PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a variance to Section 6-2-26:5.1 for 818 E. Franklin Avenue and 25 N. Huffman Street (Franklin Flats) - PZC 23-1-014
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly, AICP, Community Planner
ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
1. A variance to Section 6-2-26:1 (Teardown/Infill Regulations: Lot Coverage) to allow for two duplex buildings at 818 E. Franklin Avenue and 25 N. Huffman Street; and
2. A preliminary/final plat of subdivision.
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 23-1-014 was published in the Naperville Sun on Sunday, May 21, 2023.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of two lots located at the southwest corner of Franklin Avenue and Huffman Street. The subject property is zoned R2 (single family and low-density multiple family residence district) and is currently improved with a single-family home and a detached garage at 818 E. Franklin Avenue and a single-family home at 25 N. Huffman Street.
The Petitioner, Franklin Huffman LLC, is proposing to demolish the existing structures and construct two duplex buildings. The proposed development requires a preliminary/final plat of subdivision and a variance to the maximum permitted lot coverage.
DISCUSSION:
Preliminary/final plat of subdivision
The Petitioner is requesting a preliminary/final plat of subdivision to create legal lots of record. The lots were originally created in 1922 through the Declara Heights subdivision and were oriented perpendicular to Huffman Street. Since then, the orientation of the lots has been altered resulting in the two lots being oriented perpendicular to Franklin Avenue (as currently laid out). The lots sizes are both 8,030.5 sf. The submitted plat of subdivision slightly shifts the size of the lots resulting in a lot which is 7,760 square feet (818 E. Franklin) and a lot which is 8,301 squ...
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