2006-57 REZONING PROPERTY - 175 SOUTH 44TH STREET

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Excerpts of Decatur City Plan Commission, June 1, 2006 Cal. No. 06-38 Petition of TONY ROMANO, 202 South Franklin Street To rezone premises commonly known as 175 South Forty-fourth Street from R-1 Single Family Residence District to PD Planned Development (R-3 Residential Development) Ms. Kathy Miller was sworn in by Ms. Jesse. Ms. Miller presented the recommendation of staff: The 1.08 acre site was recently purchased by the developer; the site is currently vacant. Country Club Villas are located to the north of the development. The petitioner is proposing the construction of four(4) single-family lots on the 1.08 acre tract. The lots will be accessed from a private drive that exits onto south 44th Street. The single-family lots will be targeted to the over 50 year-old single person or married couple with no children. The lots will be sold and owned by the homeowner and there will be a homeowners association for the maintenance of the drive and the lots. The average lot size of the four developments is approximately 11,000 square feet each; 6,000 square feet is the minimum requirement for R-3 developments. The R-3 minimum required lot width is 50 feet and the lots will meet the width requirement. The petitioner is requesting to vary the minimum required R-3 building side yard setbacks on Lot Two from seven (7) and five (5) feet to five (5) and five (5) reducing the aggregate side yard setback on Lot Two from twelve feet (12)to ten feet (10). The development design is planned to be consistent with the recently constructed Country Club Villas to the north. One single access drive will serve the four units. City water and sewers will be provided to the development. Staff believes that the proposed development is compatible with the surrounding area and will have a positive impact on the neighborhood. The plan is consistent with the comprehensive plan for low density residential development. The developer plans to maintain as many existing trees on the site as possible. The color scheme and the use of brick or stone on the facades will be similar to Country Club Villas. Fencing similar to that at the Villas will be used to tie the two developments together. South 44th Street is an existing collector street with a volume of approximately 1100 vehicles per day between East Cantrell Street and North Country Club Road. The anticipate traffic volume of five (5) to ten (10) trips per day per unit will not increase the traffic to its capacity on 44th Street. Staff believes that the existing streets are adequate to carry the anticipated traffic of the development. Vehicles from the development will