2015-61 REZONING PROPERTY 1096 West Decatur Street

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STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission COMMON NAME: 1096 West Decatur Street GENERAL INFORMATION Hearing Date October 1, 2015 Calendar No. 15-46 Property Location 1096 West Decatur Street Requested Action Rezoning from B-2 to R-6 and a Conditional Use Permit for a Rooftop Tower Petitioner Thomas Jemilo, Insite RE, Inc. I� LAND USE AND ZONING �', Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan Subject Property Decatur Housing Authority R-6, B-2 Retail North Single-Family Residence, R-6, B-2 Retail Decatur Housing Authority South Single-Family Residence, R-6, B-2 Residential-Low Density Vacant Lots East Single-Family Residence R-6 Residential-Low Density West Millikin University, The B-2 Schools—Public and Private Woods Apartments BACKGROUND 1. The subject site is developed as a multi-family residence and located at 1096 West Decatur Street. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from B-2 Commercial District to R-6 Multiple Dwelling District on the west half of their property to allow for all those uses permitted in the R-6 Multiple Dwelling District. 2. The east half of the site is already zoned R-6 Multiple Dwelling District therefore rezoning the west half of the property to R-6 Multiple Dwelling District will make the parcel uniform with one zoning district and the current use being in compliance with the current Zoning Ordinance. 3. The petitioner is also requesting a Conditional Use Permit to allow Verizon Wireless to co-locate antennas on the rooftop of the existing structure. Verizon sought out this existing structure as an attempt to avoid construction of a new telecommunication tower. According to Verizon there were no existing towers within the search radius and this building proved to be the best suited candidate in terms of radio frequency needs. 4. The proposed antennas will be mounted onto the existing penthouse. The height of the existing building is 46' At Ground Level (A.G.L.); the distance to the top of the penthouse will be 53' A.G.L.; and the distance to the center of the proposed antennas will be 57' A.G.L.