PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a variance to Section 6-7D-4:1 (B4 District: Required Conditions) of the Naperville Municipal Code to allow a general service use on the first floor of the Naper Place property located at 119 S. Main Street Unit 103, Naperville - PZC 18-1-024
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Erin Venard
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 18-1-024 was published in the Naperville Sun on April 15, 2018.
BACKGROUND:
The petitioner is proposing to lease a 1,390 square foot first floor tenant space in the Naper Place building to operate a California Closets store. Naper Place is a multi-tenant building with retail and restaurant uses on the first floor and dwelling units on the upper floors. North Central College was the prior tenant of the subject property and utilized the space as a student lounge in conjunction with the student housing located on the upper floors. NCC no longer requires the additional housing space and has vacated the property; the upper floors are currently being converted to market rate apartments and the tenant space is being converted to leasable space.
The subject property is located near the southwest corner of Van Buren Avenue and Main Street with a common address of 119 S. Main Street Unit 103. The property is zoned B4 (Downtown Core). The petitioner is requesting a variance to Section 6-7D-4 (B4 District: Required Conditions) of the Naperville Municipal Code to allow a general service use, a California Closets store, on the first floor.
The Naperville Downtown2030 plan identifies the future land use of the subject property as "Downtown Core." The proposed California Closets store is considered a general service use and is not consistent with the purpose of the Downtown Core to "serve as the retail and activity center of the downtown, allowing for the mos...
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