2014-07 AMENDING B-2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) LOCATED AT 4040 WEST FOUNTAIN LANE

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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MEMORANDUM No. 14-06 March 12, 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: Amend B-2 PUD at 4040 West Fountain Lane SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the amendment with the following conditions: 1. Signage shall be in accordance with the originally approved B-2 PUD 2. Prior to site plan approval, recorded documentation that the pr vate ingress/egress easements have been vacated shall be submitted. 3. Final site, landscaping and lighting plans shall be submitted to and approved by the Economic and Urban Development Department, the Department of Engineering and Infrastructure and the Fire Department prior to building permits being released. The City Plan Commission voted 10-0 to recommend approval of this peti ion at the March 6, 2014 meeting; the minutes of the meeting are attached. BACKGROUND: The subject site is currently undeveloped and is located at the Southwest corner of US Route 36 and North Parkway Crossing Drive. The site was aimexed into the City of Decatur in July 1971 and the B-2 PUD Commercial District Planned Unit Development was approved by the City Council in May 2002. The original B-2 PUD was to include various commercial, recreational, office and multi-family residential uses. In June of 2005 City Council approved an amendment that eventually allowed for construction of what is now the Victorian Woods Senior Living Facility on Lots 13 and 14. Council approved an amendment that allowed for construction of The State Bank of Niantic on Lot Three (3) in Augu t 2008 and the last amendment was approved in May 2013 to allow for the construction of a laiger storage shed for the Victorian Woods facility. The petitioner proposes to amend the approved B-2 PUD in order to cons1ruct a one (1)-story 15,192 square foot office facility to be located on 2.56 acres in an area no slated for building construction as per the original PUD. The only access to this site will be from West Fountain Lane and there will be no direct access from US Route 36 or North Parkway rossing Drive. The parking lot setbacks have been reduced along US Route 36 and West Fountain Lane to no less than nine (9) feet and landscaping has been increased by 20 percent pursu t to the regulations for alternative compliance. The reduced parking lot setback along US Route 36 and West Fountain Lane will not change the essential character of the development as originally proposed. The landscaping as proposed for the frontage and parking lot meet the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. Signage will be in accordance with the originally appro ed B-2 PUD and he