CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance rezoning the subject property from I District to OCI District for City Gate West and approving a Preliminary Plat of Subdivision; Conditional Use for a PUD and Preliminary PUD Plat; Conditional Uses for retail, restaurants, residential, and two hotels; and various deviations for City Gate West - PZC 20-1-022
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Allison Laff, AICP, Deputy Director and Pat Lord, Senior Assistant City Attorney
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The City Council first considered PZC 20-1-022 on February 2, 2021 and tabled the discussion to allow the Petitioner additional time to work with staff on key concerns identified.
BACKGROUND:
Project Context
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 as well as the vacant Odyssey Fun World building. The owners of the property, through Inter-Continental Real Estate & Development Corporation (Petitioner), propose City Gate West (CGW), a development that includes: seven restaurant sites; one multi-tenant retail/restaurant site; 19 acres of open space; two, five-story mixed-use buildings with a combined total of 410 residential units; one medical office building; and two hotels (one on Lot 11 and one on Lot 15).
The requested approvals for CGW are detailed in the attached (see List of Requested Entitlements).
DISCUSSION:
Entitlement Process Summary
* The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) considered PZC 20-1-022 on November 18, 2020 and December 16, 2020 and voted to recommend approval of the requested entitlements other than a limited service hotel proposed on Lot 11, subject to the conditions reviewed by the PZC (approved 9-0).
* The City Council first considered PZC 20-1-022 on February 2, 2021. Immediately prior to issuance of the February ...
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