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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> Hearing Date July 11, 2019 <br /> Case No. 19-29 <br /> Property Location 2397 North Illinois Street <br /> Request Rezoning at 2397 North Illinois Street from M-1 Intense Commercial <br /> —Light Industrial District to PMR-1 Park Mobile Home Residence <br /> District. <br /> Petitioner Decatur MHP, LLC <br /> Representative Regina McCalip <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The subject site located at 2397 North Illinois Street is currently zoned M-1 Intense Commercial- <br /> Light Industrial District. It consists of approximately 22.33 acres and occupied by the Decatur <br /> Estates Mobile Home Park. <br /> Before the current owner purchased the Mobile Home Park in January 2014 it was first established <br /> as "homes for war workers" in 1944 by the Housing Authority. In May of 1961, it became the <br /> Jasper Mobile Home Park. <br /> Currently there are 88 occupied mobile homes and 32 vacant mobile homes that are being <br /> remodeled and getting ready for occupancy. A total of twenty (20) brand new homes will be <br /> brought in this summer as well as an organic move set for August. There will be a total of 34 <br /> vacant lots after bringing in the new homes and organic moves. This will put the number of homes <br /> in the community at 141. <br /> Surrounding Land Use and Zoning <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Decatur Estates Mobile Home M-1 Residential-Low Density <br /> Park <br /> North Storage Facility M-2 Employment <br /> South Single-Family Residences, R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> Church <br /> East Ameren—Decatur Operating M-2 Employment <br /> Center <br /> West Railroad, M-2 Employment <br /> Warehouse/Manufacturin <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> The petitioner proposes to rezone the subject site from M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial <br /> District to PMR-1 Park Mobile Home Residence District in order to bring the existing Mobile <br /> Home Park into conformance with the zoning regulations, as well as to allow for an installation <br /> of a splash-pad and children's play area to serve the residents of the Decatur Estates Mobile <br /> Home Park. <br />