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Peoria holds workshop on conditional use permits; staff outlines review criteria, neighborhood meeting and appeal process
Summary
Planning staff led an extended development workshop Sept. 18 explaining how conditional use permits (CUPs) differ from rezones, what findings staff applies, how neighborhood meetings and notice work, and how appeals are handled (appeals to City Council within 15 days and a $500 filing fee).
Peoria planning staff held a development-workshop segment during the Sept. 18 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to explain conditional use permits, the city’s review criteria and the process for public notice, neighborhood meetings and appeals. Staff presenters Planning Director Hawkes, Lori Deaver and other planning staff described the permit pathway and answered commissioners’ questions.
Staff said conditional use permits (CUPs) are allowed uses under a zoning designation that may still require additional scrutiny because of physical or operational characteristics at a particular site. The purpose of the CUP process, staff said, is to mitigate potential adverse impacts — for example, traffic queuing at a drive-through, noise from an auto-repair…
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