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

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM Memo No. 08-79 July 16, 2008 TO: Honorable Mayor Michael T. Carrigan and City Council FROM: John A. Smith, Interim City Manager �I Greg C. Crowe, Assistant City Mana�i I Mark L. Smith, Senior Plann SUBJECT: Request to rezone 2605, 261 l, 2 21, 2635, 2637, 2645, 2663 and 2697 N. Main and 130 W. Pythian from B-1 and R-3 to the B-2 Commercial District. SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the petition. The City Plan Commission voted 1 1-0 to recommend approval of this petition as presented at the July 3, 2008 hearing. The minutes of that meeting are attached. BACKGROUND: The subject properties constitute the whole east half of the block between West Damon and Pythian Streets on the west side of North Main Street. There are a total of ten (10) lots involved in the request. 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 Residential District to the B-2 Commercial District. The subject petition states that the purpose for the request is to bring all of the ten lots into the B-2 Zoning District which would allow the most attractive and most versatile zoning be in place for future development. The proposed rezoning appears to be consistent with the character of much of the neighboring properties. The proposal also appears to be consistent with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan. Properties to the north, east and south are currently commercial. An alley would separate the subject properties from the R-3 District to the west. Within a several block area are found the B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District (north, northeast, east, southeast and south) and R-3 Single Family Residence Districts (northwest, west, southwest and a small area southeast). The Comprehensive Plan shows this one half block area as Commercial. The west half of this block � and those to the northwest, west and southwest are planned to remain Residential. POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no known objectors at the Plan Commission meeting. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: N/A STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Mark Smith at 424-2790 or at MLSmith(u decaturiL��o��. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None