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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: Rezoning 2400 Block North Twenty-seventh Street <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date May 6, 2004 <br /> Calendar No. 04-25 <br /> Property Location 2400 Block of North Twenty-seventh Street <br /> Requested Action Rezone from R-1 Single Family Residence District to M-1 Intense <br /> Commercial, Light Manufacturing District <br /> Petitioner Dane Bragg, AICP, Director of Economic and Urban Development <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Kelly Construction, R-1 Light Industrial <br /> Agricultural <br /> North WB 23 TV, M-1 Light Industrial <br /> Central Illinois Scale <br /> South Airgas M-1 Light Industrial <br /> East Agricultural M-1 Light Industrial <br /> West Kelly Construction M-1 Light Industrial <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. In 1973, approximately 76 acres were annexed to the City of Decatur. The tract was planned <br /> for an industrial park and a residential subdivision; the industrial park was developed but the <br /> residential area did not develop. Currently the subject tract is being used for a contractar's <br /> yard and for agricultural use. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> l. The request is to rezone the property from R-1 Single Family Residential District to M-1 <br /> Intense Commercial, Light Industrial District to reflect the current and future use of the site. <br /> The Decatur Area Urban Land Use Plan shows all of the area as M-1 Light Industrial. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> L The subject property is surrounded by M-1 Intense Commercial, Light Industrial Zoning; the <br /> area is developed as an Industrial Park and for agricultural purposes. Rezoning the property <br /> to Light Industrial will not injure the public health, safety or welfare, nor will it cause <br />