CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the staff report for 2939 Audrey Avenue (The Atlas) - DEV-0149-2025 (Item 1 of 5)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission considered DEV-0149-2025 on February 18, 2026, and recommended approval of the request (approved 9-0).
BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of a 6.2-acre, L-shaped parcel with frontages along both Audrey Avenue and IL Route 59. In 2023, Ordinances 23-062, 23-063, and 23-064 ("Audrey Senior Living Ordinances") were approved to accommodate development of a convalescent home to be known as Audrey Senior Residences on the subject property. The property has remained vacant since these approvals.
The petitioner proposes revoking the Audrey Senior Living Ordinances and seeks approval of new entitlements to develop a 236-unit, multi-family residential building on Lot 1 of the subject property. Following revocation of the prior approvals, the petitioner requests approval of: a preliminary plat of subdivision to create Lot 1 and Lot 2; rezoning Lot 1 to OCI (Office, Commercial and Institutional District); a conditional use for multi-family residential on Lot 1; and, variances to the City's requirements for density, building height, parking provisions and setbacks, and wall signage for the residential development on Lot 1. Lot 2 will remain zoned B2 (Community Shopping Center District), and no development plans are proposed.
The Mayfair of Naperville townhome development is located to the north and east of the subject property, and commercial developments including Home Depot, Dick's Sporting Goods and Mattress Firm are located to the south and west of the property. The City's Land Use Master Plan identifies the future place type of the subject property to be Urban Center which identifies multi-family residential as an appropriate supporting use. Staff finds the pet...
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