2011-56 AMENDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission COMMON NAME: 3350 North MacArthur Road GENERAL INFORMATION Hearing Date September 1, 2011 Calendar No. 11-32 Property Location 3350 North MacArthur Road Requested Action Amendment of PD Planned Development District Petitioner First Christian Church LAND USE AND ZONING Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan Subject Property Place of Worship PD Low Density Residential North Single-Family Residence R-1 Low Density Residential South Single-Family Residence R-2 Low Density Residential East Single-Family Residence R-1 Low Density Residential West Single-Family Residence R-1, R-2 Low Density Residential and R-3 BACKGROUND 1. On August 7, 2008 the City Plan Commission voted 8-0 to approve the rezoning from R-1 and R- 2 Single Family Residence District to PD Planned Development District. The petition was approved by City Council by a 7-0 vote on August 18, 2011. 2. The petitioner proposed to rezone to PD to allow for additional parking as well as mixed use on the site. The mixed use consisted of a Place of Worship, a Coffee Shop located in the Church, and a residential structure/use on premise. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. The petitioner proposes to amend their PD in order to add a sign with an electronic message unit (EMU). The sign will be a monument style with stone covering the structure. The new sign will be 45.25 square feet in total area. The EMU will be two (2) feet five (5) inches in height and seven (7) feet three (3) inches in width (17.55 square feet). The sign will be nine (9) feet seven (7) inches in height. 2. The petitioner requests that the new sign be located on the existing sign structure. The sign will then be 80 feet from the residential district to the west and only eight (8) feet from the west property line. The Zoning Ordinance requires a 100 foot setback from a residential district and a ten(10) foot setback from property lines.