CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the staff report for Highpoint 2B located at 2304 Ferry Road - PZC 22-1-119 (Item 1 of 4)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Petitioner's requests to revoke the Iron Gate Motor Condos Phase 2B PUD as it applies to the subject property and approve a minor change that consolidates a portion of the Phase 2B property with the Phase 2A property are subject to review by City Council only. Staff concurs with the request.
The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) considered a concurrent request by the Petitioner to appeal the Zoning Administrator's interpretation of the Citywide Building Design Guidelines as they apply to the proposed Highpoint 2B (Sunbelt Rentals building) at their meeting on July 19, 2023. While the City's design guidelines require industrial buildings to be constructed of predominantly masonry, stone, or pre-cast concrete materials, the PZC concurred with the Petitioner's appeal of the Zoning Administrator's decision and approved the use of hardie board siding as the predominant building material on the proposed industrial building.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is currently zoned I (Industrial District) in the City of Naperville and is part of the Iron Gate Motor Condos PUD (PUD) which has been developed in phases over the years. In June of 2021, City Council approved Phase 2B of the Iron Gate Motor Condos PUD to permit 51 townhomes to be constructed on the property through a PUD land use deviation.
At this time, the Petitioner is no longer pursuing improvement of the subject property with the approved residential uses and instead proposes construction of a Sunbelt Rentals industrial building on a portion of the Phase 2B. To do so, the Petitioner seeks revocation of the PUD as it applies to the subject property, approval of a minor change to the PUD to consolidate a portion of the Phase 2B p...
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