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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 97-94 August 13, 1997 TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members FROM: James L. Williams ., City Manager �� Debora L. Bean, cting Director of Community Development/� Robert A. McQueen, Senior Planner('-6�'�`� SUBJECT: Ordinance Rezoning 1267-1287 West King Street and 1268-1278 West Green Street and Approval of a Special Use Permit for Planned Unit Development The subject petition requests that premises commonly known as 1267-1287 West King Street and �II 1268-1278 West Green Street be rezoned from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-1 i Neighborhood Shopping District; petitioner further requests approval of a Planned Unit I Development for said premises. Containing approximately two acres, the area in question is platted as fourteen separate lots and presently developed with a church and nine single family ' dwellings. As reported by petitioner, the purpose of the proposed zone is to allow development of a new retail facility on the area in question. Upon review of land use and zoning patterns for the general area, staff notes that properties to the north, south, and east are zoned R-3 Single Family Residential and accordingly developed. However, it is important to note that property to the immediate west across Fairview Avenue (Route 48) is zoned B-3 Planned Shopping Center District and presently developed with the Fairview Plaza Shopping Center. Further, property located approximately 150 feet south of Green Street is adjacent to the Norfolk and Southern Railroad and zoned M-1 Light Industrial. The fact that the above referenced church is located on the immediate southeast corner of King Street and Fairview Avenue and is seeking to relocate, that Fairview Avenue (Route 48) is a major arterial street, and that the Fairview Plaza Shopping Center is located immediately to the west all contribute to the subject premises being desirable for some type of commercial development. Recognizing these factors, staff is of the opinion that the proposed zone is a logical and reasonable extension of said commercial land use. However, we are also of the opinion that such expansion of commercial zoning and development should be limited to similar situations and factors as outlined above, and that unlimited, arbitrary expansion of commercial zoning further east along Green and King Streets should be avoided.