PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider an amendment to Section 6-8C-3 of the Naperville Municipal Code regarding vocational and trade schools in the I (Industrial) zoning district (PZC 24-1-094)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Adam Beaver, AICP, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Required notice of PZC 24-1-094 was published in the Naperville Sun on Sunday, August 4, 2024; Wednesday, August 7, 2024; and Sunday, August 11, 2024
BACKGROUND:
A request has been submitted by Phlebotomy Training Specialists for a text amendment to 6-8C-3 be processed to allow vocational and trade schools which do not qualify as a Public Assembly Use per Section 6-2-29 of the Naperville Municipal Code, as a conditional use in the I zoning district. The PZC concurred with this request and initiated the text amendment on June 5, 2024.
DISCUSSION:
The intent of the I zoning district is to accommodate industrial activities which are more intensive than light industrial uses. This district includes a variety of industrial, office, and several commercial uses as permitted uses. Currently, vocational and trade schools which qualify as a Public Assembly Use, are a conditional use in the district. To qualify as a Public Assembly use, per Section 6-2-29 of the Naperville Municipal Code, all uses must be operated on a not-for-profit basis.
The petitioner requests approval of a text amendment to designate vocational and trade schools which do not qualify as a Public Assembly Use as a conditional use in the I district. The petitioner believes that there is no operational difference between a vocational school which operates on a not-for-profit basis and a vocational school which operates on a for profit basis.
Staff believes that vocational and trade schools which do not qualify as a Public Assembly Use would not negatively affect the zoning district or the existin...
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