2004-89 GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 411 WEST MAIN STREET

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Excerpts of Decatur City Plan Commission Cal. No. 04-56 Petition of ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATIONS, INC., for a Conditional Use Permit—Historic Neighborhood Use for the premises at 411 West Main Street to operate a tea room and antique shop (Section IX.B.S.) in an R-6 Multiple Dwelling District. Ms. Suzan Stickle gave the following recommendation of staff: ' The petitioner owns and has restored the single family structure on the property located at I'� 411 West Main Street. The petitioner proposes to utilize the single family structure as a tearoom. The Historical and Architectural Sites Commission found that the proposed use will preserve the historical character of the building and voted unanimously to recommend approval of the conditional use permit-historic neighborhood use at the Wednesday, October 20, 2004 meeting. The Traffic and Parking Commission granted a request for an on street handicapped parking stall in the 100 Block of South Edward Street on Tuesday, October 13, 2004. The parking in the rear of the structure did not provide adequate access for handicap accessibility. A lift will be installed on the front porch to allow for accessibility to the building. The petitioner is requesting a conditional use permit to operate a tearoom as a historic neighborhood use at 411 West Main Street; the premises is currently zoned R 6 Multiple Dwelling District. The proposed tearoom will operate for lunch from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Tuesday through Saturday and will be open for formal teas as well. There will be dining areas on both the first and second floors. The required number of parking spaces for the proposed use is 33 spaces. There will be two (2)parking spaces provided in the rear of the structure. The petitioner has secured an agreement with St. Paul's Lutheran Church for the use of their parking lots; 27 spaces on the Wood Street lot, 39 spaces on the Main Street lot and 72 spaces on their east lot. The Wood Street lot and the Main Street lot are both within 300 feet of the subject property which is required by the Zoning Ordinance. With two (2) of the three (3) parking lots under agreement with St. Paul's being within 300 feet, the tearoom meets the required number of parking spaces. The subject property is surrounded by R-6 Multiple Dwelling District to the north, west and east. There is also O-1 Office District abutting the southeast portion of the property. The abutting property to the south is zoned B-2 Commercial District. The subject property is located in an area consisting of parking lots, churches, offices as well as single and multi-family residences. All of these land uses are compatible uses with that of a tearoom. Section XXII. (Conditional Use Regulations) of the Zoning Ordinance (Ord. #3512, as amended) provides for a historic neighborhood use in any zone located within the boundaries of the Decatur Historic District providing such use preserves the historic