2018-25 Rezoning Property R-3 Single Family Residence District to PD Planned Development District 110-140 W Mound Rd

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Item Coversheet Page I of 2 Economic&Community Development DATE: 6/18/2018 MEMO: No. 18-21 TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council FROM: Tim Gleason,City Manager Raymond Lai,AICP,Economic and Community Development Director Joselyn Stewart,Transportation Planner SUBJECT: Rezone 110-140 West Mound Road from R-3 Single-Family Residence District to PD Planned Development District SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning to PD Planned Development District with the following conditions: 1. The permitted uses in this Planned Development District are retail,no more than one(1)freestanding restaurant with a drive- through facility; and medical and professional offices in no more than two(2)buildings. Consumer credit services;outdoor storage of merchandise, construction equipment and/or building materials; check cashing services; pawnbroker; tattoo or body piercing parlor;gas stations;and video-gaming parlor are prohibited. 2. The combined total square footage of both buildings shall not exceed 17,400 square feet. 3. Building elevations and construction materials primarily of masonry shall be as approved by the Economic and Community Development Department in conjunction with the final site plan review. 4. There is concern that the storm sewer system along Mound Road does not have the capacity to take any additional storm water.The drainage design must be studied further,and a report,sealed by a professional engineer,must be submitted.Storm water runoff must be managed according to City of Decatur Storm Water Policy and must consider the impact on downstream properties and infrastructure. The final design of the detention area and where it outlets must be reviewed and approved by the City prior to the approval of site plan. 5. A public sanitary sewer runs through the property where the buildings are proposed. The sewer will have to be relocated around the building with a new permanent easement surrounding the sewer. 6. Signs prohibiting left turns are required at the two exit points for the site. 7. The overall development will be permitted to have no more than two (2) freestanding monument style signs along the frontage of West Mound Road,one on each of the two(2)proposed lots.One of the permitted freestanding signs shall be a maximum of 160 square feet in area and not exceeding twenty(20)feet in height.The second permitted sign shall not exceed one hundred(100)square feet in area or ten(10)feet in height.Electronic Message Unit(EMU)signage,if proposed,on the freestanding monument style signage shall be permitted,subject to the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for EMUS.An electronic message unit shall be permitted on the menu/order board for the drive-through facility.All other signage within the development will be prohibited from having EMUS. 8. Hours of operation for a restaurant,if proposed,shall be between the hours of 5:00 AM and 11:00 PM. 9. No outside speakers shall be permitted except for the drive-through facility with the restaurant. 10. All lights facing the west,north and east shall be shielded from the adjoining properties. 11. A two lot final subdivision plat will be required to be submitted, approved and recorded prior to a final site plan being approved. 12. Except as otherwise required by the Zoning Ordinance regarding buffer yards, a minimum of fifteen (15) foot wide landscaped buffer yard shall be provided along the respective east and west property limits of the overall development where they adjoin residentially-zoned properties.A mix of trees and shrubs,in sizes as prescribed by the Zoning Ordinance,shall be provided within the required buffer yards. 13. Cross-access and cross-parking easements,as well as trash enclosure easement,shall be established,approved,and recorded for the two(2)proposed lots as part of the final subdivision plat approval procedure. 14. The design and location of the proposed curb cut(s)on West Mound Road shall be as approved by the Department of Public Works on the final site plan. 15. Final site,landscaping and lighting plans shall be submitted to and approved by the Economic and Community Development Department,Public Works Department and the Fire Department prior to building permits being released. The City Plan Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of this petition at the June 7,2018 meeting;excerpts of the minutes of the meeting for this specific case are attached. https:Hdecatur.novusagenda.com/AgendaWeb/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=1569 6/18/2018