2008-49 REZONING PROPERTIES - 2605, 2611, 2621, 2635, 2645, 2663 AND 2697 NORTH MAIN STREET AND 130 WEST PYTHIAN STREET

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Excerpts from Plan Commission Minutes of July 3, 2008 Cal. No. 08-25 Petition of TIMOTHY D. STONE, JR., ON BEHALF OF DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, requesting that 2600 BLOCK NORTH MA1N STREET and 130 WEST PYTHIAN STREET be rezoned from the B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District and R-3 Single Family Residence Districts to the B-2 Commercial District. Mr. Mark Smith was sworn in by Mrs. Poland. , Mr. Smith presented the recommendation of staff: The properties at issue in this petition constitute the whole East half of the 2600 block of North Main Street, between West Damon and Pythian Streets. This block is on the west side of North Main Street. There are a total of ten (10) lots. The south lot was divided into two (2) properties. There are multiple property owners. The subject petition is requesting that the north two (2) lots and the south three (3) lots in the block be rezoned from the B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District to the B-2 Commercial District and that the middle five (5) lots be rezoned from the R-3 Single Family Residence District to the B-2 Commercial District. The subject petition states that the purpose for the request is to bring all ten (10) lots into the B-2 Commercial Zoning District which would a11ow the most attractive and most versatile zoning to be in place for future development. The Comprehensive Plan shows this one half block area as Commercial. The west half of the block is planned to remain Residential. The properties at issue in this petition constitute the whole East half of the 2600 block of North Main Street, between West Damon and Pythian Streets. This block is on the west side of North Main Street. There are a total of ten (10) lots. The south lot was divided into two (2) properties. There is a commercial building and associated parking area which occupy the north two (2) lots. The center six (6) lots are vacant. The south two (2) lots have small commercial enterprises on them. There is a house on the West part of the divided south lot. The proposed rezoning appears to be consistent with the character of most of the neighboring properties. The proposal also appears to be consistent with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan. Properties to the north, northeast, east, southeast and south are currently commercial. An open, rock surface alley separates the subject properties from the R-3 District to the west. Zoning districts found within a several block area include the B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District (east, southeast and south), B-2 Commercial (north, northeast, east and south) and the R- 3 Single Family Residence District (northwest, west, southwest and a small area southeast). In accordance with the City's Zoning Ordinance, any future development on the rezoned lots will require a buffer yard with additional landscaping in the rear and along any lot line if those lot lines adjoin or abut a residential zoning district. The lots in question are either developed and occupied predominately by commercial businesses or are vacant. There are many commercial businesses immediately north, northeast, east, southeast and south of this property. The Comprehensive Plan shows the area as Commercial.