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Development Services <br /> DATE: 1/13/2016 <br /> MEMO: No. 16-01 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager <br /> Billy Tyus,Assistant City Manager <br /> Suzan Stickle, Senior Planner <br /> SUBJECT: Rezone 1402 and 1412 East Hickory Street from R-3 Single Family Residence <br /> District to B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District <br /> SUMMARY RECOMII�NDATION: <br /> Staff recommends approval of the rezoning to B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District. The City <br /> Plan Commission voted 8-0 to recommend approval of this petition at the January 7, 2016 <br /> meeting; the minutes of the meeting are attached. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The subject site is approximately .28 acres and is located at 1402 and 1412 East Hickory <br /> Street. The site is currently developed with a 2,000 square foot commercial structure and a <br /> single family residential structure. <br /> The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-1 <br /> Neighborhood Shopping District to allow for all those uses pernvtted in the B-1 Neighborhood <br /> Sl�opping District. <br /> The surrounding zoning in all directions is R-3 Single Family Residence District. The Macon <br /> County and Decatur Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Residential-Low Density. The <br /> permitted land uses in the B-1 District are compatible with the residential land uses as the B-1 <br /> Neighborhood Shopping District is designed to encourage and facilitate commercial activities <br /> in the neighborhoods in which they serve. <br /> Although the Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Residential-Low Density, staff is of the <br /> opinion that uses permitted in the B-1 District will not alter the essential character of the <br /> general area as the B-1 District was established to allow these rypes of establishments in the <br /> neighborhoods to serve its residents. There is currently a commercial building on site which <br /> was established in the neighborhood years ago and it would be able to be repurposed if the <br /> parcel were to be rezoned along with the demolition of a single family structure to provide an <br /> area for parking to serve the commercial structure. <br /> Page 84 of 161 <br />