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CONIMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 98-49 May 13, 1998 II, TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members FROM: James L. Williams, �'City Manager Cecil A. Collins, Jr., Community Development Directo Robert A. McQueen, Senior Planner��^''� SUB7ECT: Ordinance Amending Special Permit, Planned Unit Development Southwest corner of East Fulton Avenue and Albany Street The subject petition requests amendment to an R-3 Planned Unit Development which was approved by Ordinance#97-83 in August, 1998; the area in question is a 17.5 acre parcel located at the southwest corner of Fulton Avenue and Albany Street. The proposed amendment has been reviewed and recommended for approval by the Decatur City Plan Commission; a copy of the minutes of the Plan Commission hearing are included herein. The Planned Unit Development as originally approved designates construction of seventeen structures housing four units each and one structure housing 40 units with a central dining facility for a combined total of 108 units. The plan as proposed requests the following amendments to the original development: (1) the 40 unit structure would be eliminated and in lieu thereof there would be six structures housing five units each; total density of the project would be 90 units rather than 108 units, (2) a structure housing a rental office for the subject complex and a clubhouse for the same is proposed to be located along the southern most section of the interior street, (3) the minimum building setback line along the north property line of the development east of the interior street is proposed for reduction from 50 feet to 40 feet; other building setback issues requested by the petitioner and discussed at the Plan Commission hearing have been withdrawn by petitioner, (4) the interior private street system would be revamped to accommodate the additional buildings; however, the vehicular access would remain the same with such being only from Fulton Avenue, and (5) the street improvement to Fulton Avenue will not include curb and gutter system due to existing topography and the ability to coordinate such system with e�sting open ditches; otherwise, the cross section in terms of pavement design will remain the same.