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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Stephen Broadwell, Planner
DATE: May 18, 2023
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Dedicated Public Right-of-Way for an Alley, on the Property Located at 301 West Galena Boulevard, in Kane County, Aurora, Illinois 60506 (First Midwest Group - 23-0309 / AU21/2-23.182-DED/VAC/ROW - SB - WARD 2)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, First Midwest Group, is requesting approval of a Plat of Vacation to vacate the public right-of-way that runs through the middle of the property located at 301 West Galena Boulevard.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is zoned B-1, Business District - Local Retail. The existing two-story building, which used to be a bank, is approximately twenty thousand, five hundred (20,500) square feet. There are approximately seventy-two (72) striped parking spaces on the Subject Property. The Subject Property has frontages on the following streets: W. New York St., Oak Avenue, and W. Galena Blvd. The Comprehensive Plan designates the adjacent blocks of Oak Avenue and W. Galena Blvd. as Arterial Streets, while the adjacent block of W. New York St. is designated as a Local Street. The Subject Property also maintains one access to W. Galena Blvd., W. New York St., and Oak Ave., in addition to the existing alley, which is public right-of-way, and runs east and west through the property from N. Locust St. to Oak Ave. The Comprehensive Plan designates the Subject Property's land use as Office.
The Petitioner is requesting approval of a Plat of Vacation. Details of the request include vacating the public right-of-way which extends through the middle of the Subject Property, from the alley to the west to the Oak Ave. right-of-way to the east
Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting approval of a Major Variance for setbacks. Details of the request include reducing the minimum setback requirements along the Oak Ave. and W. New York St. frontages to allow for the parking lot to be expanded. The M...
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