PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Open and resume the public hearing for CityGate West - PZC 20-1-022 (Item 1 of 3)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission opened the public hearing for PZC 20-1-022 on November 18, 2020, and continued it to December 16, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of approximately 60.226 acres at the southwest corner of IL Route 59 and Ferry Road. The property is currently zoned I (Industrial District) and consists largely of vacant land. Inter-Continental Real Estate & Development Corporation proposes CityGate West (CGW), a mixed-use development that includes: 7 restaurant sites; 2 multi-tenant retail sites; 19 acres of open space; 2 5-story mixed-use buildings with a combined total of 410 residential units; 1 medical office building; and, 2 hotels (one on Lot 11 and one on Lot 15).
The petitioner requests approval of rezoning the property to OCI, initiation of a text amendment to designate restaurants as a conditional use within PUDs in the OCI district, a conditional use to establish the CityGate West PUD and a preliminary PUD plat; conditional uses for multi-family residential, full service hotels, retail, and restaurants (subject to approval of a text amendment); and, multiple deviations to the Municipal Code.
When this item was presented to the PZC on November 18th, staff indicated that it did not support the proposed hotel on Lot 11 because it falls significantly short of meeting the intent of the full-service hotel requirements in the City Code. PZC discussion therefore focused on the hotel proposed on Lot 15. Staff continues to recommend denial of the Hotel on Lot 11 as discussed below (in Outstanding Issues).
A full list of the entitlements requested are identified in the Entitlement Request Table attached to this agenda item.
DISCUSSION:
Petitioner includ...
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