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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: Mt. Vernon Place <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date November 1, 2007 <br /> Calendar No. 07-43 <br /> Property Location Cantrell Street&44th Street <br /> Requested Action Amendment to reduce the number of units from twenty(20) to <br /> fourteen(14) <br /> Petitioner Mt. Vernon Place Association <br /> Representative Phillip W. Cochran <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Larzd Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Residential R-2 RDP Si gle Family Residence <br /> North Residential R-2 Si gle Family Residence <br /> South Park/Green Space R-2 Si gle Family Residence <br /> East Residential R-2 Si gle Family Residence <br /> West Residential R-1 Si gle Family Residence <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The 6.49 acre subject site currently contains nine (9) condo units with an additional five (5) <br /> units proposed for a combined total of fourteen (14) units. In 1967, t e parcel was approved for <br /> the construction of forty-eight (48) multi-family units. It was then mended in 1990 to reduce <br /> the density from forty-eight (48) to twenty-six (26) units. The most r cent amendment to reduce <br /> the number of units from twenty-six (26) to twenty (20) was appro ed by Council in June of <br /> 1993. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The subject petition requests that the Residence Development lan (RDP) be amended to <br /> reduce the proposed units from twenty (20) to fourteen ( 4) to allow a perpetual <br /> landscape/green space area. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 1. The proposed reduction in units is consistent with the ch acter of the surrounding <br /> neighborhood and general area. The surrounding zoning in ludes R-1 Single Family <br /> Residence and R-2 Single Family Residence Districts. The unit eduction is consistent with <br /> the intent of the zoning districts. <br />