2005-83 REZONING PROPERTY - LOT FIFTEEN OF GREENWICH GARDENS

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. i Excerpts from Decatur City Plan Commission, September 1, 2005 Cal.No. OS-42 Petition of MATTHEW L. JACKSON to rezone 2110 and 2120 East Pythian Avenue from R-2, Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial District. Mrs. Joselyn Stewart was sworn in by Ms. Jesse. Mrs. Stewart gave the recommendation of staff: The petitioner owns and operates the World of Power Sports at 2635 North 22nd Street. The business sells motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, ski boats and other motor-driven sport vehicles. The petitioner owns Lots 15 and the north 182 feet of Lot 16 on Pythian Avenue. On January 10, 2002, the owners requested a variance to allow for the expansion of the parking area onto the adjacent residentially-zoned property. The petitioners were advised that such a variance would only allow parking on the lot, and that the requested storage would be allowed only if the property were rezoned. The petitioners opted to proceed with the variance, in order to begin construction of the pazking lot while the weather remained warm. The variance was granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals. The petitioner proposed rezoning 2071 and 2117 East Damon and 2120 and 2110 East Pythian to enable the expansion of the existing customer and employee parking azeas and . to construct a new product storage yard in order to meet the needs of his expanding business. Currently, the main parking area for the World of Power Sports is on the east side facing 22nd Street. To accommodate this expansion, the petitioner proposed paving Lots 31 and 32. The petitioner also proposed to demolish the structures on Lot 32. At that time, the petitioner had no plans for Lots 15 and 16. At the February 18, 2002, the City Council approved the rezoning of 2071 and 2117 East Damon Avenue. During the February 5, 2002 City Plan Commission, the petitiorer withdrew his request to rezone Lot 15 and the north 182 feet of Lot 16 on Pythian Avenue (2120 and 2110 East Pythian Avenue). The petitioner proposes to rezone 2120 and 2110 Pythian Avenue from R 2, Single Family Residence to B-2, Commercial District to allow for the construction of a building to handle their shipping operations for their expanding business. A buffer yard between ten (10) and fifty (50) feet (ten percent of the frontage) must be provided adjacent to residential districts. The Decatur Urban Area Land Use Plan depicts the neighborhood of this petition as a residential pocket in the heart of an industrial area. Over the years, residentially zoned lots in the azea have been rezoned to commercial and industrial permitted zonings. Ordinarily, staff would oppose such a lot-by-lot encroachment into an established neighborhood. Prior rezoning approvals have changed the nature and land uses along Pythian Avenue as well as Damon Avenue. Lot 15 (2120 East Pythian Avenue) is now surrounded on the north, east, and south by either commercial or industrial zoning; therefore, staff is not opposed to the rezoning of Lot 15 as it is now compatible with adjacent zonings.