PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a variance to permit vegetative screening in lieu of fencing around Compass Community Church located at 3720 Quick Fire Drive, Naperville - PZC 20-1-025.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Kathleen Russell
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 20-1-025 was published in the Daily Herald on April 20, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is zoned OCI (Office, Commercial and Institutional District) and is located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Route 59 and 103rd Street. The approximate 355,000 square foot property currently does not have any improvements, but is planned to be a Church. The owner and petitioner, Compass Community Church, requests approval of a variance to allow for vegetative screening along the perimeter of the site rather than the required fencing needed for parking located adjacent to residential uses (site plan showing the landscaping plan is included in the attachments).
DISCUSSION:
On February 6, 2019, Ordinance 19-022 approved rezoning of Wagner Farms to OCI and R2. Since the time of the initial concept of Wagner Farms, the developer for the project has provided a landscaped berm between the proposed Compass Church and residences as visual and physical separation between different land uses. Pulte Homes has submitted a letter (attached) stating that they do not have any objections to the proposed use of vegetation rather than the required fence for screening.
The site plan attached shows parking for the church adjacent to the residentially zoned parcels. Per Section 5-10-3:5.2.4.1 (Landscape and Screening: Parking Abutting Residential Property), parking abutting a residential use is required to have a solid wood fence, wall, or comparable barrier across 100% of the parking lot to a minimum height of six feet. Landscaping is also required ...
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