CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass an ordinance granting approval of a variance to reduce the amount of required off-street parking for the subject property located at 1355 E. Ogden Ave - PZC 21-1-117
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) reviewed PZC 21-1-117 on December 15, 2021 and provided a positive recommendation for the parking variance request (approved 6,0).
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located at the northwest corner of Ogden Avenue and Naper Boulevard with a common street address of 1355 E. Ogden Avenue. It is zoned B3 (General Commercial District) and is approximately 4.41 acres in size. The subject property consists of two lots; Lot 1 has frontage along both Ogden Avenue and Naperville-Wheaton Road and is improved with a freestanding grocery store (Amazon Fresh) and Lot 2 is oriented towards Naper Boulevard and will be improved with a multi-tenant commercial building under construction. The development is collectively known as the Shops on Naper.
The petitioner is requesting approval of a parking variance in order to reduce the number of parking spaces required on Lot 2 in order to allow a restaurant and two medical offices to be located in the multi-tenant commercial building under construction at the subject property.
DISCUSSION:
While the Shops on Naper development functions as one shopping center with a connected parking lot, it is two separate lots. Lot 1 has 158 parking spaces and is improved with a grocery store and Lot 2 (subject property) has 68 parking spaces and will be improved with a multi-tenant commercial building. The total number of parking spaces within the development is 226 parking spaces.
For the purposes of this parking variance request, only the parking spaces which are located on Lot 2 are counted towards the total parking count for the multi-te...
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