2024-81 Ordinance Rezoning Property from R-3 Single Family Residence District and R-6 Multiple Dwelling District to M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District - 1750 North 35th Street to 3504 East Division Street

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ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM No. 24-11 May 16, 2024 TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager Cordaryl "Pat"Patrick, Director of Economic & Community Development SUBJECT: Ordinance Rezoning Property from R-3 Single Family Residence District and R-6 Multiple Dwelling District to M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District - 1750 North 35th Street to 3504 East Division Street SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the ordinance for re- zoning. The City's Future Land Use Map in the Comprehensive plan shows this this area as Residential-Low Density and Employment. The subject site is located within a mixed use and Industrial area and the proposed M-1 Intense Commercial—Light Industrial District should have no adverse effect on the general area or the City as a whole. Site plans will need to be submitted to the City of Decatur for review and approval prior to development. The plans shall include buffer yard landscape screening for any portion of the property adjacent to residential zoning districts and/or residential uses. The City Plan Commission voted 8-0 to recommend approval of both petitions at the May 02,2024 meeting. The minutes of the meeting are attached. BACKGROUND: The subject site is currently six (6) vacant undeveloped parcels on an approximately 0.65-acre site. The subject site is currently zoned R-3 Single-Family Residence District and R-6 Multiple Dwelling District. The petitioner is seeking to rezone these lots that are adjacent to the soybean plant to use them as additional parking for employees and contractors as well as a staging area for semis during harvest. This parking area will help reduce traffic during harvest around the plat by allowing a small staging area for trucks as well as a more convenient parking situation for employees to enter and exit the plant reducing traffic around the facility particularly during construction of the Faries/Brush College overpass. For further details,please refer to the attached Plan Commission staff report. POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no objectors present at the Plan Commission meeting. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: N/A STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Cordaryl Patrick (cpatrick_decaturil.gov). BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None.