby grants CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said Final Plan with the following condition:
1.) That documentation be provided to the city for a cross access easement with the property to the west, which should be recorded with the county
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 or vacations deemed necessary by the Aurora City Engineer.