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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 1101 East Sangamon Street <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date January 6, 2005 <br /> Calendar No. OS-01 <br /> Property Location 1101 East Sangamon Street <br /> Requested Action Conditional Use Permit <br /> Petitioner Gregg's Towing and Recovery <br /> Representative Elmer C. Hawkins <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Towing Service M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> North School M-1 Heavy Industrial <br /> South Railroad/Industrial M-2 Heavy IndustriaULight <br /> Industrial <br /> East Industrial M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> West Industrial M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The petitioner currently operates a towing service and would like to expand the operation at this <br /> location; additionally, the petitioner proposes to store automobiles at this location. The main storage <br /> of vehicles will occur inside buildings on the site and overflow vehicles will be stored outside. This <br /> facility will serve as a central location for the storage of vehicles, the dispatching of tow tnzcks, <br /> retrieving of vehicles by their owners and examination of vehicles by law enforcement and insurance <br /> representatives. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 2. The petitioner is requesting a conditional use permit to operate an automotive storage yard at 1101 <br /> East Sangamon Street; the premises is currently zoned M-2 Heavy Industrial District. <br /> 3. Section XXII. (Conditional Use Regulations) of the Zoning Ordinance (Ord. #3512, as amended) <br /> provides for conditional use permits providing such use is necessary for the public convenience, that <br /> it is designed, located and proposed to be operated so that the public health, safety and welfare will <br /> be protected and that it will not cause substantial injury to the value of property in the surrounding <br /> neighborhood. <br />