City of Aurora - File #: 23-0249

• File #: 23-0249
• Version: 2
• Name: W.E. Mundy Landscaping and Garden Center, Inc / 1299 Mitchell Road / Rezoning / Conditional Use Planned Development
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/23/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/9/2023
• Final action: 5/9/2023
• Title: An Ordinance Establishing a Conditional Use Planned Development, Approving the W.E. Mundy Landscaping Plan Description and amending Chapter 49 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Aurora, Illinois by modifying the zoning map attached thereto to an underlying zoning of B-3 Business and Wholesale District for the property located at 1299 Mitchell Road

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/9/2023	2	City Council	approved on the Consent Agenda
5/2/2023	2	Committee of the Whole	(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
4/26/2023	2	Building, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee	recommended for approval	Pass
4/19/2023	1	Planning and Zoning Commission	Forwarded	Pass

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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin

FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission

DATE: April 21, 2023

SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Establishing a Conditional Use Planned Development, Approving the W.E. Mundy Landscaping Plan Description and amending Chapter 49 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Aurora, Illinois by modifying the zoning map attached thereto to an underlying zoning of B-3 Business and Wholesale District for the property located at 1299 Mitchell Road (W.E. Mundy Landscaping and Garden Center, Inc. - 23-0249 / AU10/4-23.139-A/CUPD/RZ - TV - Ward 1)

PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, W.E. Mundy Landscaping and Garden Center, Inc., is requesting the Establishment of a Conditional Use Planned Development, and to change the underlying zoning district from R-1 One-Family Dwelling District zoning to B-3 Business and Wholesale District on the property located at 1299 Mitchell Road.

BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is 3.54 acres and currently zoned F-2 Farming District in unincorporated Kane County. The City's Comprehensive Plan designates this parcel as mixture of Commercial and Low Density Residential. The majority of the area is non-residential uses. This property is contiguous to the City of Aurora along a portion of the property to the west and to the east.

The Petitioner is requesting the Establishment of a Conditional Use Planned Development, and to change the underlying zoning district from R-1 One-Family Dwelling District zoning to B-3 Business and Wholesale District. The plan description allows for the continued use of the property as a landscape company with outside storage including a nursery use.

Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting annexation to the City of Aurora pursuant to a Water Service Agreement. The property was recently developed in the Kane County for a landscape company with outside storage including a nursery use and is receiving water from the City. Per the annexation process, the property is annexed into the City w...