2002-17 REZONING PROPERTY - 2200 NORTH UNION STREET

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM #02-41 Apri109, 2002 TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council FROM: Steve Gann ty Manager A. J. Krieger, onomic and Urban Development Departm t Steven J. Van teenhuyse,Planning Manag� SUBJECT: Decatur Memorial Hospital Foundation Rezoning and Planned Unit Development SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning of the new and future parking area at the 2200 block of North Union Street from R-3, Single Family Residence District, to O-1, Office District. This brings the zoning of the parking lot into conformance with the zoning on the remainder of the hospital campus. Staff also recommends approval of the Planned Unit Development for the parking area and the redevelopment of the recently-vacated West Hay Street and North Union Street rights-of-way. BACKGROUND: Staff inet with representatives of Decatur Memorial Hospital in September I 2001 to discuss the hospital's expansion plans. It was agreed that any development outside of '� the hospital's traditional campus would be done as a PUD so that the public would have an � opportunity to comment on projects that may affect the surrounding neighborhood. In November 2001, in order to accommodate the parking needs of the expanded 300 West Hay Street office building, DMH requested approval of a parking lot within a residential district, located south of Kenwood in the 2200 Block of Nortl�Union, from the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Zoning Board approved the request, subject�o the condition that a PUD be filed for the parking area as well as for any additional parking areas and work within any vacated right-of-way. The parking lot has since been constructed In December 2001, the City Council �pproved a request from DMH to vacate West Hay Street between Monroe and Union and North Union Street from Kenwood to West Hay, which was opposed by the pastor and parishioners bf St. Thomas Church. Prior to Council approval, the church and DMH came to an agreement whereby DMH would keep the street open but would construct a gate that would be kept closed l�xcept for during weekend masses and special events. With this commitment, the church dropped their opposition to the proposal. The streets are now vacated and belong to DMH. DMH proposes to expand the Union Street parking areas north to Kenwood and add 47 new parking spaces to the lot. The entire lot, including the expansion area, is proposed to be rezoned from R-3 to O-1. In addition, DMH proposes a Planned Unit Development for the new lot and the vacated West Hay and North Union rights-of-way. The PUD site plans for the parking area show a 25-foot landscaped buffer where the parking lot is adjacent to the side lot line of an existing residential use and the use of headlight-screening hedges. This plan also shows the