CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance approving a minor change to the conditional use for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 1310 Shepherd Drive - DEV-0116-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Anna Franco, AICP, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Review by the Planning and Zoning Commission is not required for this request. The petitioner provided the required notice (mailed written notice; sign posted on the property) in accordance with Section 6-3-5 (Procedures for Processing Petitions) of the Naperville Municipal Code.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located at the southeast corner of 75th Street and Shepherd Drive and comprises approximately 8.7 acres. The property is zoned R3 (Medium Density Multi-Family District) and is improved with the church building for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and a surface parking lot containing 416 spaces.
In 1985, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 85-188 approving a conditional use for a religious institution in the R3 District for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church as part of an annexation agreement.
In 2000, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 00-050 approving a major change to the conditional use to construct additions to the existing church building and parking lot improvements, to be completed in two phases. The church completed Phase I improvements, including a 24,305 square-foot building expansion and 106 parking spaces (51 permanent, 55 temporary) and a portion of Phase II improvements, including 400 permanent on-site parking spaces.
In 2009, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 09-015 approving a second major change to the conditional use to increase the size of the Phase II building additions from 26,300 square feet (approved in 2000) to 33,123 square feet and a parking variance to reduce the required number of parking stalls from 445 spaces to 413 spaces.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner and property owner, Good Shepherd Luthera...
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