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Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> January 3, 2002 <br /> Page Four <br /> Mrs. Sands asked how close the building or parking lot would be to the nearest existing <br /> residence. Mr. Gavin stated that the building would be 25 feet to the south property line; 23 feet <br /> with the bay windows. The main parking lot is 15 feet off the side property line. It was noted <br /> that the proposed development would meet parking requirements. <br /> Mr. Brinkoetter stated that to the direct east of the existing fac�ity is a condominium <br /> development which he has purchased. One of the condominiums is rented. The proposed <br /> development would be a continuing care residential community. The closest community of this <br /> type is in Chicago or St. Louis. Mr. Brinkoetter stated that health care can coexist in a residential <br /> area without appearing medicinal. <br /> There were objectors present: <br /> Mrs. Gloria Hott, 202 Wayside Avenue, was present and spoke against the petition stating that <br /> the proposed development would be 25 feet from her back property line. She questioned how the <br /> development could meet the character of the neighborhood which has single family residences. <br /> Mrs. Hott asked what the affect would be on the imme�ate area and if the proposed development <br /> is in the intent of the Zoning Ordinance. She stated that after attending the neighborhood <br /> meetings she felt that a residential care facility would fit in an R-6 zone but not an R-5 zone. <br /> Mrs. Hott stated that if the development were zoned R-6 it would have to be 1,000 feet from any <br /> other facility which would not be the case at this location. Mrs. Hott expressed concern with <br /> obstruction to vision and the increase of traffic on Imboden which already carries traffic from the <br /> neighborhood schools and churches. <br />' Mrs. Hott stated that she would refer an ever reen screenin or a wall between the proposed <br /> P g g <br /> wh owns the existin trees and Mrs. Hott <br /> development and her property. Mr. Schiller asked o g <br /> stated that the trees are half Mr. Brinkoetter's and half hers. Mr. Hott stated that there is a fence <br /> dividing the property in half where the trees are standing. <br /> Mrs. Hott asked if and when the trees die would there by any stipulation for their removal and <br /> replacing them. She also expressed concern regarding the noise from the air conditioning <br /> system. Other questions were in regard to an office zoning for the existing home on the property, <br /> the number of seniors that would have vehicles, the affect on the value of homes in the <br /> neighborhood and their resale value, water run off from the parking lot, and the dangers of the <br /> retention pond to children. Mrs. Hott stated that the City should protect its neighborhoods. She <br /> presented a petition of objection from the area residents with 59 signatures. <br /> Mr. Jeff Hott, 202 Wayside Avenue, was present and asked why the property wouldn't be zoned <br /> R-6 and what the requirement for 1,000 feet between facilities meant. Mr. Van Steenhuyse <br /> explained that an R-5 designation allows a lower density than an R-6 designation. The R-5 <br /> Planned Unit Development cannot exceed the underlying density but allows for more flexibility <br /> with the development, such as with separation requirernents. Without the Planned Unit <br /> Development designation, only one or two single family homes would be allowed. The <br />