2014-36 REZONING PROPERTY - 300-500 BLOCKS EAST KING STREET AND EAST CENTRAL AVENUE

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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MEMORANDUM No. 14-23 July 16, 2014 TO: Honorable Mayor Michael T. McElroy and City Council FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager Billy Tyus,Assistant City Manager Suzan M. Stickle, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Rezone 300-500 Blocks of East King Street and East Central Avenue to 0-1 SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of #e rezoning to 0-1 Office District. The City Plan Commission voted 8-0 to recommend appro al of this petition at the July 10, 2014 meeting;the minutes of the meeting are attached. BACKGROUND: The subject site is approximately 11 acres and is loc ted in the 300-500 Blocks of East King Street and East Central Avenue. The lots are vacant d have been for a number of years as they were slated to be a part of the original cone pt for the Wabash Crossing/Near North/Hope VI development. The development was not cor ipleted as originally envisioned in the early concepts. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-5 Multiple Dwelling District to 0-1 Office District to allow for those uses that are permitted uses in the 0-1 Office District. The surrounding zoning includes R-6 Multiple Dwelling District and PD Panned Development District to the north, M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District and -2 Heavy Industrial District to the south, R-6 PUD Multiple Dwelling District Planned Unit Development to the east and B-2 Commercial District to the west. The proposed zoning is compatible with the adjacent zoning districts and would create a transition area between the Residential Districts/Areas and the Commercial and Industrial Districts. Although the Comprehensive Plan shows this area as mixed use-commerdial/residential, there have been a number of these properties left vacant and the potential for redevelopment of these properties to their original use as residential is low. The redevelopment oft ese lots to permitted uses allowed in the 0-1 Office District would serve the commercial use of tie mixed use aspect well while creating a transition area between the more intensive surroundi*g uses and districts and the reestablished residential areas. POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no known objectors at th Plan Commission Meeting. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The petition has been reviewed by he City's Technical Review Committee; Planning, Engineering and Fire. STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Suz M. Stickle at 424- 2786 or at smstickle@decaturil.gov.