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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Planning & Zoning Commission
DATE: February 8, 2024
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Requesting Approval of a Conditional Use for a Religious Institution (6400) Use on Lot 2 in West Aurora Plaza, Unit No. 2, located at 555 Redwood Drive (Maranatha Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Church - 24-0032 / AU18/4-24.011-CU - SB - Ward 5)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Illinois Association of Seventh-day Adventists, on behalf of Maranatha Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Church, is requesting approval of a Conditional Use for a Religious Institution (6400) use on Lot 2 of West Aurora Plaza, Unit No. 2, located at 555 Redwood Drive, which includes rehabilitation of the former bank and associated drive-through for a church with enough space for up to one hundred-seventy (170) members.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is zoned B-2(C), Business District - General Retail with a Conditional Use Planned Development. The Comprehensive Plan designates the property as Commercial and the adjacent block of Redwood Drive as Minor Collector. There are forty-six (46) striped parking spaces on the Subject Property. The existing commercial building, which was used in the past as a bank with a drive-through, is one-story and has an area of approximately four thousand, five hundred (4,500) square feet.
The Petitioner, Illinois Association of Seventh-day Adventists, on behalf of Maranatha Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Church, is requesting approval of a Conditional Use for a Religious Institution (6400) use on the Subject Property. The details of the request include an interior remodel of the existing building for worship space with one hundred-seventy (170) seats, five (5) classrooms for congregation members, and a dedicated Pastor's office. The Subject Property has forty-six (46) striped parking spaces, which exceeds the minimum requirement of forty-three (43) spaces. The building also has a drive-through from the previous bank user, which the Petitioner has ...
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