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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 3500 Block of East Mound Road <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date July 10,2014 <br /> Calendar No. 14-22 <br /> Property Location 3500 Block of East Mound Road <br /> Requested Action Rezoning from R-1 Single Family Residence District to M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial/Light Industrial District <br /> Petitioner Tim Vieweg <br /> Representative Phil Cochran,Chastain&Associates <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Agricultural R-1 Employment <br /> North Agricultural M-1 Emplo t <br /> South Industrial M-1 Emplo -t <br /> East Agricultural County Emplo t <br /> West Agricultural R-1 Emplo t <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The 20 acre subject site is located in the 3500 Block of East Mound Roadis currently zoned <br /> R-1 Single Family Residence District. This site was annexed to the City of�ecatur in November <br /> of 1998. The current use of the subject site is agricultural. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-1 Single Family Residence D ct to M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial/Light Industrial District to allow for the industrial uses that are permitted uses in the <br /> M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The surrounding zoning includes M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industria. District to the north <br /> and south and R-1 Single Family Residence District to the west. Rezoninj this property to M-1 <br /> Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District should not have a detrit iental effect on the <br /> neighboring properties or the City as a whole as it surrounded on three (3: sides by agricultural <br /> land and a warehouse is located to the south. <br /> 2. The Macon County and Decatur Comprehensive Plan shows this area as employment. The land <br /> uses permitted by the M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District are compatible with the <br /> surrounding uses as well as the zoning to the north and south. <br />