2016-57 REZONING PROPERTY - 1860 SOUTH BUSINESS ROUTE 51

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��0 6 s�:� ��m �� Excerpts from Plan Commission Meeting of July 7,2016: Cal.No, 16-20 Petition of REGIONS BANK, TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 15, 1975 AS TRUST NO. 2433 BY ATTORNEY EDWARD F. FLYNN, to rezone property located at 1860 SOUTH BUSINESS ROUTE 51 from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-3 Planned Shopping Center District. Ms. Suzy Stickle was sworn in by Mrs. Janet Poland. Ms. Stickle presented the recommendation of staff: The subject site located south of the Southtowne Plaza at 1860 South Business Route 51 is currently zoned R-3 Single Family Residence District and consists of approximately 0.55 acres. The site has a 51 space asphalt parking lot that serves the shopping center to the north. Planning records indicate that the parking lot has been in existence since at least 1986. According to the petition,the subject site has been a paved parking lot since 1975. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-3 Planned Shopping Center District that would allow far all those uses permitted in the B-3 District. Rezoning the site from R-3 Single Family Residence District to B-3 Planned Shopping Center District should not create any adverse effects on the adjacent properties or the City as a whole as the uses on the adjacent properties are compatible with the permitted uses of the B-3 Planned Shopping Center District. The adjacent zoning includes R-3 Single Family Residence District to the south, east and west and B-3 Planned Shopping Center District to the north. The adjacent land use to the east and west is residential, to the south is undeveloped and government-fire station and there is commercial to the north. Although the B-3 Planned Shopping Center District is not consistent with the intent of the Macon County and Decatur Comprehensive Plan which shows this area as Residential-Low Density, Staff is of the opinion that this is a commercial site and the continuation of this site as a 51 space parking lot to serve the adjacent shopping center to the north is the best use of this site. The parking lot is necessary to serve the commercial shopping center to the north. The proposed zoning and permitted uses are compatible with the adjacent uses and zoning districts. The current use of the subject site as a 51 space parking lot has existed for a number of decades and does not appear to have created any adverse effects on adjacent properties. If the subject site is rezoned to B-3 Planned Shopping Center District, any proposed changes to the subject site from the current 51 space parking lot will have to be heard by the Plan Commission for public hearing and then by the City Council for a final decision. Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. Section XXIX. of the City of Decatur Zoning Ordinance requires the Plan Commission to hold a public hearing on a rezoning request, and then forward its report and recommendation to the City Council for final approval. A motion to forward Calendar Number 16-20 to the City Council with a recommendation for approval is suggested. Mr. Ed Flynn, representative, was sworn in by Mrs. Poland. ' Mr. Flynn stated this site has been a parking lot for forty (40) years and has been zoned R-3 Single Family ' Residence District for over thirty (30) years. The request to rezone the property from R-3 Single Family i Residence District to B-3 Planned Shopping Center District is being made as the owner is preparing to asphalt the parking lot and the lenders are asking for the rezoning to be done. There were no questions and no objectors present. It was moved and seconded (Harris/Peck) to forward Calendar No. 16-20 to the City Council with a ' recommendation for approvaL Motion carried unanimously.