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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> Hearing Date May 2, 2024 <br /> Case No. 24-08 <br /> Property Location 1950-1990 North 35th Street <br /> Request Rezoning from R-3 Single Family Residence District to M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial—Light Industrial District <br /> Petitioner Archer-Daniels-Midland Company <br /> Representative Jeff Deright <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The subject site is currently three (3) vacant undeveloped parcels on an approximately 1.49-acre <br /> site (0.42-acre, 0.42-acre, and 0.65-acre). The subject site is currently zoned R-3 Single-Family <br /> Residence District. <br /> Surrounding Land Use and Zoning <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Vacant Undeveloped R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> North ADM Railyard M-2 Residential-Low Density <br /> South Vacant,Single-Family Residence R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> East ADM M-2 Employment <br /> West Vacant,Single-Family Residence R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> The petitioner is seeking to rezone these lots that are adjacent to the soybean plant to use them as <br /> additional parking for employees and contractors as well as a staging area for semis during <br /> harvest. <br /> This parking area will help reduce traffic during harvest around the plat by allowing a small <br /> staging area for trucks as well as a more convenient parking situation for employees to enter and <br /> exit the plant reducing traffic around the facility particularly during construction of the <br /> Faries/Brush College overpass. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> The surrounding zoning districts include M-2 Heavy Industrial district to the north and east and <br /> R-3 Single Family Residence District to the south and west. The Macon County and Decatur <br /> Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Residential-Low Density and Employment. The <br /> proposed M-1 zoning would be compatible and consistent with the surrounding zoning and uses <br /> and has been for several years. <br /> The subject site is located within a mixed-use area and re-zoning to M-1 Intense Commercial — <br /> Light Industrial District should have no adverse effect on the general area or the City as a whole. <br />