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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur Zoning Board of Appeals <br /> COMMON NAME: West Towne Square PUD Amendment <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date September 6, 2001 <br /> Calendar No. O1-35 <br /> Property Location Southeast corner of Wood Street and Oakland Avenue <br /> Requested Action 1. Rezone five lots from R-6, Multiple Family Residence, to B-2. <br /> Commercial. <br /> 2. Amend Planned Unit Development (PUD)to allow construction <br /> of two apartment buildings <br /> Petitioner R&D Development Company <br /> Property Owner Several property owners,with land under contract to sell to R&D <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Shopping center(under B-2 PUD Commercial <br /> construction) <br /> North Oakwood Plaza shopping B-2 Commercial <br /> district <br /> South Hartford senior high-rise B-2; R-6 High density residential <br /> (DHA) <br /> East Single- and multi-family R-6 High density residential <br /> residences <br /> West The Woods apartments B-2 PUD Commercial <br /> BACKGROUND I <br /> 1. On December 7, 2000, the Plan Commission considered the original Planned Unit <br /> Development for this site. The petition rezoned several lots from R-6 to B-2 and included a I, <br /> plan for a two-story retail-office building at the corner with parking areas behind. This PUD <br /> was approved 9-0 with the condition that a 40' section of alley leading from Oakland be '� <br /> vacated prior to issuance of building permits. The City Council approved the rezoning and , <br /> PUD on 12/18/00. '� <br /> 2. The alley was subsequently vacated in April, 2001. When the rezoning was entered into the II <br /> official zoning map, it was discovered that there were a few lots in the PUD which had been li <br /> ,I <br />