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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: Fairview Park Third Addition and Fairview Park Fourth Addition— <br /> Access Easement located in Fairview Park north of West William Street, <br /> east of Cobb Avenue and west of North Fairview Avenue <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date July 1, 2010 <br /> Calendar No. 10-13 <br /> Property Location Fairview Park Third Addition and Fairview Park Fourth Addition— <br /> Access Easement located in Fairview Park north of West William <br /> Street, east of Cobb Avenue and west of North Fairview Avenue <br /> Requested Action No Access to Public Street, Reduced Lot Frontage and Reduced <br /> Lot Area <br /> Petitioner Decatur Park District <br /> Representative Phillip W. Cochran, PWC <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject site is currently undeveloped. <br /> 2. The Final Minor Plats of Fairview Park Third Addition and Fairview Park Fourth Addition <br /> were reviewed by Engineering, Fire and Planning and is approved pending approval of the no <br /> direct access to a public street, reduced lot frontage and reduced lot area. The owner <br /> proposes to subdivide the property into six (6) lots in which five (5) of the lots will not have <br /> frontage or direct access to a public street. According to the Zoning Ordinance each lot shall <br /> have frontage on, direct access to, a public street or way that is improved to City standards, <br /> unless the Council shall otherwise direct, by approval of a subdivision plat so showing <br /> submitted, heard and considered in the manner provided in the subdivision Regulations for <br /> the City. <br /> 3. The purpose of the two (2) subdivisions is to create six (6) small lots which are adjacent to <br /> six (6) existing lots in Park View Addition and Interurban Addition. These small lots are <br /> being created so that the said adjacent lots to the south can purchase the new lots and add to <br /> their existing side and rear yards. This property is located between a Fairview Park access <br /> road and the south property line of the Park; it is considered excess property to the Park <br /> District and is not an integral part of the Fairview Park facilities. There will still remain a <br /> sizable buffer between the access road and the new property line. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 4. The petitioner proposes to subdivide the property into six (6) small lots. Five (5) of the six <br /> (6) lots will not have direct access to a public street. The lot frontage and lot area are smaller <br />