City of Aurora - File #: 15-00209

• File #: 15-00209
• Version: 3
• Name: AZO Amendment / Alternative Financial Services / Driveways / Findings of Fact
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/13/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/13/2015
• Final action: 8/25/2015
• Title: An Ordinance Approving an amendment to Ordinance Number 3100, entitled the Aurora Zoning Ordinance to modify certain portions of Sec. 19.2 Adoption, Sec. 3 Specific Rules, Sec. 4.3 Special Uses & Structures, Sec. 5.13 Off-Street Parking & Loading, Sec. 8.8-3.1.C-ii Standards, Sec. 10.5-3 Standard for variations, Sec. 10.6-5 Standards, Sec. 10.8-13 Standards, Sec. 11 Amendments, and Table One: Use Categories

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/25/2015	3	City Council	adopted as amended	Pass
8/18/2015	3	Committee of the Whole	(PLACED ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS)
8/13/2015	3	Planning & Development Committee	recommended for approval	Pass
8/5/2015	2	Planning Commission	Forwarded	Pass
7/8/2015	2	Planning Commission	Held in Planning Commission	Pass
6/30/2015	1	Planning Council	Forwarded	Pass
3/17/2015	1	Committee of the Whole	Forward to Planning Council

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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner

FROM: Planning Commission

DATE: August 5, 2015

SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Approving an amendment to Ordinance Number 3100, entitled the Aurora Zoning Ordinance to modify certain portions of Sec. 19.2 Adoption, Sec. 3 Specific Rules, Sec. 4.3 Special Uses & Structures, Sec. 5.13 Off-Street Parking & Loading, Sec. 8.8-3.1.C-ii Standards, Sec. 10.5-3 Standard for variations, Sec. 10.6-5 Standards, Sec. 10.8-13 Standards, Sec. 11 Amendments, and Table One: Use Categories (City of Aurora - L15-00209 / KDWK-15.067-TXT - BW) (PUBLIC HEARING)

PURPOSE:
The main purpose of this proposed amendment is to modify certain portions of the Aurora Zoning Ordinance to place business establishments, commonly referred to as Alternative Financial Institutions (including payday loan stores, check cashing facilities, currency exchanges, title loan businesses, as well as pawnshops and cash-for-gold stores) as Special Uses in certain zoning districts. Additionally, there are proposed changes to the provisions regarding driveways, oversized vehicles and findings of facts.

BACKGROUND:
The City of Aurora has experienced a high density of alternative financial services locating within some of Aurora's retail corridors. These establishments are commonly referred to as check cashing facilities, payday loan agencies, currency exchanges, title loan businesses, and the like. The use of these alternative financial services reduces the use of the more typical bank and financial institutions, which have regulations in place to protect consumers. The alternative financial institutions we are looking to regulate here can charge borrowers triple digit interest rates and can be damaging to families that live on the financial edge. But also important is that these type of uses do not meet the economic development goals that come with commercial development, and do not produce sales tax revenue. It has been shown that these alternative f...