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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: ROW Vacation, North Edgewater Drive <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date July 11, 2013 <br /> Calendar No. 13-38 <br /> Property Location North Edgewater Drive <br /> Requested Action Vacate North Edgewater Drive Right-of-Way <br /> Petitioner Archer Daniels Midland Company <br /> Representative Adam Artz, Pinnacle Engineering <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Com 7rehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Right-of-Way M-1 Employm nt <br /> North Right-of-Way M-1 Employm nt <br /> South Industrial M-2 Employm nt <br /> East Undeveloped M-1 Employment <br /> West Commercial M-1 Employment <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The petitioner is requesting to vacate all of the North Edgewater DriveRight-of-Way (ROW) <br /> located South of East Parkway Drive. The Right-of-Way to be vacated is approximately 15, 557 <br /> square feet in area. The northernmost approximately one-third of the ROW has an improved <br /> concrete surface. The petitioner owns property on the south side of the ROW. <br /> 2. The vacation will enable the petitioner to control the ROW and utilize th area as part of their <br /> property and driveway. North Edgewater Drive currently serves as the sole access to the ADM <br /> intermodal yard. The current configuration of the ROW does not allow for traffic to turn around <br /> without entering ADM's property. The vacation of the ROW would allow ADM to use North <br /> Edgewater Drive as the driveway to the internodal yard and discourage the ise of their property as <br /> a turnaround for the other traffic. <br /> 3. If it is determined at a later date that a gate should be constructed on the North Edgewater Drive <br /> ROW, a knox box allowing for emergency vehicle access will be required to be installed. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The petitioner owns the property on the south side of the ROW to be -vacated. The adjacent <br /> property owners have been notified of the proposed vacation and no objections have been <br /> expressed. <br /> 2. Letters were sent to AmerenIP, Comcast Communications, and AT&I notifying the utility <br /> companies of the vacation request and no objections to the proposed right of-way vacation were <br /> expressed. All easement will be maintained. <br />