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

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STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission COMMON NAME: 4040 West Fountain Lane GENERAL INFORMATION Hearing Date March 6, 2014 Calendar No. 14-07 Property Location 4040 West Fountain Lane Requested Action B-2 Planned Unit Development Amendment Petitioner MDA Development Holdings, LLC Representative Phil Cochran, Chastain& Associates LAND USE AND ZONING Direction Existing Land Use Zoning CompreA ensive Plan Subject Property Undeveloped B-2 Retail North Undeveloped County Residential-Low Density South Undeveloped B-2 Retail East Bank B-2 Retail West Hotel/Conference Center I B-2 Retail BACKGROUND 1. The subject site is currently undeveloped. The property is located at the Southwest corner of US Route 36 and Parkway Crossing Drive. The site was annexed into the City of Decatur in July 1971. 2. The B-2 PUD Commercial District Planned Unit Development was approv d by the City Council in May 2002. The B-2 PUD is part of a development agreement executed between the City of Decatur and Real Estate Investors of Decatur and is associated with the development of the Holiday Harbor Water Park. 3. The final plat of subdivision dividing the property into fifteen lots was approved by the City Council in August 2004. North Parkway Crossing Drive runs north-south through the subdivision connecting US Route 36 to West Main Street. 4. The original B-2 PUD was to include various commercial, office andmulti-family residential uses. In June of 2005 City Council approved Lots 13 and 14 to be developed as a Senior Living Facility. This facility is now in use and is commonly known as Victorian Woods. The State Bank of Niantic located on Lot Three (3) was approved to be developed as such in August of 2008 by the City Council. The last amendment was approved by the City Council in May of 2013 to allow for the construction of a larger storage shed for the Victorian Woods facility.