2006-71 REZONING PROPERTIES - 2901 WASSON WAY - 500 SOUTH 27TH STREET

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM Memo No. 06-182 August 16, 2006 TO: Honorable Mayor Paul Osborne and City Council Members ��_ n , , FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager +.�, �� Dane C. Bragg, AICP, Assistant City Manage� Kathy J. Miller, AICP, Senior Planner�,r(� SUBJECT: Rezoning of 2901 Wasson Way and 500 South 27th Street from R-3 and M-1 to PD SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning from R-3 Single Family Residence District and M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District to PD Planned Development with uses consistent to the B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District, signage that follows the corridor plan, appropriate site buffering to protect the residential neighborhood and site access controls. The Plan Commission voted 10-0 to recommend approval of the petition at the August 3, 2006 meeting; the Plan Commission minutes are attached. BACKGROiIND: The 25 acre site formerly housed the corporate offices for Illinois Power and contains a 146,864 square foot, three-story office building, a 700 square foot service garage and a multiple-vehicle carport. The site is currently zoned M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District and was used as offices and vehicle maintenance, storage and fueling station for the former Illinois Power Company. The site was presumably zoned M-1 to accommodate the vehicle maintenance and fuel storage. The current M-1 zoning does not allow a church as a use. Glad Tiding Assembly of God is proposing to purchase the site to use as the church site along with a multitude of other uses. The current M-1 zoning is not compatible with the proposed use or the surrounding residential neighborhood. The site was formerly used for corporate offices. The large setbacks and park- like setting of the site buffered the use from the neighborhood. POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There were no objectors at the Plan Commission meeting. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The proposed plan has been reviewed and approved by the Planning and Economic Development Division, the Engineering Division and the Fire Department. STAFF REFERENCES: If Council members have questions they may contact Kathy Miller at 424-2786 or at kjmiller@decaturnet.org. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None.