2010-63 REZONING PROPERTY - 1804 AND 1812 NORTH CLINTON STREET

Home Browse Search

Excerpts from Plan Commission Minutes of August 5, 2010: Cal. No. 10-20 Petition of MASON MANUFACTURING, LLC, to rezone property located at 1804 and 1812 NORTH CLINTON STREET from R-5 Two Family Residence District to M-1 Heavy Commercial-Light Industrial District. Mrs. Joselyn Stewart was sworn in by Mrs. Janet Poland. Mrs. Stewart presented the recommendation of staff: The subject site is located at 1804 and 1812 North Clinton Street and is currently a parking lot for Mason Manufacturing. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-5 Two Family Residence District to M-1 Intense Commercial- Light Industrial District in order to continue the use of the parking lot for their employees and to be in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance for permitted uses. The surrounding zoning includes R-5 Two Family Residence District to the north and west and M-I Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District to the south and east. The Decatur Urban Area Land Use Plan shows this area as Residential-Low Density. The existing use is compatible with adjacent uses to the south and east. The rezoning for the continued use of a parking lot should not have an adverse effect of the surrounding area since the site has been used as a parking lot for over ten years and it has not appeared to have had an adverse effect on the area. Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. Section XXIX, of the City of Decatur Zoning Ordinance 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 10-20 to the City Council with a recommendation for approval is suggested. Mr. Phil Cochran, representative, was sworn in by Mrs. Poland. Mr. Cochran stated Mason Manufacturing was sold approximately thirty (30) days ago and during the title work it was discovered that part of the property, the parking lot, was not zoned properly. This rezoning will put the property in compliance. There were no questions and no objectors present. It was moved and seconded (John/Clevenger) to forward Cal. No. 10-20 to the City Council with recommendation for approval as presented by staff. Motion carried unanimously.