2015-53 REZONING PROPERTY 626 and 642 E. Van Buren Ave.

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' �: �'$�� m ��.� STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission COMMON NAME: 626 and 642 East Van Buren Avenue GENERAL INFORMATION Hearing Date September 3, 2015 Calendar No. 15-39 Property Location 626 and 642 East Van Buren Avenue Requested Action Rezoning from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial District Petitioner Larry Baker, DVM Representative Steve Baumann, PE LAND USE AND ZONING Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan Subject Property Residential R-3 Residential-Low Density North Residential R-3 Residential-Low Density South Residential R-3, B-2 Residential-Low Density East Residential R-3 Residential-Low Density West Office/Commercial B-2 Residential-Low Density BACKGROUND 1. The subject site is approximately 12,300 square feet and is located at 626 and 642 East Van Buren , Avenue. The site is currently zoned R-3 Single Family Residence District and is developed with two (2) single family homes. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ; 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial �, District to allow for all those uses permitted in the B-2 Commercial District. �i STAFF ANALYSIS �, 1. The surrounding zoning includes B-2 Commercial District to the west and south and R-3 Single � Family Residence District to the east, north and south. The Macon County and Decatur �' Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Residential-Low Density. The permitted land uses in the B-2 District are compatible with the land uses and adjacent zoning district to the west. 2. Although the Comprehensive Plan shows this area as residential, staff is of the opinion that the expansion of the B-2 zoning district that fronts North Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, currently developed with as an office/commercial complex, would not alter the character of the general area.