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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission
DATE: June 10, 2022
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving a Final Plan on Lot 1 of Lake Street 31 Development Subdivision located on property at 970 N. Lake Street (Lake Street 31 Development, LLC - 22-0251 / AU15/1-22.082-Fpn - TV - Ward 6)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Lake Street 31 Development, LLC, is requesting approval of a Final Plan for Lots 1 of Lake Street 31 Development Subdivision located at 970 N. Lake Street for the redevelopment of this property.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is on Lot 1 of Lake Street 31 Development Subdivision, being 6.234 acres. This property contains the 187,117 square foot building which has been vacant and largely unused since Carson Pirie Scott vacated the premises in 2017. The property is currently zoned B-3 Business and Wholesale District zoning. The owner did allow the building to be used as a regional vaccination center in 2021.
The Petitioner is requesting approval of a Final Plan for Lot 1. The detail of the request includes the redevelopment of the existing building into mix use by repurposing the department store into a temperature and access controlled indoor storage facility with retail units fronting along Lake Street. The storage facility will have a retail/office component and two flex areas that can be rented out to people for office space.
The proposal also reconfigures and upgrades the parking lot by establishing new landscaped areas along the southern and western property lines, landscaped islands throughout the parking lot, and a 30' landscaped setback along Lake Street. Access to the property will be via the existing signalized intersection, a right-in right-out from Lake Street and a new 4-way stop which will be added internally on the shared private drive to slow traffic and improve circulations. This new 4-way stop will be along the south property line and the shared east/west private drive, directly across from the westerly...
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