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COMMUIVITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 98-124 October 14, 1998 TO: Honorable Mayor T rry M. Howley and City Council Members FROM: James L. Williams, ., City Manager Cecil A. Collins, Jr., Director of Community Development D. Max Forgey, Senior Planner� `✓` SUBJECT: Ordinance Rezoning Property Commonly Known as 1170 East Orchard Street The original petition, on behalf of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, requested rezoning of �i Lots 11 through 20, inclusive, of Block 18 and Lots 1 through 10, inclusive, of Carver's Addition � to the City of Decatur from R-3 Single-family Residential to B-l, a commercial designation. The address is 1170 East Orchard. The stated purpose of the rezoning is to use the property as a day ', care center and school. , There is a mixture of uses and zoning categories in this neighborhood. There is R-3 to the north and west, B-1 and R-6 to the east. The block to the south is mostly zoned R-3, but with a B-1 spot in the eastern third of the block. Any rezoning, whether to B-1 or a less intensive category, such as O-1 or R-6 would create an incursion into a single-family zoned area. At the October 1 hearing, the petitioner amended the original petition to R-6, a multi-family zoning category. This amendment was agreeable to staff, which therefore recommends approval.