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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 550 North Van Dyke Street <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date March 5, 2015 <br /> Calendar No. 15-10 <br /> Property Location 550 North Van Dyke Street <br /> Requested Action Rezone from M-2 Heavy Industrial District to M-1 Intense Commercial- <br /> Light Industrial District <br /> Petitioner Judd Bourne <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Co prehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Commercial M-2 Employment <br /> North Commercial M-2 Employment <br /> South Commercial M-1 Retail i <br /> East RR ROW M-2 Transportation/Utility <br /> West Commercial B-2 Retail <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject site located at 550 North Van Dyke Street is currently zoned M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> District and consists of approximately 1.69 acres. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION AI <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from M-2 Heavy Industrial District to M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial/Light Industrial District to allow for all those uses permi ed in the M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial/Light Industrial District. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. Rezoning the site from M-2 Heavy Industrial District to M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial <br /> District would decrease the intensity of the uses permitted on the site and not create any adverse <br /> effects on the adjacent properties or the City as a whole. <br /> 2. The surrounding zoning includes M-2 Heavy Industrial to the north and east, M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial-Light Industrial District to the south and B-2 Commercial District to the west. The <br /> Macon County and Decatur Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Eployment. The existing <br /> uses of the property are permitted uses in the M-1 Intense Commercial/ ight Industrial District. <br /> The existing uses are compatible with both the adjacent uses and zoning istricts. <br /> STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br /> 1. Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. <br />