99-10 GRANTING SPECIAL PERMIT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT - MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM No. 99-20 To: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Councilmembers From: James L. Willia s �; City Manager ,.... Cecil A. Collins, J .; Community evelopment Director� M�Forgey, Senior Planne Subject: Cal. # 99-05; petition of Millikin University Date: January 27, 1999 Background. The petitioner, in association with the Decatur Park District, requests approval of a planned unit development (PUD) in order to build a two-story, 87,000 square foot indoor sports complex at Wood Street and Fairview Avenue. The property is zoned R-6, a multifamily residential category, and the applicant does not propose a change in the underlying zoning of the property. The design capacity of the building, according to a University spokesman, is 1,800 persons. The Plan Commission heard this case on January 7, 1999, and approved of stai�'s conditions as presented in this report. According to the petition, the applicant "is in the process of acquiring additional land in the two block area bound by Wood Street and Decatur Street to the north and south and the railroad tracks and Fairview Avenue to the east and west. The eventual intent is to vacate Macon Street from Fairview Avenue to the railroad tracks and develop this area with indoor sports fields to complement the indoor center. The petitioner is requesting PUD modifications to the R-6 district requirements as outlined in...E�ibit'C.' " Exhibit "C" specifically calls for four modifications to the terms of the R-6 zoning category: 1 Eliminate the restriction that community buildings be located a minimum of 40 feet from any side or rear yard lot line..." 2 Increase maximum building height from 35 feet to 50 feet. Reduce minimum front yard setback from 30 feet to 25 feet. Eliminate the required side yard and rear yard setback at all existing internal or future internal lot lines. 3 Reduce the minimum side yard setback at corner lots from equal to the front yard setback to � one half of the front yard setback. ' 4 Eliminate the parking requirement.