File #: 23-0285C    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/28/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/18/2023 Final action: 7/18/2023
Title: Receive the staff report and resume the public hearing to consider the Annexation Agreement for Orion/Prosperita - PZC 22-1-097 (Item 1 of 8)
Attachments: 1. Petition to Annex, 2. Petition for Development Approval, 3. Response to Standards, 4. Preliminary Site Plan, 5. Preliminary Engineering, 6. Traffic Study, 7. Autoturn Exhibit, 8. Stormwater Report
Related files: 23-0740, 23-0285B, 23-0744, 23-0741, 23-0742, 23-0738, 23-0743, 23-0739, 24-0504
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM

ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the staff report and resume the public hearing to consider the Annexation Agreement for Orion/Prosperita - PZC 22-1-097 (Item 1 of 8)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development

SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP

BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission considered PZC 22-1-097 on March 15, 2023 and recommended approval of the request (approved 8-0). On June 20, 2023, City Council opened the public hearing to consider the Annexation Agreement for Orion/Prosperita and continued it to the July 18, 2023 City Council meeting.

BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of approximately 12.35 acres located at the southwest corner of Diehl Road and Mill Street. The property is currently vacant and zoned R-3 (Single Family Residence District) in unincorporated DuPage County. The petitioner proposes annexing the property into the City of Naperville and developing the property with Orion STEM School and The Prosperita townhome development. To do so, the petitioner requests approval of: rezoning to OCI (Office, Commercial and Institutional District) following annexation; a plat of subdivision; a conditional use for attached single-family dwelling units/townhomes in the OCI District; a variance to allow an off premises sign; a variance to allow townhomes to be constructed with 25% masonry; and, a variance to relocate required parkway trees along Diehl Road and Mill Street.

The City's Land Use Master Plan identifies the future place type of the subject property to be Employment Center along the subject property's Diehl Road frontage. The southern portion of the property is designated as City Corridor. Staff finds the petitioner's proposal to be compatible with these designations.

DISCUSSION:
Annexation and Rezoning
The petitioner proposes annexation of the subject property into the City of Naperville. The subject property is contiguous to the City of Naperville's current mu...

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