City of Aurora - File #: 15-00405

• File #: 15-00405
• Version: 3
• Name: Deerpath Commerce Center / Plan Description Revision
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/6/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 7/14/2015
• Final action: 7/14/2015
• Title: An Ordinance Approving a Revision to the Orchard Gateway Corporate Centre Plan Description on 25.891 Acres for Property located at the southwest corner of Orchard Gateway and Deerpath Road, Aurora, Illinois 60506

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/14/2015	3	City Council	adopted	Pass
7/7/2015	3	Committee of the Whole	(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
6/25/2015	3	Planning & Development Committee	recommended for approval	Pass
6/17/2015	2	Planning Commission	Forwarded	Pass
6/9/2015	1	Planning Council	Forwarded	Pass
5/12/2015	1	City Council	referred to

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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner

FROM: Planning Commission

DATE: June 18, 2015

SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Approving a Revision to the Orchard Gateway Corporate Centre Plan Description on 25.891 acres for Property located at the southwest corner of Orchard Gateway and Deerpath Road, Aurora, Illinois 60506 (Conor Commercial Real Estate - L15-00405 / SG01/4-14.330-Su/Ppn/Psd/R - TV - Ward 5)

PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Conor Commercial Real Estate is Requesting a Plan Description Revision for Lot 7A of the Resubdivision of Deerpath Commerce Center Subdivision, Unit 2, which would allow for the expansion of Office/Research/Light Industry uses.

BACKGROUND:
The Operator, PPG Industries, Inc. ("PPG"), is a Fortune 500 company and an American global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiberglass and are currently located on Bilter Road, in the Liberty Business Park in Aurora. They recently acquired the company Homax including its facility in Joliet and are looking for a new location since the current Aurora site does not have the capacity to accommodate the Joliet operations. The Petitioner has been working with Seize the Future on finding other site within the City of Aurora and decides on the Subject Property which is 47.66 acres located at the southwest corner of Orchard Gateway and Deerpath Road. The property is currently vacant with ORI(S) Office, Research, and Light Industrial zoning which is part of the Orchard Gateway Corporate Centre Special Use Planned Development. The Original Orchard Gateway Corporate Centre Special Use Planned Development was approved in 2003 which allowed for certain educational services for Aurora Christian. In 2009, Aurora Christian decided to no longer pursue a new school facility on this site so a portion of the property was rezoned to add the flexibility of B-2(S) zoning and limited certain industrial trade uses.

The proposed Plan Description Revision would permit PP...