2008-70 VACATING PORTION OF STREETS - 1600 BLOCKS OF RIVERSIDE AVENUE AND BUENA VISTA AVENUE

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STAFF REPORT I Decatur City Plan Commission COMMON NAME: ROW Vacation, 1600 Blocks of Riverside and�uena Vista Avenues GENERAL INFORMATION Hearing Date September 4, 2008 I Calendar No. 08-46 Property Location 1600 Blocks of Riverside Avenue and Buena Vista Avenue Requested Action Vacate the 1600 Blocks of Riverside Aven�e and Buena Vista Avenue Petitioner Adam Cumbo, CFO, St. Mary's Hospital Representative Patrick P. Wilson, Homer L. Chastain&A�Isociates, LLP LAND USE AND ZONING Direction Existing Land Use Zoning C mprehensive Plan Subject Property Right-of-Way R-3 Low D nsity Residential North School R-3 Schools: Public &Private South Park R-2 Parks, Qpen Space, Flood Plain East Hospital PD Institut�onal West Single Family Residence R-3 Low Density Residential BACKGROUND 1. The petitioner is requesting vacating the public right-of-way of the 1600 Blocks of Riverside Avenue and Buena Vista Avenue. The right-of-ways are adjacent to the petitioner's property. The vacation will enable the petitioner �o expand the Hospital's parking lot. STAFF ANALYSIS 1. Letters were sent to AmerenIP, Comcast Communications, and A�f&T notifying the utility companies of the vacation request and no objections to the proposed right-of-way vacation have been expressed. 2. Because there is only one (1) licensed commercial appraiser in the �City of Decatur, only one (1) appraisal was conducted on the property. The proposed vacation properties have an estimated market value of$15,000 which will be paid to the City. 3. The formal vacation of this right-of-way will not have an adve�se affect on the general public. 4. The right-of-way is not necessary to serve the general public. Staf is of the opinion that the best interests of the City of Decatur would be served by approving e right-of-way vacation