CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the staff report for Naperville Elderly Homes (310 Martin Avenue) - BRB Case #96/PZC 18-1-130 (Item 1 of 6)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Allison Laff, AICP, Deputy Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Not required.
BACKGROUND:
Naperville Elderly Homes Inc. has operated the Martin Avenue Apartments, which is a government-subsidized nonprofit housing center that offers housing opportunities for seniors or persons with disabilities on a limited income, located at 310 Martin Avenue for forty years. The Martin Avenue Apartments are currently comprised of 122 low-income senior apartments.
In 2017, Naperville Elderly Homes Inc. sought City Council approval of various entitlements (PZC 17-1-019) to permit the construction of a new sixty-eight unit senior apartment building which was to be attached to the existing Martin Avenue Apartments via a common corridor. City Council approved the following ordinances associated with PZC 17-1-019 on June 6, 2017:
* Ordinance 17-075 (Approval of a Deviation and Preliminary Plat of Subdivison)
* Ordinance 17-076 (Approval of a Conditional Use for Multi-Family Dwellings)
* Ordinance 17-077 (Approval of Certain Zoning Variances)
* Ordinance 17-078 (Approval of a Variance Regarding Exterior Wall Construction)
DISCUSSION:
Following City Council approval of the above ordinances, the scope of the project was modified to include both construction of the expansion, as well as renovation of the original Martin Avenue Apartments building. In order to obtain funding from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) for the work proposed, the Petitioner is required to adjust the shared lot line between Lot 1 and Lot 2 of the Subject Property from that which was previously approved through PZC 17-1-019. This adjustment will result in a portion of the original Martin Avenue Apartments building being located on Lot 1 and a portion ...
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