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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tracey M. Vacek, Senior Planner
DATE: April 21, 2023
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Annexing Property located at 1299 Mitchell Road to the City of Aurora, Illinois 60505 (W.E. Mundy Landscaping and Garden Center, Inc. - 23-0248 / AU10/4-23.139-A/CUPD/RZ - TV - Ward 1)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, W.E. Mundy Landscaping and Garden Center, Inc., is requesting the Annexation of 3.54 acres located at 1299 Mitchell Road pursuant to a Water Service Agreement.
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 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 with R-1 One Family Dwelling District Zoning.
Concurrently with this proposal, 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.
The Petitioner is also requesting the approval of a Plat of Dedication. This Plat will dedicate 40 feet of right of way from the centerline of Mitchell Road.
DISCUSSION:
Staff has reviewed the Annexation Ordinance petition and have sent comments back to the petitioner on those submittals. The petitioner has made the requested revisions...
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