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Development Services <br /> DATE: 11/10/2015 <br /> MEMO: No. 15-45 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager <br /> Billy Tyus,Assistant City Manager <br /> Suzan M. Stickle, Senior Planner <br /> Joselyn A. Stewart, Transportation Planner <br /> SUBJECT: Rezoning of property located at 1096 West Decatur Street from B-2 <br /> Commercial District to R-6 Multiple Dwelling District and for a <br /> Conditional Use Permit to allow for a rooftop cell tower. <br /> SUMMARY RECONIl�7ENDATION: <br /> Staff recommends approval of the proposed rezoning for a portion of the parcel from B-2 <br /> Commercial District to R-6 Multiple Dwelling district as the rezoning will create a uniform <br /> zoning for the parcel and is consistent with the land uses in the surrounding area. Staff also <br /> recommends approval of a conditional use permit to allow for the installation of a Verizon <br /> Cell Tower on site with the following conditions: 1) The facility/tower shall be in compliance <br /> with any other applicable local, state, or federal regulations at all times; 2) Towers and <br /> antennas shall be designed to blend into the surrounding environment through the use of color <br /> and camouflaging architectural treatment, except in instances where the color is dictated by ' <br /> federal or state authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration; 3) The proposed I <br /> tower shall meet the required fall zone; and 4) That the proposed operation be in compliance j <br /> with applicable provisions of the City's adopted Building Codes, including obtaining a '�, <br /> building permit to perform any proposed or required improvements to the existing structure. <br /> The City Plan Commission voted 8-0 to recommend approval of this petition at the October l, <br /> 2015 meeting; the minutes of the meeting are attached. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The subject site is developed as a multi-family residence and located at 1096 West Decatur <br /> Street. The petitioner proposes to rezone from B-2 Commercial District to R-6 Multiple <br /> Dwelling District on the west half of their property to allow far all those uses permitted in the <br /> R-6 Multiple Dwelling District. The east half of the site is already zoned R-6 Multiple <br /> Dwelling District therefore rezoning the west half of the property to R-6 Multiple Dwelling <br /> District will make the parcel uniform with one zoning district and the current use being in <br /> compliance with the current Zoning Ordinance. <br /> The petitioner is also requesting a Conditional Use Permit to allow Verizon VV'ireless to co- <br /> Page 98 of 244 <br />