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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: Near North Redevelopment Project/Wabash Crossing <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date August 7, 2003 <br /> Calendar No. 03-36 <br /> Property Location Generally bounded by Warren Street, Grand Avenue, Illinois Central <br /> Railroad, Marietta and Condit Streets <br /> Requested Action Amend R-6 Planned Unit Development - Wabash Crossing First <br /> Addition <br /> Petitioner East Lake/Decatur LLC <br /> Property Owner City of Decatur, Decatur Housing Authority, East Lake/Decatur, <br /> LLC <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Vacant R-6 PUD Mixed Use, Planned <br /> Development <br /> North Single-Family Residential R-5 Low Density Residential/ <br /> High Density Residential <br /> South Vacant R-6 Mixed Use, Planned <br /> Development, High <br /> Density Residential <br /> East Railroad, Phoenix Park M-1 Light Industrial,Parks and <br /> Open Space <br /> West Institutional R-6 Mixed Use, Planned <br /> Development, Institutional <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The Decatur City Council approved the R-6 Planned Unit Development on January 21, 2003 <br /> and subsequently approved an amendment to the PUD on June 16, 2003. <br /> 2. The subj ect property contains 42.06 acres and is currently vacant. Properties to the north are <br /> in use for single family residences, while properties located to the south are generally vacant. <br /> Institutional users such as New Horizons Day Care and Foursquare Church are located to the <br /> west and the Illinois Central Railroad is located to the east. Access to the property is <br /> provided by several city streets but is predominantly accessible via Grand Avenue and Martin <br /> Luther King, Jr. Drive. <br />