2011-15 REZONING PROPERTY ONE BACHRACH CT

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Excerpts from Plan Commission Minutes of February 3,2011: Cal.No. 11-01 Petition of ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH to rezone property located at 1 BACHRACH COURT, from M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District to B-2 Commercial District. Mrs. Stewart presented the recommendation of staff: On October 1, 2009 the City Plan Commission voted 6-0 to approve a rezoning from M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District to B-2 Commercial District. The petition was held at the petitioners request and was never forwarded on to City Council. Since it has been over one (1) year's time the petition has to come back to Plan Commission before it can be forwarded to City Council. The subject site is located at One Bachrach Court and is currently developed as a 136,000 square foot warehouse/office building with a parking lot and retention pond on approximately 47 acres. The petitioner proposes to rezone the five (5) lots from M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District to B-2 Commercial District in order to relocate their church which is currently located at the corner of Wood Street and Edward Street. A church is a permitted use in the B-2, Commercial District. St. Paul's ministry has grown and expanded over the last 146 years and the church is in need of a larger facility to hold their worship services. The surrounding zoning includes R-1 Single-Family Residence District and County to the north; B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District, B-2 Commercial District and M-1 Intense Commercial- Light Industrial District to the south; R-1 Single-Family Residence District, R-5 Two Family Residence District and County to the east; and M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District to the west. The Decatur Urban Area Land Use Plan shows this area as a mixed use area. The proposed use is compatible with adjacent uses to the east and south of the area. The down zoning to B-2 Commercial District should not have an adverse effect of the surrounding area since a warehouse/office building was at this particular location for a number of years and it has not appeared to have had an adverse effect on the neighborhood. Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. Section XXIX. requires the Plan Commission to hold a public hearing on a rezoning request, and then forward its report and recommendation to the City Council for final approval. A motion to forward Calendar Number 11-01 to the City Council with a recommendation for approval is suggested. Mr. Phil Cochran, representative, said this is the exact same petition that was approved by the Plan Commission on October 1, 2009. There was a contract for the purchase of the property but the financing was not in place. Since it has been over one (1) year's time the petition has to come back to Plan Commission before it can be forwarded to City Council. With the financing in place, St. Paul's is ready to move forward with the project and asks for the approval of the Commission. There were no objectors present. It was moved and seconded (Dial/Peck) to forward Cal. No. 11-01 to the City Council with recommendation for approval as presented by staff. Motion carried unanimously.