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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: ROW Vacation, 1700 Block of Bob-O-Link Drive <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date August 4, 2011 <br /> Calendar No. 11-11 <br /> Property Location 1700 Block of Bob-O-Link Drive <br /> Requested Action Vacate ROW in the 1700 Block of Bob-O-Link Drive <br /> Petitioner Larry Rogers <br /> Representative <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property ROW R-1 Light Industrial <br /> North Single Family Residence R-1 Light Industrial <br /> South Single Family Residence R-1 Light Industrial <br /> East ROW R-1 Light Industrial <br /> West Golf Course R-1 Light Industrial <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The petitioner is requesting vacating the Right-of-Way in the 1700 Block of Bob-O-Link Drive. <br /> The area of the proposed vacation is 60 feet by 90 feet totaling 5,400 square feet. The vacation <br /> will enable the petitioner to control the unimproved ROW and utilize the area as part of their <br /> property. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The petitioner has notified all adjacent properties to the ROW and no objections have been <br /> expressed. <br /> 2. Letters were sent to AmerenIP, Comcast Communications, and AT&T notifying the utility <br /> companies of the vacation request and no objections to the proposed ROW vacation were <br /> expressed. <br /> 3. An appraisal was not conducted as several attempts were made by the petitioner to hire an <br /> appraiser. Staff verified that the area to be vacated has no value if appraised because of inability <br /> for any construction to occur as it presently exists. Staff based the value of this unimproved ROW <br /> on a similar vacation of unimproved ROW that was adjacent to the Decatur Country Club Golf <br /> Course. The property had a market value of $0.58 per square foot. Based on the previous <br /> vacation, the proposed vacated ROW has a value $3,132.00 which will be paid to the City. <br /> 4. A ten (10) foot ingress/egress easement will be required along the southeasterly lot line of Lot 49 <br /> of Fairway Estates. Utility easements will also be maintained. <br />