2006-73 GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 2540 MILLIKIN PARKWAY

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Excerpts from Decatur City Plan Commission of August 3, 2006 Cal.No. 06-52 Petition of JOE O'NEIL, dba G AND D INTEGRATED to rezone premises commonly known as 2540 Millikin Parkway from M-1 Light Industrial District to M-2, Heavy Industrial District with a Conditional Use Permit allowing container storage. Mr. Crowe presented the recommendation of staff: The site is approximately 11.8 acres and is currently unimproved. G & D Integrated currently operates an office and warehouse facility on the property to the east that they plan on expanding along with operating a new container storage yard on the subject property. The requested conditional use permit will: Allow the operation of a container storage yard with empty containers stacked on top of each other. The maximum height of the containers will be four units high or thirty-eight feet high whichever is less. A landscaped berm twelve (12) feet high with ten(10) foot evergreen trees and additional shrubs will provide a sixty foot buffer between the storage yazd and residential property to the north across Finch Drive. A six (6) foot fence will be constructed in between Finch Drive and the berm. A landscaped berm eight (8) feet high with ten(10) foot evergreen trees will provide a sixty foot buffer along Greenswitch Road. A six(6) foot fence will be constructed in between Greenswitch Road and the berm. A six (6) foot high site break fence will be constructed along the south border of the property fronting Millikin Parkway. All lighting on site will be in accordance with City of Deca�ur ordinances and policies. Staff finds that the use is consistent with the character of the surrounding neighborhood as well as the intent of the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance. Staff worked with the developer to mitigate the effects of the storage yard on surrounding properties by requiring a combination of berms, heavy landscaping and fencing. The expansion of G & D Integrated will benefit the City of Decatur through the creation of a minimum of 80 jobs and a minimum investment of$5,000,000. Based on the above analysis, staff recommends approval of the rezoning to M 2 Heavy Industrial and the conditional use permit. A motion to forward Calendar Number 06-52 to the City Council with a recommendation of approval is suggested. Mr. Phil Cochran was sworn in by Ms. Jesse.