2008-59 REZONING PROPERTY - 255 WEST KENWOOD AVENUE

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, . . Excerpts from Plan Commission Minutes of August 7, 2008 Cal. No. 08-38 Petition of DECATUR MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, to rezo e from R-3 Single Family Residence District to O- Office District located at 255 WEST KENWOOD VENUE. Ms. Suzy Stickle was s sworn in by Mrs. Poland. Ms. Stickle presented the recommendation of staff: The subject site is located at 255 West Kenwood Avenue near the corne of North Union Street and West Kenwood Avenue and adjacent to a hospital parking lot located i an Office District Planned Unit Development. The subject property lies within the Institutional Ove lay District and is currently undeveloped. The petitioner proposes to rezone the lot from R-3 Single Family esidence District to O-1 Office District to allow for the expansion of an existing parking 1 t. The petitioner is also proposing to amend the current O-1 PUD in order to include this prop rty. Staff supports the proposed rezoning and believes that it is compatibl with the surrounding O-1 Office District and the R-3 Single Family Residence District. Staff supports the use of the subject site for an expansion of the cu ent parking lot as it will create a more practical configuration within the DMH campus. The s bject property is currently within the limits of the Overlay District which allows for the use of a arking lot. However, the front yard parking lot setback is 25 feet in the Overlay District and he O-1 PUD allows for a three (3) foot setback along West Kenwood Avenue. The petitio er proposes to make the parking lot expansion align with the current parking lot and there ore needs to rezone this property. The rezoning of this property is compatible with the intent of the C mprehensive Plan and the intent of the Institutional Overlay District. In staff's opinion the rezo ing of this property to O-1 Office District will not adversely affect the neighboring properties. Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. A motion to forward Calendar Number 08-38 to the City Council ith a recommendation for approval is suggested. Mr. Phil Cochran, representative, stated the first parking lot was const cted to the south in 2001 and expanded in 2002. This is just another expansion to the east. There were no questions and no obj ectors were present. It was moved and seconded (Anderson/Dunn) to forward Cal. No. 08- 8 to the City Council with recommendation for approval as presented by staff. Motion carried un nimously.