2016-24 REZONING PROPERTY - 1310 North Summit

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STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission COMMON NAME: 1310 North Summit Avenue GENER.AL INFORMATION Hearing Date Apri125, 2016 Calendar No. 16-06 Property Location 1310 North. Summit Avenue Requested Action Rezone from B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District to R-3 Single Family Residence District Petitioner A Step Forward, Inc. LAND USE AND ZONING Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan Subject Property Office B-1 Retail North Multi-Family Residential B-1 Retail South Vacant B-1 Retail East Single Family Residential B-1 Retail West Single Family Residential R-3 Residential-Low Density BACKGROUND 1. The subject site located at 1310 North Summit Avenue is currently zoned B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District and consists of approximately one half(1/2) of an acre. 2. The site has a small office structure and parking that serves the office structure. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District to R-3 Single Family Residence District to allow for all those uses permitted in the R-3 District. STAFF ANALYSIS 1. Rezoning the site from B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District to R-3 Single Family Residence would decrease the intensity of the uses permitted on the site and not create any adverse effects on the adjacent properties or the City as a whole. 2. The surrounding zoning includes B-1 Neighborhood Shopping District to the north, south and east and R-3 Single Family Residence District to the west. The surrounding land uses include single family residential to the east and west,multi-family residential to the north and a vacant commercial structure to the south. Although, the Macon County and Decatur Comprehensive Plan shows this area as Retail, Staff is of the opinion that the uses permitted in the R-3 District are compatible with the surrounding uses and zoning districts.