File #: 21-0091O    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/2/2021 In control: Planning and Zoning Commission
On agenda: 10/6/2021 Final action:
Title: Reconvene the public hearing for the Islamic Center of Naperville located at 3540 248th Avenue (ICN) - PZC 20-1-052
Attachments: 1. Development Petition, 2. Petitioner Findings of Fact, 3. Site Plan Phase 1, 4. Site Plan Overall, 5. Prelim Engineering Phase 1, 6. Prelim Engineering Overall, 7. Prelim Landscaping, 8. Phasing Plan, 9. Building Elevations, 10. Parking Study, 11. Traffic Study, 12. School Drop Off Plan, 13. School Drop Off Summary, 14. Legal Description, 15. Disclosure of Beneficiaries, 16. August 2021 Parking Counts, 17. Parking Study November 2007, 18. Updated Parking Calculations, 19. Public Comments, 20. Shapiro - Cover Letter to PZC, 21. Shapiro - Letter to Sara Kopinski, 22. Shapiro - Response to PZC 20-1-052, 23. Shapiro Questions/City Responses
Related files: 21-0091, 21-0091B, 21-0091C, 21-0091D, 21-0091E, 21-0091F, 21-0537, 21-0091G, 21-0091H, 21-0091I, 21-0091J, 21-0091K, 21-0091L, 21-1010, 21-0091M, 21-0091N, 21-0091P
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM

ACTION REQUESTED:
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Reconvene the public hearing for the Islamic Center of Naperville located at 3540 248th Avenue (ICN) - PZC 20-1-052
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development

SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP

ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
1. A conditional use to develop a religious institution (ICN 248th mosque) including a mosque, school, multi-purpose hall, and gymnasium uses to be built in 5 phases over the next 40 years; and,
2. A variance to Section 5-10-3:5.2.4.1 to eliminate the fencing requirements on the north property line.

*Note: the front-yard setback variance request originally sought by petitioner was eliminated in the revised plans submitted by the Petitioner prior to the August 4, 2021 Public Hearing.

BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission reconvened the public hearing for PZC 20-1-052 on September 1, 2021, and continued it to October 6, 2021.

BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of 13.36 acres on the east side of 248th Avenue at the intersection with Honey Locust Drive. The property is zoned R1 (Low Density Single-Family Residence District) and is owned by the Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN). ICN proposes developing the property with a religious institution comprised of a mosque, school, multi-purpose hall, and gymnasium in 5 phases over the next 40 years. To do so, the petitioner has requested approval of a conditional use for a religious institution in the R1 zoning district and a variance to eliminate the fencing requirement along the north property line.

DISCUSSION:

Findings of Fact
Throughout the ICN 248th mosque public hearing, surrounding residents and witnesses raised several topics that were explored at length. Based on the record generated at the Public Hearing, staff has made findings, in addition to the Petitioner's Findings of Fact (attached), in support of the Petitioner's conditional use and landscape variance request. These ...

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