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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 3550 North 27`h Street <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date June 1, 2017 <br /> Calendar No. 17-21 <br /> Property Location 3550 North 27th Street <br /> Requested Action Rezoning from R-1 Single Family Residence District to M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial/Light Industrial District <br /> Petitioner Cloyd D. Bolt <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Industrial R-1 Employment <br /> North Industrial M-1 Employment <br /> South Commercial B-1 Retail <br /> East Commercial, Single Family B-1, R-3 Retail, Residential-Low Density <br /> Residential <br /> West Industrial M-1 Employment <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject site is approximately 1.14 acres and is located at 3550 North 27th Street. The subject <br /> site has an approximated 5,000 square foot industrial structure. <br /> 2. The subject site was annexed to the City of Decatur in March of 1975 and was automatically zoned <br /> R-1 Single Family Residence District as required by State Statute and the Zoning Ordinance. The <br /> property was not rezoned at that time. The property has operated with industrial and commercial <br /> uses prior to and since its annexation into the City. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-1 Single Family Residence District to M- <br /> 1 Intense <br /> Commercial/Light Industrial District which would allow for all those uses permitted in the M-1 <br /> Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The surrounding zoning includes M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District to the north and <br /> west and R-3 Single Family Residence District to the east and B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District <br /> to the south and east. There are railroad tracks immediately adjacent to the south and east of the <br /> property and these railroad tracks run alongside Illinois Route 48. The Macon County and Decatur <br /> Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Employment. The permitted uses in the M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial/Light Industrial District are compatible with employment as shown in the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. The proposed zoning is compatible with adjacent zoning and uses to the <br />