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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 1100 Blocks West Leafland and West Grand Avenues and the 1200 Block <br /> North Oakland Avenue <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date January 3, 2013 <br /> Calendar No. 13-04 <br /> Property Location 1100 Blocks West Leafland and West Grand Avenu s and the 1200 <br /> Block North Oakland Avenue <br /> Requested Action Rezoning from R-3 Single Family Residence District and B-1 <br /> Neighborhood Shopping District to B-2 Commercial District <br /> Petitioner Neimann Foods, Inc. <br /> Representative <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Co prehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Single Family B-1 , R-3 Retail, Residential-Low Density <br /> ResidentialNacant <br /> North Commercial/Vacant B-2 Retail <br /> South Single Family Residential R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> East School R-3 Schools- ublic & Private <br /> West Commercial B-2 Retail <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject site is approximately three (3) acres and is located in the 1100 Blocks West Leafland <br /> and West Grand Avenues and the 1200 Block North Oakland Avenue. The southern portion of <br /> the site is developed with single family homes and the northern portion was the site of a former <br /> dry cleaner and grocery store. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-3 Single Family Residence District and B-1 <br /> Neighborhood Shopping District to B-2 Commercial District to allow fot the construction of a <br /> supermarket. A supermarket according to the Zoning Ordinance is a ret4il store that is greater <br /> than 30,000 square feet and is primarily engaged in the sale of edible' products and is only <br /> permitted in the B-2 Commercial or the M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial Districts <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The surrounding zoning includes B-2 Commercial District to the north and west and R-3 Single <br /> Family Residence District to the south and east. The Macon County and Decatur Comprehensive <br /> Plan shows this area as Retail and Residential-Low Density. The proposed use is compatible with <br /> adjacent uses to the north and west. <br />