CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the staff report for 419-423 S. Washington Street and 400 S. Main Street (JC Licht/Walgreens) - PZC 21-1-105 (Item 1 of 4)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) conducted the public hearing regarding the petitioner's requests on March 2, 2022 and voted to recommend approval (approved 8-0). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of approximately 2.13 acres located at the northwest corner of Washington Street and Aurora Avenue. It is zoned B5 (Secondary Downtown) and is currently improved with two commercial buildings and associated parking lots.
The City's Downtown Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project (Washington Project) will include replacing the Washington Street Bridge and improving Washington Street on the east side of the subject property. As part of this project, the City will need to acquire a portion of the subject property to create additional space for planned roadway improvements (including adding a right-turn lane from Washington Street to Aurora Avenue and widening the sidewalk). The City's acquisition of property will result in the removal of an existing, nonconforming ground sign along the subject property's Washington Street frontage. In response, the petitioner requests approval of a sign variance to allow the existing, nonconforming sign to be relocated on the subject property. Concurrently, the petitioner proposes rezoning the subject property from B5 to B4 for consistency with the Downtown 2030 Plan.
DISCUSSION:
Sign Variance
The existing sign on the subject property measures approximately 12 feet in height and 32.5 square feet in area. Section 6-16-3 (Prohibited Signs) of the Naperville Municipal Code prohibits ground signs in the Downtown Central Business District, therefore the sign is categorized as an existing, nonconfor...
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