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New used car dealer at former car wash gets special use permit from East Peoria council
The East Peoria City Council on Tuesday voted to approve a special use permit for a used car dealership at the site of a former car wash.
Farije Asani petitioned for the permit to allow an outdoor display and storage of vehicles on property located at 2337 Washington Road, the former site of the Sunnyland Car Wash.
Asani purchased the property on May 5 from First State Bank for $115,000, according to Tazewell County property records. The city's zoning board of appeals last week unanimously recommended approval of the petition.
Council member Mark Hill said the special use authorization was contingent on Asani providing the city with a landscaping plan and displaying no more than 45 vehicles for sale at any given time.
Also on Tuesday, the council unanimously approved a resolution to accept a change order for ADA ramp reconstruction from Illinois Civil Contractors, Inc.
The council last year authorized improvements to ramps and sidewalks on East Washington Street with an estimated cost of $1,038,798. The project involved tearing out old sidewalks and replacing them with ADA-compliant ramps in applicable areas. ICCI completed the work last September and issued a change order asking for an additional $66,520, raising the price tag to $1,105,318.
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ICCI found 'numerous things,' council member Daniel Decker said. 'They could have done some patchwork and things like that. But when you're doing this large and great a project, you want to do it once, do it correctly, and not have to come back in a couple of years.'
The council laid both items on the table for public inspection for no less than one week.
This article originally appeared on Journal Star: East Peoria city council approves special use permit for used car dealership
