TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow a Used Car Dealership, Located at 1101 N. Broadway Street
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BACKGROUND:
Mr. Abraham Garcia, the property owner of 1101 N. Broadway Street, requests approval of this Special Use Permit so that a future tenant can sell used cars that have been repaired on-site or elsewhere. Mr. Garcia contends that the ability to sell cars at this location will make a long-term lease of the property more viable. This Special Use Permit request was tabled at the December 19, 2023, City Council meeting so that a new site plan for 15 used car sales could be prepared. The revised site plan for this property is attached, which shows 15 used cars, two customer parking spaces and two employee parking spaces. The site plan shows ingress and egress from Hutchins Street only and proposes blocking ingress and egress from Broadway Street with display vehicles. City staff has concerns with blocking the access along the Route 53 Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) right-of-way with vehicles as the site plan proposes.
In 2021 the city granted a Variation of Use to allow B-3 (General Business) uses at this location as well as Special Use Permit to allow light truck/ tractor cab tire repair and maintenance at this subject site. Mr. Garcia was the owner at the time, and he made improvements to the property, including updates to both buildings, removing junk and debris and new paving on parts of the property; however, Mr. Garcia decided to operate his light truck/ tractor cab tire repair and maintenance business elsewhere. Since 2021, the property has been used for vehicle repair which was previously approved under the Variation of Use that was issued in 1983.
As a condition of approval, staff is recommending that a public garage would not be permitted to operate alongside a used car dealership at this location should this Special Use Permit request for a...
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