CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance approving a major change to the Naper Settlement PUD with deviations and a Final PUD Plat for the property located at the southwest corner of Aurora Avenue and Webster Street (Naper Settlement) - PZC 20-1-078
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) conducted review of PZC 20-1-078 on January 6, 2021 and provided a positive recommendation on the request (approved 6,0). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of 12 acres located at the southwest corner of Aurora Avenue and Webster Street. The property is zoned R1A PUD and is improved with a history museum known as Naper Settlement. The petitioner, Harriet Pistorio (Naper Settlement) requests approval of a major change to the Naper Settlement PUD and a preliminary/final PUD plat in order to grant approval of three deviations for construction of new on-site facilities.
The new facilities include the Innovation Gateway, the Agricultural Interpretive Center, and Thresher Pavilion. Construction of these facilities requires a deviation to the corner side yard setback, a deviation to the foundation landscaping requirements, and deviation to install fencing along the perimeter of the property.
In 2008, the petitioner conducted a future historic buildings assessment to determine how and where buildings could be configured on the campus. The assessment proposed ten new buildings on site which were approved as a major change to the PUD. The current request is for provision of three new facilities, the location of which are inconsistent with the location of the future buildings identified in 2008.
The petitioner has indicated they will no longer be pursuing the conceptual site plan identified in 2008. The current proposal will serve as the updated site plan for the campus.
DISCUSSION:
The new...
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