2001-62 REZONING PROPERTY - 510, 501 AND 533 NORTH MAIN STREET - 101 WEST CERRO GORDO STREET - 140 AND 150 EAST ELDORADO STREET

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM #O 1-84 August 14, 2001 TO: Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members FROM: Steve Garm , i y Manager A. J. Kriege , s stant City Manager Steve VanSteenh yse, AICP, Plannin anagef J"� Dane C. Bragg, AICP, Planner� SUBJECT: Boundary Amendment to B-4 Central Business District -Rezone property generally located between North Main,North Water, Eldorado Street and Cerro Gordo Street to B-2, Commercial District SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff finds the proposed rezoning to be generally consistent with the goals of the Decatur Urban Area Land Use Plan and in harmony with the approved Olde Towne Redevelopment Plan. Staff recommends approval of the petition as submitted. BACKGROUND: City staff has initiated this rezoning in response to the permitted use amendments made to the B-4 Central Business District. The amendments, once approved, created non-conforming uses such as automobile service stations and billboard signs. The subject property contains 2.98 acres and is currently improved with four commercial buildings and two billboard signs. Properties on all sides are used for commercial purposes. The City of Decatur, in association with the revisions to the B-4 Central Business District permitted uses, has evaluated this area for its character as a central business area. Accordingly, staff has found that the proposed rezoning area is appropriately classified as B-2 commercial development, having a more suburban, automobile-oriented character than its central business counterparts. In addition, the rezoning of these tracts will make all properties legally conforming uses under the City of Decatur Zoning Ordinance. A map of the area to be rezoned is attached. A small finger exists within the southwest corner of this tract that is proposed to remain as B-4, Central Business District. This lot is used as a parish by St. John's Episcopal Church. There is currently inadequate off-street parking present to classify this property as a B-2 commercial use. The area along North Water Street is also proposed to remain as B-4 Central Business District. This area is of a more traditional central business district style and it is staff's opinion that the area may, in the future, have revitalization potential as a link between the downtown area and the Near North Redevelopment Area.