(A) Purpose; recitals.
(1) Pursuant to this zoning code, including § 153.127, the City Council of the city of LaSalle did move and referred pursuant to motion to the Planning Commission for consideration of the amendment to the zoning ordinance to restrict the portion of the downtown business district from being used as residential property (R-1 through R-4 inclusive as defined within this chapter) with the portion of the Downtown Business District referred for consideration of the amendment being defined as the first floor of the following:
(a) All of First Street between the West side of Bucklin to and including the East side of Crosat Street;
(b) All of Second Street from and including the West side of Bucklin to and including the East side of Tonti Street;
(c) All of the South side of Third Street from and including the West side of Bucklin Street to the East side of Joliet Street;
(d) That part of Bucklin, Wright, Gooding, Marquette and Joliet Streets between First and Third Street;
all of which area of said downtown business district may be henceforth referred to within this chapter collectively as the Residential Use Exclusion Portion of the Downtown Business District.
(2) The zoning change and restriction from residential use of the First Floor of said Residential Use Exclusion Portion of the Downtown Business District is in the best interest of the City of LaSalle.
(3) The making of such change in the chapter is in the public good and may be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially impairing the purpose and intent of the comprehensive plan of the City of LaSalle and/or the Zoning Ordinance of the City of LaSalle.
(4) It is understood that the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as referred to above regarding said proposed residential use excluded portion of the downtown business district would still be subject to §§ 153.095 through 153.097 of the Zoning Ordinance regarding preexisting non-conforming uses.
(5) A public hearing was held on September 10, 2001, pursuant to notice duly published within the Daily News-Tribune at least 15 days prior to said public hearing and the LaSalle Planning Commission after due consideration at the time of said public hearing recommended to the City Council of the City of LaSalle that the proposed change restricting the portion of the downtown business district described above as the Residential Use Excluded Portion of the Downtown Business District from being used as residential property (R1-R4 inclusive as defined within the Ordinance) be approved and adopted.
(6) The City Council of the City of LaSalle has previously accepted the recommendation of the Planning Commission to restrict the portion of the downtown business district defined above as the Residential Use Excluded Portion of the Downtown Business District from being used as residential property.
(B) Restriction of first floor area. The first floor portion of the below described portions of the downtown business district (all of which was previously a portion of the C-3 Central Business District as defined within the Zoning Ordinance (with the exception of a part of the East side of Crosat Street between First and Second Street that was part of the C-2 Commercial District) be henceforth restricted and prohibited from being used for residential use of property (including residential uses as defined within R1 through R4 of the present City of LaSalle Zoning Ordinance) with the portions of the downtown business district to be so restricted and prohibited from use pursuant to this Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to be defined as the First Floor of the following:
(1) All of First Street between the West side of Bucklin to and including the East side of Crosat Street;
(2) All of Second Street from and including the West side of Bucklin to and including the East side of Tonti Street;
(3) All of the South side of Third Street from and including the West side of Bucklin Street to the East side of Joliet Street;
(4) That part of Bucklin, Wright, Gooding, Marquette and Joliet Streets between First and Third Street.
(Ord. 1748, passed 10-1-2001)