2005-01 GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 1101 EAST SANGAMON STREET

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM Memo No. OS-04 January 12, 2005 TO: Honorable Ma or Paul Osborne and Cit Council Y Y �F FROM: Steve Garm , ity Manager � Dane C. Bragg AICP, Assistant City Managerf� Kathy J. Mille , AICP, Senior Planner K ^�- Suzan Stickle, Planner,jM�� ' , SUBJECT: Request for a Conditional Use Permit at 1101 East Sangamon Street. , � SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the conditional use permit subject to the following conditions: A. Screening around the entire site in the form of a chain-link fence with slats will be required. The fencing needs to be six (6) feet tall with an additional two (2) feet of barbed wire on top. Alternatively, an eight(8) foot privacy fence will be allowed. B. A site plan and a landscaping plan shall be submitted and approved by the Department ' of Economic and Urban Development and the Department of Engineering and Infrastructure. ; G If the site is secured with a locked gate, a Knox lock will be required for emergency I', vehicle access. �!� , Staff is of the opinion that the proposed conditional use permit for an automotive storage yard is II, compatible with the adjacent land uses in the area. Staff is also of the opinion that an automotive I, storage yard will not be detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the general public and will not I substantially diminish the value of the properties in the surrounding neighborhood. � The City Plan Commission voted 8-0 to recommend approval of this petition at the January 6, 2005 I� hearing; the minutes of the meeting are attached. , BACKGROUND: The petitioner is requesting a conditional use permit to operate an automotive ' storage yard at 1101 East Sangamon Street; the premises is currently zoned M-2 Heavy Industrial �'� District. �, The petitioner currently operates a towing service and would like to expand the operation at this �I location; additionally, the petitioner proposes to store automobiles at this location. The main storage ', of vehicles will occur inside buildings on the site and overflow vehicles will be stored outside. This facility will serve as a central location for the storage of vehicles, the dispatching of tow trucks, retrieving of vehicles by their owners and examination of vehicles by law enforcement and insurance representatives.