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COl��Il�IUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 99-108 <br /> May 10, 1999 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members <br /> FROM: 7ames L. Williams, Jr., City Manager <br /> Cecil A. Collins, 7r., Director o ommu 'ty Developmen <br /> Max Forgey, Senior Planne <br /> Kathy Miller, Planner � <br /> SUBJECT: Ordinance Rezoning Property South of East Mound Road and West <br /> of Brush College Road <br /> The subject petition requests that a 16 acre tract of land generally located north of Lot 1 of Alex <br /> Mervis Addition and south of Mound Road be rezoned from R-1 Single Family Residence District <br /> to M-1 Light Industrial District. The area in question is currently vacant farmland. While the <br /> tract is currently outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Decatur, an annexation <br /> agreement between the owners and the city has been filed and scheduled for hearing and review <br /> by the City Council. One of the provisions of said agreement is the granting of the proposed <br /> zoning classification. <br /> Upon review of land use and zoning patterns for the general area, staff notes that property <br /> immediately to the south was zoned M-1 Light Industrial District in April of 1998. South of the <br /> tract, the L& A Industrial Park is zoned M-2 Heavy Industrial District. Also, this tract is located <br /> within one-half mile from land developed and occupied by Caterpillax Tractor Company. <br /> The County has zoned most of the area west of Brush College Road to M-1 or M-2, with the <br /> exception of 500 feet on the east and north of Laxkdale that is zoned R-1. Areas to the south of <br /> the tract and west of Brush College Road that are within the city limits are zoned both M-1 Light <br /> Industrial and M-2 Heavy Industrial and developed as such. While land to the immediate west is <br /> zoned R-3 Single Family and accordingly developed with Larkdale and Meadowlark Subdivisions, <br /> the industrial zone within the area north of Pershing Road and east of Route 48 is the prevailing <br /> classification. <br /> Recognizing the general land use and zoning patterns, staff is of the opinion the proposed zone is <br /> logical and consistent with the general area. The proposed zone is consistent with the <br />