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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: The Villas at Lourdes <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date December 1, 2011 <br /> Calendar No. 11-47 <br /> Property Location 3900 Block Lourdes Drive <br /> Requested Action Amendment of PD Planned Development District <br /> Petitioner Steve Vahlkamp <br /> Representative Phillip W. Cochran <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Multi-Family PD Residential-Low Density <br /> North Single Family Residence R-3 Residential-Low Density <br /> South Church R-1 Residential-Low Density <br /> East Church/School R-3 Institutional <br /> West Single Family Residence R-1 Residential-Low Density <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. On March 6, 2008 the City Plan Commission voted 7-1 to approve the rezoning from R-1 Single <br /> Family Residence District to PD Planned Development. The petition was approved by the City <br /> Council by a 5-0 vote on March 17, 2008. <br /> 2. The petitioner proposed to rezone a total of 2.47 acres to PD to allow for the construction of one <br /> (1) duplex unit and four(4) tri-plex units on one (1) lot. The development was planned to contain <br /> 14 individually owned units with a target population of 50 years or older. The sole access to The <br /> Villas at Lourdes Condominiums would be provided by Lourdes Drive and the developer would <br /> construct a new road, Villa Drive, running from Lourdes Drive to the west and then terminating <br /> in a cul-de-sac. <br /> 3. The density of the approved development is consistent with the density allowed in an R-3 Single <br /> Family Residence District. The density of the approved development is one (1) unit per 7,685 <br /> square feet. The minimum density requirement for R-3 development is one (1) unit per 6,000 <br /> square feet. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to amend their PD to allow for the construction of six (6) single family <br /> units and one (1) duplex unit. To date a tri-plex unit has already been constructed. <br /> 2. The density will be reduced from 14 units to 11 units which is approximately one (1) unit per <br /> 9,781 square feet. The sewer and water infrastructure have been constructed in accordance with <br />