2010-55 VACATING ALLEY - 1600/1700 BLOCKS OF NORTH CLINTON STREET AND NORTH RAILROAD AVENUE

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STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission COMMON NAME: Alleyway Vacation, 1600/1700 Blocks of North Clinton and Railroad GENERAL INFORMATION Hearing Date July 1, 2010 Calendar No. 10-17 Property Location 1600/1700 Blocks of North Clinton and Railroad Requested Action Vacate Alleyway in the 1600/1700 Blocks of North Clinton and Railroad Petitioner Mason Manufacturing, LLC Representative Phillip W. Cochran, PWC LAND USE AND ZONING Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan Subject Property Alleyway M-1 Light Industrial North East Olive Street ROW M-1 Light Industrial South Vacated East Division Street M-1 Light Industrial East Industrial M-1 Light Industrial West Industrial/Single Family M-1 Light Industrial Residential BACKGROUND 1. The petitioner is requesting vacating the alleyway in the 1600/1700 Blocks of North Clinton Street and North Railroad Avenue. The vacation will enable the petitioner to control the alley and utilize the area as part of its current facilities as the petitioner owns a majority of the property on both sides of the alleyway. STAFF ANALYSIS 1. All property owners adjacent to the alley have been notified by the petitioner regarding the vacation and no objections have been expressed. The petitioner owns all other adjacent properties. 2. Letters were sent to AmerenIP, Comcast Communications, and AT&T notifying the utility companies of the vacation request and no objections to the proposed alleyway vacation were expressed. 3. An appraisal was conducted on the property. The proposed vacated property has an estimated market value of$2,000.00 which will be paid to the City. 4. The formal vacation of this alleyway does not appear that it will have an adverse affect on the general public. The alleyway appears to have been gated for several years and utilized by the company as part of their facility.