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

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�m �� m �� DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MEMORANDUM No. 15-38 September 30, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager Billy Tyus, Assistant City Manager Suzan M. Stickle, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Rezone 626 and 642 East Van Buren Avenue from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial District SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning to B-2 Commercial District. The City Plan Commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval of this petition at the September 3, 2015 meeting; the minutes of the meeting are attached. BACKGROUND: 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 currently owned by the petitioner 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. The surrounding zoning includes B-2 Commercial District immediately adjacent 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. 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. If the property is rezoned to B-2 Commercial District and development occurs, the adjacent properties will have a buffer yard between the residential properties and the development in accordance with the regulations of the Zoning Ordinance. POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no known objectors at the Plan Commission Meeting. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The petition has been reviewed by the City's Technical Review Committee; Planning, Engineering and Fire. STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Suzan M. Stickle at 424- 2786 or at smstickle@decaturil.gov. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None.