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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: One Bachrach Court <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date February 3, 2011 <br /> Calendar No. 11-01 <br /> Property Location One Bachrach Court <br /> Requested Action Rezone from M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District to B-2 <br /> Commercial District <br /> Petitioner St. Paul's Lutheran Church <br /> Representative Phillip W. Cochran <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Warehouse/Office Building M-1 Light Industrial <br /> North Single Family Residence R-1,County Low Density Residential <br /> South Commercial B-1,B-2, Commercial, Commercial <br /> M-1 Planned Development <br /> East Single Family Residence, R-1,R-5, Low Density Residential,High <br /> Apartment Buildings County Density Residential <br /> West Agriculture M-1 Light Industrial <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. On October 1, 2009 the City Plan Commission voted 6-0 to approve a rezoning from M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial-Light Industrial District to B-2 Commercial District. The petition was held at the <br /> petitioners request and was never forwarded on to City Council. Since it has been over one (1) <br /> year's time the petition has to come back to Plan Commission before it can be forwarded to City <br /> Council. <br /> 2. The subject site is located at One Bachrach Court and is currently developed as a 136,000 square <br /> foot warehouse/office building with a parking lot and retention pond on approximately 47 acres. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone the five (5) lots from M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial <br /> District to B-2 Commercial District in order to relocate their church which is currently located at <br /> the corner of Wood Street and Edward Street. St. Paul's ministry has grown and expanded over <br /> the last 146 years and the church is in need of a larger facility to hold their worship services. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The surrounding zoning includes R-1 Single-Family Residence District and County to the north; <br /> B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District, B-2 Commercial District and M-1 Intense Commercial- <br />