2016-06 REZONING PROPERTY 550 N VanDyke St

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r Excerpts from Plan Commission Meeting of February 4, 2016: Cal. No. 16-01 Petition of NEW VISION CHURCH OF GOD, to rezone property located at 550 NORTH VAN DYKE STREET from M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District and M-2 Heavy Industrial District to B-2 Commercial District. Ms. Suz Stickle was sworn in y by Mrs. Janet Poland. Ms. Stickle presented the recommendation of staff: ' The subject site located at 550 North Van Dyke Street is currently zoned M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District and M-2 Heavy Industrial District and consists of 'i approximately three (3) acres. �i , The southern portion of this property was rezoned to M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial I District by City Council approval in March of 2015. I The petitioner proposes to rezone from M-1 Intense Commercial/Light Industrial District and M- I� 2 Heavy Industrial District to allow for all those uses permitted in the B-2 Commercial District. Rezoning the site from M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District and M-2 Heavy Industrial District to B-2 Commercial District would decrease the intensity of the uses permitted on the site and not create any adverse effects on the adjacent properties or the City as a whole. The surrounding zoning includes M-2 Heavy Industrial District to the north and east, M-1 Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District to the south and west and B-2 Commercial District to the west. The Macon County and Decatur Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Employment. The existing uses of the property are permitted uses in the B-2 Commercial District. The existing uses are compatible with both the adjacent uses and zoning districts. Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. Section XXIX. of the City of Decatur Zoning Ordinance requires the Plan Commission to hold a public hearing on a rezoning request, and then forward its report and recommendation to the City Council for final approval. A motion to forward Calendar Number 16-01 to the City Council with a recommendation for approval is suggested. Mr. Dow Moses, representative, was sworn in by Mrs. Poland. Mr. Moses said the church purchased the Ice House in 2015 not realizing the zoning was not appropriate for a church. The ministry consists of three (3) divisions which are the church, a thrift store and a food pantry. The B-2 Commercial District will accommodate all of them. There were no questions and no objectors present. It was moved and seconded (Myatt/Sotirof� to forward Calendar No. 16-01 to the City Council with a recommendation for approval. Motion carried unanimously.