Aurora, Illinois

File #: 14-01125    Version: Name: Balaji Partners, LLC/ Sequoia and Randall / Rezoning and Special Use
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/29/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/28/2015 Final action: 4/28/2015
Title: An Ordinance Amending Ordinance Number 3100, being the Aurora Zoning Ordinance and the Zoning Map attached thereto, by Rezoning Property from B-2 General Retail to R-5A(S) Multiple Family Dwelling, Establishing a Special Use Planned Development and Approving the Balaji Homes Condominiums Plan Description for 10.37 Acres located at Southwest corner of Sequoia Drive and Randall Road, Aurora, Illinois 60506
Attachments: 1. Commission Report - 2015-04-08 - 2013.299.pdf
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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner

FROM: Planning Commission

DATE: April 9, 2015

SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance Number 3100, being the Aurora Zoning Ordinance and the Zoning Map attached thereto, by Rezoning Property from B-2 General Retail to R-5A(S) Multiple Family Dwelling, Establishing a Special Use Planned Development and Approving the Balaji Homes Condominiums Plan Description for 10.37 Acres located at Southwest corner of Sequoia Drive and Randall Road (Balaji Partners, LLC - L14-01125 / AU08/1-13.299-Rz/Su/Ppn/Psd - SP - Ward 5)

PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Balaji Partners, LLC, is proposing a Rezoning and Special Use for the property generally located at the southwest corner of Sequoia and Randall, rezoning property from R-1 Single Family and B-2 General Retail to R-5A(S) Multiple Family Residential with a Special Use Planned Development.


BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is located at Southwest corner of Sequoia Drive and Randall Road and is currently vacant land with a combination of B-2 General Business and R-1 Single Family Residential. The property is generally located south of Sequoia Drive and west of Randall Road behind the Randall Plaza, a retail center which includes general retail and the Life Storage facility, Two Rivers Head Start Agency, and the River of Life Christian Center. The Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple is located just across Randall Road to the east.

The Plan Description being proposed includes one variation to the Aurora Zoning Ordinance being a reduction to the separation an accessory building from 20 feet to 0 feet to the principal building as a community services center may be constructed to be an addition to two of the primary structures. All other AZO bulk regulations, including the enclosed parking requirements, will be in effect on the Subject Property. There are also a number of building code modifications requested as part of the Plan Description of which the building st...

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