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STAFF REPORT ' <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission ' <br /> COMMON NAME: Near North Rezoning and Planned Unit Development <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date January 3, 2002 ' <br /> Calendar No. 02-02 <br /> I',, Property Location Near North Neighborhood <br />� 1. Rezoning of properties from R-5, M-1, B-2 and B-1 to R-6 <br /> Requested Action 2. Adoption of a Planned Unit Development for the Near North <br /> area <br /> Petitioner <br /> Staff initiated <br /> Property Owner City of Decatur; Decatur Housing Authority; various others <br /> LAND USE AND ZONIN <br /> G <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan I, <br /> R-5; R-6; High Density Residential; I' <br /> Subject Property Vacant B-1; B-2; Commercial; Mixed Use I <br /> M-1 Planned Development � <br /> North Single, duplex and multi- R_6 Low Density Residential; �!� <br /> family residences High Density Residential <br /> South Manufacturing, vacant M-1 Light Industrial ', <br /> East ICG railroad tracks; Phoenix M-1 Light Industrial;Parks �I <br /> Park . , <br /> West Commercial; Foursquare B_2� R-6 Commercial; Institutional , <br /> Gospel Church , <br /> BACKGROUND , <br /> 1. The City began acquiring properties in the area commonly known as the Near North ' <br /> Neighbarhood in the early 1990's. In the summer of 2000, a"conservation area"was created ' <br /> bounded by Grand on the north,North Main on the west, the Norfolk Southern railroad ' <br /> tracks on the south, and an eastern boundary formed by the Illinois Central Gulf tracks � <br /> between Grand and Condit, thence west along Condit to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, and '� <br /> finally south along MLK to the NS tracks. Acquisition of land has been concentrated within '', <br /> these boundaries. To date, all but 17 privately owned properties within the target area have <br /> been acquired. The City is in negotiation with the owners of the remaining properties and I <br /> acquisition of the all of the target properties is expected in the near future. I <br />