Title/Name/Summary
Southmoor Commons - Amendment to Permitted Uses
History
The Village Board approved the annexation agreement Southmoor Commons shopping center in December of 2002. The annexation agreement included an ‘Exhibit D’ that listed 42 permitted uses for the commercial center. The uses approved are more limited than uses currently allowed in the BIZ business district in order to preserve the design intent of the area. A recent review of the list indicates that medical offices and clinics, which may have been presumed under ‘offices,’ permitted use number 30, is not specifically called out. Due to the list's specificity, this exclusion of wording may cause problems with future tenants of the shopping center.
Because the permitted use list also includes number 42 ‘all other uses as approved by the Village,’ changes to the list only need to be heard before the Village Board without a public hearing. The Village’s attorney has confirmed this course of action.
The definitions section of the Village Code defines medical offices, clinics and rehabilitation centers as ‘any building or portion thereof, the principal use of which is for offices of one or more licensed physicians, ophthalmologists, dentists, psychologists, physical, occupation and recreational therapists or the like for the examination and treatment of persons on an out-patient basis only’. These uses are closely related to professional and business offices and are considered low intensity. Medical offices generate slightly higher parking demands than professional offices, but much smaller demands than retail or restaurant uses.
The purpose of the below motion is to clarify the list of Southmoor Commons permitted to include medical offices, clinics and rehabilitation centers as defined by the Land Development Code.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to add Medical Office, Medical Clinics and Medical Rehabilitation Centers to the list of permitted uses in the Southmoor Commons shopping...
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