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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: ROW Vacation, 3300 Block of East Maplewood Avenue <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date October 1, 2009 <br /> Calendar No. 09-47 <br /> Property Location 3330 East Maplewood Avenue <br /> Requested Action Vacate the North 15 feet of ROW of the East 400 feet of the 3300 <br /> Block of East Maplewood Avenue <br /> Petitioner Brian Adcock, Tanglewood Village <br /> Representative Phillip W. Cochran, PWC Engineering <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Right-of-Way R-6 High Density Residential <br /> North Single Family R-1 Low Density Residential <br /> South Single Family R-2 Low Density Residential <br /> East Institutional R-2 Low Density Residential <br /> West Single Family R-1 Low Density Residential <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The petitioner is requesting vacating the North fifteen (15) feet of the East 400 feet of right- <br /> of-way in the 3300 Block of East Maplewood Avenue. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. Letters were sent to AmerenIP, Comcast Communications, and AT&T notifying the utility <br /> companies of the vacation request and no objections to the proposed right-of-way vacation <br /> have been expressed. <br /> 2. An appraisal for the right-of-way was submitted by the petitioner with an estimated market <br /> value of $2,000. A second appraisal is not required. The petitioner will pay the City of <br /> Decatur$2,000 for the vacation of the right-of-way. <br /> 3. The formal vacation of this right-of-way will not have an adverse affect on the general <br /> public. <br /> 4. The right-of-way is not necessary to serve the general public. Staff is of the opinion that the <br /> best interests of the City of Decatur would be served by approving the right-of-way <br /> vacation. <br />