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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Planning Commission
DATE: September 22, 2016
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving a Final Plan on Lot 101 of Enterprise Fox Valley Subdivision located at 4000 Ogden Avenue being the northwest corner of Ogden Avenue and Longmeadow Drive (Enterprise Leasing Company of Chicago, LLC - 16-00845 / NA28/2-16.156-Fsd/Fpn - JH - Ward 10)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Enterprise Leasing Company of Chicago, LLC, is requesting approval of a Final Plan for Lot 101 of Enterprise Fox Valley Subdivision located at 4000 Ogden Avenue being the northwest corner of Ogden Avenue and Longmeadow Drive.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property, 4000 Ogden Avenue was developed as a medical office building and is currently vacant and zoned as part of the Fox Valley East Plan Development District. A Special Use and Preliminary Plan and Plat was approved on the Subject Property on September 13, 2016 for a Vehicle/Car Dealership (2811), Entirely Used Use associated with a Vehicle Rental (2840) use. Additional information on the legislative history of the property can be found in the attached Property Information Sheet.
The details of the proposal include a Final Plan for the Vehicle/Car Dealership (2811), Entirely Used Use associated with a Vehicle Rental (2840) use. The Final Plan is in conformance with the approved Preliminary Plan. The currently vacant building will remain mostly unchanged but will be rehabilitated. A car wash will be added on the western portion of the building but will only be for the businesses' use. The entrance and exit for the development will remain on Healthway Drive. The current parking lot will be reconfigured for the car rental use and the eastern portion of the property will be developed with a parking lot for the car sales. The approval includes a Building and Elevation plan showing the wall signage, a monument sign along Healthway Drive, and a large identification and a separate multi-tenant monument sign along Ogden Avenue. The Landscape Plan includes additional street trees along Longmeadow and Healthway Drive and additional landscaping around the building, perimeter, and parking islands.
Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is proposing a Final Plat, which will consolidate two lots into one large lot for the proposed facility which is consistent with the approved Preliminary Plat.
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 following concerns raised by Staff regarding a signage easement, the large identification sign and landscaping which are reflected in the Staff Recommendation.
Regarding the sign easement, currently at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Longmeadow Drive there is a multi-tenant sign which is being used by other businesses with in the business park. Although they have no requirement to do so Enterprise asked to be able to maintain the business park signage in addition to an Enterprise signage package. Staff supported this request with the condition that a sign easement be provided for the sign delineating, among other provisions, the maintenance responsibilities and beneficiaries of the signage. The specific language of that easement is still being worked out.
With regards to the large identification sign proposed along Ogden Avenue, Staff has conveyed to the Petitioner that a "pole style" sign is not an acceptable sign type and are in discussions with the Petitioner regarding the width of the sign base. Staff as requested that the base be expanded to 81 inches, being proportionality half of the 162 inch “rent-a-car” sign Element and eliminating the "pole style" look of the sign.
And finally, with regards to the landscaping Staff has requested some additional materials be added to the Landscape Plan to bring the site into conformance with the properties landscape requirements.
POLICIES AND GUIDELINES / IMPACT STATEMENT:
The Staff’s Evaluation and Recommendation are based on the following Physical Development Policies: / section(s) of the City of Aurora Historic Districts and Landmarks Guidelines:
11.0 To guide the growth of the City in an orderly and structured manner.
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.
31.1(3) To promote the development of commercial facilities in existing or planned commercial areas.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Planning Commission recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of the Resolution Approving a Final Plan on Lot 101 of Enterprise Fox Valley Subdivision located at 4000 Ogden Avenue being the northwest corner of Ogden Avenue and Longmeadow Drive, with the following conditions:
1) That a sign easement be established by a separate instrument, for the business park multi-tenant sign which delineates, among other provisions, the maintenance responsibilities and beneficiaries of the signage.
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit "A-1" Final Plan
Exhibit "A-2" Landscape Plan
Exhibit "A-3" Building and Signage Elevations
Fire Access Plan
Address Plat
Land Use Petition with Supporting Documents
Landscape Material Worksheet (1-23)
Plat of Survey
Property Research Sheet
Legistar Number: 16-00846
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 Lot 101 of Enterprise Fox Valley Subdivision located at 4000 Ogden Avenue being the northwest corner of Ogden Avenue and Longmeadow Drive.
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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 August 30, 2016, Enterprise Leasing Company of Chicago, LLC filed with the City of Aurora a petition Requesting approval of a Final Plan for Lot 101 of Enterprise Fox Valley Subdivision located at 4000 Ogden Avenue being the northwest corner of Ogden Avenue and Longmeadow Drive for a Car Dealership, entirely used (2811) & Vehicle Rental (2840) 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 September 21, 2016, reviewed the petition and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
WHEREAS, on September 29. 2016, the Planning and Development Committee of the Aurora City Council reviewed said Final Plat 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) That a sign easement be established by a separate instrument, for the business park multi-tenant sign which delineates, among other provisions, the maintenance responsibilities and beneficiaries of the signage.
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 dedications or modifications deemed necessary by the Aurora City Engineer.