Submitted By
Plan Commission through Emily A. Egan, Development Services Director
Reviewed By
Erin E. Baynes, Assistant to the Village Manager
Agenda Item Title
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Concur with the Plan Commission and Adopt an Ordinance Amending Article 2 ("Definitions & Rules of Measurement"), Section 2.3 ("Definitions"), Article 8 ("Uses"), Section 8.4 ("Principal Use Standards") and Table 8.1 ("Use Matrix") of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance to Establish a Community Service Center as a Special Use in the I-Institutional Zoning District
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Overview
Overview
The Petitioner seeks a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to create a land use category for a Community Service Center that allows the applicant to provide overnight stays for the unhoused, provide meals, and offer social and medical services. Social and medical services will also be provided to students at St. Catherine/St. Lucy's and affiliated schools and their families. This proposed use would require a special use permit. This agenda item is a companion to the special use application agenda item ORD 24-145.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Adopt the Ordinance.
Background
The applicant approached the Village with a need to establish a permanent site that could provide overnight accommodations for the unhoused in a manner similar to the former "P.A.D.S." model abandoned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the Zoning Ordinance does not currently provide for the intended use, a zoning ordinance text amendment is necessary. The proposed text language would allow the proposed use only within the I-Institutional zoning districts where the majority of uses are government agencies or private and public school-affiliated institutions.
The second floor of the North Austin Boulevard location is used as a temporary emergency shelter for relocated migrants and other unhoused people located in and around Oak Park. In this proposal, the applicant intends to also establish, with the support of The Neighborhood Br...
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