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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 2628 and 2670 East Garfield Avenue <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date August 3, 2017 <br /> Calendar No. 17-29 <br /> Property Location 2628 and 2670 East Garfield Avenue <br /> Requested Action Rezoning from R-3 Single Family Residence District and B-1 <br /> Neighborhood Shopping District to M-1 Intense Commercial/Light <br /> Industrial District <br /> Petitioner Paul and Barbara Swinford <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Industrial, Vacant B-1, R-3 Retail <br /> North RR ROW M-2 Employment <br /> South Single Family Residential R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> East ROW R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> West Single Family Residential R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject site is approximately 0.78 acres and is located at 2628 and 2670 East Garfield Avenue. <br /> There is an industrial structure located on the subject site. <br /> 2. The subject site has operated with an industrial use for almost two(2)decades on the eastern portion <br /> and the western portion of the site had a residential and an accessory structure until the demolition <br /> of both that occurred earlier this year. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-3 Single Family Residence District and B-1 <br /> Neighborhood Shopping District to M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District which would <br /> allow for all those uses permitted in the M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The surrounding zoning includes M-2 Heavy Industrial District to the north and R-3 Single Family <br /> Residence District to the east,west and south. There are railroad tracks immediately adjacent to the <br /> north of the subject site. The Macon County and Decatur Comprehensive Plan shows this area as <br /> Retail. The permitted uses in the M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District are compatible <br /> with Retail as shown in the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed zoning is compatible with the <br /> adjacent zoning and use to the north. The subject site located at the corner of North 27th Street and <br /> East Garfield Avenue and adjacent to the railroad tracks is appropriate for the uses permitted in the <br /> M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District. <br />