2005-83 REZONING PROPERTY - LOT FIFTEEN OF GREENWICH GARDENS

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STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission COMMON NAME: 2110 and 2120 East Pythian Avenue GENERAL INFORMATION Hearing Date September 1, 2005 Calendar No. OS-42 Property Location 2110 and 2120 East Pythian Avenue Requested Action Rezone from R-2, Single Family Residence District to B-2, Commercial District Petitioner Matthew L. Jackson, World of Power Sports Representative SKS Engineers, Inc. LAND USE AND ZONING Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan Subject Property Single family residence, R-2 Low Density Residential vacant North Commercial B-2,R-2 Commercial South Vacant M-1, R-2 Light Industrial, Low Density Residential East Commercial B-2 Commercial West Single Family Residence R-2 Low Density Residential BACKGROUND 1. The petitioner owns and operates the World of Power Sports at 2635 North 22nd Street. The business sells motorcycles, all-terrain vefiicles, ski boats and other motor-driven sport vehicles. The petitioner owns Lots 15 and the north 182 feet of Lot 16 on Pythian Avenue. 2. On January 10, 2002, the owners requested a variance to allow the expansion of the parking area onto the adjacent residenrially-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 parking lot while the weather remained warm. The variance was granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals. 3. The petitioner proposed rezoning 20�1 and 2117 East Damon and 2120 and 2110 East Pythian to enable the expansion of the existing customer and employee parking areas and to construct a new product storage yard in order to meet the needs of his expanding business. Currently, the main