PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a major change to the Schweikert Square PUD in order to grant a conditional use to permit a cultural institution in B3 (General Commercial District) at the subject property located at 1568 W. Ogden Avenue, Naperville (Sri Panchamukha Hanuman Religious Social Club) - PZC 19-1-063
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Erin Venard
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 19-1-063 was published in the Daily Herald on July 22, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The petitioner, Sri Panchamukha Hanuman, is requesting a major change to the Schweikert Square Planned Unit Development (PUD) in order to grant a conditional use to permit a cultural institution. The petitioner requests to operate a religious social club.
The subject property was developed in 1991 as a part of the Schweikert Square PUD and improved with an approximately 100,000 square foot commercial shopping center. Located at the southeast corner of Ogden Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, the subject property has a common address of 1568 W. Ogden Avenue. The proposed tenant space, Suite 146, is approximately 3,075 square feet in size. The East Sector Plan (1998) identifies the future land use of the subject property as commercial. While the proposed cultural center is not a commercial use, it is compatible with the surrounding businesses and may serve to draw additional patrons to those businesses.
DISCUSSION:
Conditional Use - Cultural Institution
Section 6-1-6 (Definitions) of the Municipal Code defines cultural institutions as "establishments such as museums, botanical, and zoological gardens of a historic, educational or cultural interest, or art galleries which are operated primarily for the display, rather than the sale, of works of art." A cultural institution requires a conditional use permit in the B3 District per Section 6-7C-3 (B3 D...
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