2000-87 REZONING PROPERTY - SW CORNER OF ASH AVENUE AND NORTH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DRIVE

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Excerpts from Plan Commission Minutes of September 7, 2000 Cal. No. 00-61 Petition of LAND OF LINCOLN CREDIT iJNION, 1435 North Water Street, to rezone the premises located at the SOUTHWEST CORNER of ASH AVENUE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE from R-1 Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial District and for subsequent approval of a Planned Unit Development on the subject site. Mr. Phillip Cochran, Consulting Engineer, was present and spoke for the petition representing Land of Lincoln Credit Union. Mr. Mac Dunaway, President of the Credit Union, was also present. Mr. Cochran stated that the purpose of the rezoning is to allow the commercial development of a 4.44 acre tract located at the southwest corner of Ash Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive which is presently zoned R-1. The house was demolished several years ago. Approval of the petition would allow the development of a credit union on the north side of the property. Property to the north of this site is zoned B-3. A nearby office building is zoned B-2 and to the south and west are R-1 districts. Mr. Cochran stated that the Planned Unit Development is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Cochran stated that access rights were purchased by the City of Decatur when Martin Luther King Jr. Drive was e�ended. The dollar amount that the developer will pay the city has yet to be determined for purchase of the right of way. There are two points of access that will not compromise the e�sting intersection. There will be no access onto Maryland Heights Road. There will be a twenty five (25) foot landscape buffer on the south and west property lines to separate the development from the residential areas. Mr. Cochran stated that there is adequate sanitary sewer and water located nearby. Should there be a building on the south portion of the property in the future, it would have to be reviewed by the Plan Commission and City Council as well. Safeguards will be put in place to protect the e�sting residences. Storm detention is on the northeast corner of the property. Mr. Schiller asked how much work will be done on the non-developed portion of the property. Mr. Cochran stated that very little work would be done,just the clearing of brush. There is a stipulation that nothing be done without a landscape plan. Ms. Jacobs asked if the property would stay as is if the rezoning were not approved. Mr. Cochran stated that would be correct. Mr. Shampine asked if any consideration would be given to the sign and visibility. He noted that the sign as shown seemed to be very large. Mr. Cochran stated that the sign represented is used by the Land of Lincoln Credit Union at another location. Staff had asked for a representation of the sign. A sign at the subject location would be ten(10) feet off the ground and would not compromise visibility. A proposed sign would have to be approved by staff. There were no objectors present.