2002-96 GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 1949, 1959, 1969, 1975 AND 1995 NORTH MAIN STREET

Home Browse Search

' Excerpts from Minutes of October 3, 2002 City Plan Commission Meeting Cal. No. 02-50 Petition of HECKMAN HEALTH CARE to rezone the premises at 1949, 1959, 1969, and 1995 NORTH MAIN STREET from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District and on same petition, for subsequent approval of a B-1 Conditional Use Permit at 1949, 1959, 1969, 1975, and 1995 NORTH MAIN STREET to permit a structure larger than 6,000 square feet in gross floor area. Mr. Bragg presented the recommendation of staff: The subject property contains 34,000 square feet and is cunently improved with three single-family residences. The petitioner is requesting the rezoning of the property from B-1, Neighborhood Shopping District, and R-3, Single-Family Residence District, to B-1 and for subsequent approval of a conditional use permit to allow a structure larger than 6,000 square feet. If approved, the petitioner would construct a 9,720 square foot commercial building and a , 26-stall parking lot. Two new commercial curb cuts would be installed with one providing ingress/egress from North Main Street and one at West Garfield Avenue. Sanitary sewer and I water connections would be provided through current facilities that are adequate. Storm detention would be accomplished via an on-site detention area located alongGarfield Avenue. The petitioner is also requesting to vary the required rear yard setback between the B-1 district and an"R" district from 25 feet to 16 feet in order to accommodate the proposed building. The required buffer yard area and landscaping will be accommodated as per the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. Consideration must be made of the proposed use with respect to area land use and the Main Street corridor. The proposed use will not threaten the nearby residential properties and will provide a buffer from the Business 51 corridor. In addition, the provision of landscaping in the buffer yard area will seek to further protect the residential neighborhood to the west. With respect to the Main Street corridor, the proposed development will accomplish the goal of redeveloping underutilized property at the busy Garf'ield and North Main intersection. The development will be of an appropriate scale for the neighborhood. Based on these factors, staff is of the opinion that the proposed rezoning and conditional use permit are consistent with the goals of the Decatur Urban Area Land Use Plan and the Urban Conidors Plan. Accordingly, staff recommends approval of the petition as proposed. Mr. Sharpe asked if the properties with the three houses were included in this petition. Mr. Bragg answered yes, everything was included from the railroad property and everything north to Garfield.