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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 98-39 April 15, 1998 I TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members � FROM: L illi James . W am , Crty Manager Cecil A. Collins, J ., Community Development Director�� Robert A. McQueen, Senior Planner (�'y\ , SUBJECT: Ordinance Rezoning 2335 North Oakland Avenue The subject petition requests that premises commonly known as 2335 North Oakland Avenue be rezoned from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial District. This petition has been reviewed and recommended for approval by the Decatur City Plan Commission; copies of the minutes relative to this hearing are attached. Containing approxirriately 17250 square feet, the area in question is presently developed with a single family dwelling. The purpose of the proposed zone is to allow the existing dwelling to be used for a beauty shop in addition to the residential use. Inasmuch as property to the immediate south and that approximately three hundred feet to the north along the west side of Oakland Avenue is presently zoned B-2 Commercial, and that property to the east along the east side of Oakland Avenue is zoned M-1 Light Industrial, staffis of the opinion that the proposed zoning is consisterit and compatible with zoning patterns in the general area. Further, the Comprehensive Land Use Plans designates this tract and the adjoining residential area to the north fronting Oakland Avenue as being commercial development. In view of the data presented, staff recommends approval of the petition.