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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 4000 Block of Gun Club Road and the 3000 Block of Christmas Tree <br /> Road <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date July 5, 2012 <br /> Calendar No. 12-20 <br /> Property Location 4000 Block of Gun Club Road and the 3000 Block of Christmas Tree <br /> Road <br /> Requested Action Rezoning from R-1 Single Family Residence District to M-2 Heavy <br /> Industrial District <br /> Petitioner Archer Daniels Midland Company <br /> Representative Scott McDonald <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Faries Park R-1 Open Space <br /> North Single Family Residence, R-1, County Residential Estate <br /> County <br /> South Industrial R-1, County Employment <br /> East Single Family Residence, R-1, Lake Employment, Lake Decatur <br /> Lake Decatur Decatur <br /> West Single Family Residence, M-2, Residential Estate, Employment <br /> Agriculture, Industrial I County <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject site is approximately 270 acres and is located in the 4000 Block of Gun Club Road <br /> and the 3000 Block of Christmas Tree Road. The site was formerly known as Faries Park. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-1 Single Family Residence District to M-2 Heavy <br /> Industrial District. ADM purchased the property to allow for the future expansion and <br /> development of industrial facilities and utility infrastructure associated with the agriculture <br /> process and biofuels production at the ADM Decatur, Illinois facility. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The surrounding zoning includes R-1 Single Family Residence District and County to the north <br /> and south, R-1 Single Family Residence District and Lake Decatur to the east and M-2 Heavy <br /> Industrial District and County to the west. The Decatur Urban Area Land Use Plan shows this <br /> area as Open Space. The proposed use is compatible with adjacent uses to the west and <br /> northwest. <br />