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Item Coversheet Page 1 of 2 <br /> 1n <br /> Development Services <br /> DATE: 8/25/2017 <br /> MEMO: No. 17-22 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FROM: Tim Gleason,City Manager <br /> Billy Tyus,Deputy City Manager <br /> Suzan Stickle,Senior Planner <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Rezone 2628 and 2670 East Garfield Avenue from R-3 Single Family Residence District and B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District <br /> to M-I Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Staff recommends approval of the rezoning to M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District. The City Plan Commission voted <br /> 8-0 to recommend approval of this petition at the August 3,2017 meeting;the minutes of the meeting are attached. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The subject site is approximately 0.78 acres and is located at 2628 and 2670 East Garfield Avenue. There is an industrial structure <br /> located on the subject site. <br /> The subject site has operated with an industrial use for almost two(2)decades on the eastern portion while the western portion of <br /> the site had a residential structure and an accessory structure until the demolition of both that occurred earlier this year. <br /> The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-3 Single Family Residence District and B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District to M-1 <br /> Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District which would allow for all those uses permitted in the M-I Intense Commercial/Light <br /> Industrial District. <br /> The surrounding zoning includes M-2 Heavy Industrial District to the north and R-3 Single Family Residence District to the east, <br /> west and south.There are railroad tracks immediately adjacent to the north of the subject site.The Macon County and Decatur <br /> Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Retail. The permitted uses in the M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District are <br /> compatible with Retail as shown in the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed zoning is compatible with the adjacent zoning and use <br /> to the north.The subject site located at the corner of North 27th Street and East Garfield Avenue and adjacent to the railroad tracks <br /> is appropriate for the uses permitted in the M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District. <br /> The eastern portion of the subject site has operated as industrial for almost two(2)decades while being located next to residential. <br /> Expanding the zoning district through the western portion of the subject site and rezoning the entire subject site to M-I Intense <br /> Commercial/Light Industrial District should have no adverse effect on the general area or the City as a whole. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There were no known objectors at the Plan Commission Meeting. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: <br /> The petition has been reviewed by the City's Technical Review Committee;Planning,Engineering and Fire. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Suzan Stickle at 424-2786 or at sstickle@decaturil.gov. <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None <br /> ATTACHMENTS: <br /> Description Type <br /> Ordinance Ordinance <br /> https:Hdecatur.novusagenda.com/AgendaWeb/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=1249 9/1/2017 <br />