2013-04 AUTHORIZING EXCEPTIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE

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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MEMORANDUM No. 13-03 January 16,2013 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: Zoning Ordinance exception allowing no frontage or direct access t a public street, reduced lot area and lot width for a plat in the 1500 to 1700 Blocks of South Franklin Street Road SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of an oidinance authorizing exceptions to the Zoning Ordinance allowing no direct access to a public street, no!frontage on a public street and a reduced lot area and lot width. The City Plan Commission voted �-0-1 to recommend approval of this petition at the January 3, 2013 meeting;the minutes of the meeting a�e attached. BACKGROUND: The Final Minor Plat of Fisherman's Wharf Addition was reviewed by Engineering, Fire and Planning and is approved pending approval this ordinance. The owner proposes to subdivide the property into five (5) lots, none of which will have frontage or direct access to a pub is street. According to the Zoning Ordinance each lot shall have frontage on, or direct access to, a publi4 street or way that is improved to City standards, unless the Council shall otherwise direct, by approval ofa subdivision plat so showing submitted, heard and considered in the manner provided in the subdivision Regulations for the City. The lot area and lot width of Lot Four (4) are smaller than what is req#fired by the Zoning Ordinance. The purpose of the subdivision is to create five (5) small lots which are adjacent to rive (5) existing lots. These proposed lots are being created so that the adjacent landowners to the southan purchase the new lots and add to their existing rear yards. This property is located between apartmetts and single-family homes and Lake Decatur and is owned by the Park District; it is considered excess property to the Park District and is not an integral part of the Park system. Some of the adjacent property'owners have utilized the land as part of their rear yards and/or access to the lake for years. Roughly 50 percent or more of each of the proposed lots are located in the 100-ye4r floodplain. If the owners of the adjacent properties want to build accessory structures in the future,theroperty will have to be re-platted/subdivided. Staff does not foresee issues with allowing these lots to created with no frontage and no direct access to a public street or reduced lot area and lot width for Lot Four(4). POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no known objectors at the Plan CommissJon Meeting. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The petition has been reviewed by the Cityhs Technical Review Committee; Planning, Engineering and Fire have approved the plat. STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Suzan M. Sickle at 424-2786 or at smstickle@decaturil.gov. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None.