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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 475 East Wabash <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date November 7, 2002 <br /> Calendar No. 02-53 <br /> Property Location 475 East Wabash <br /> Requested Action Request for a Conditional Use Permit in order to operate an automotive <br /> storage yard. <br /> Petitioner Brian and Melissa McDermith <br /> Property Owner Tim Dowd/Dowd Development Company <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Automotive Storage Yard M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> North Light Industrial M-1 Intense-Commercial- <br /> Light Industrial <br /> South Heavy Industrial M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> East Heavy Industrial M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> West Heavy Industrial M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject property contains a 17,880 (120' x 149') square foot lot with an aluminum storage <br /> shed and is currently being used for the storage of repossessed automobiles by the owners of B <br /> and M Recovery. The subject petitioners are requesting a conditional use permit to bring the <br /> property into compliance with the City's Zoning Ordinance. <br /> 2. The area in question as well as the properties to the south, east and west are presently zoned M-2, <br /> Heavy Industrial District with similar land uses. Property to the north is zoned M-1 <br /> Intense-Commercial-Light Industrial District and accordingly developed. Immediately to the <br /> north of the properties on the north side of Wabash is the Near North Redevelopment Area. As <br /> the Plan Commission is aware, this area has been the subject of a multi-year acquisition and <br /> planning process. Although the subject property is not within the redevelopment area, its <br /> proximity to the Near North requires careful consideration as to the property's use and aesthetic <br /> impact. <br />