2021-44 Ordinance Granting Conditional Use Permit Construction of a Government Building (Fire Station) at 3530 and 3550 East Chestnut Avenue

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STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission Hearing Date August 5, 2021 Calendar No. 21-10 Property Location 3530 and 3550 E. Chestnut Ave. Request Conditional Use Permit to allow for a government building, the construction of a Fire Station, in the R-2 Single Family Residence District Petitioner City of Decatur Representative Jon Kindseth, Deputy City Manager BACKGROUND The subject site contains two single-family residences and accessory structures on an approximately 1.70 acre site. This subject site is zoned R-2 Single Family Residence District. Surrounding Land Use and Zoning Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan Subject Property Single Family Residence R-2 Residential-Low Density North ROW/US Route 36 County ROW South Single Family Residence R-2 Residential-Low Density East Commercial B-2 Retail West Single Family Residence R-2 Residential-Low Density PROJECT DESCRIPTION The subject petition is a request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow for the construction of a fire station in the R-2 district. The purpose is to replace the existing Fire Station #7 located at the Decatur Airport. The current station is too small to meet the needs of our fire department and is no longer geographically located where needed. The Fire Department selected the proposed location based on a fire service study recommendation. Over the past couple of decades, the city has been growing and development has been increasing south of US 36. The property at 36th St. & Route 36 is more geographically centered within the current and projected service area of the Decatur Fire Department, east of Lake Decatur. The proposed 2-bay, one-story building has a floor area of 7,700 square feet. The petitioner owns both 3530 and 3550 E Chestnut Ave. The new alignment of the fire station with the additional land will allow for the building to be situated in alignment with the existing homes along Chestnut Ave and provide for two (2) driveway approaches to separate the fire equipment ingress/egress from staff and visitor parking.