94-81 REZONING PROPERTY - 1103 NORTH 18TH STREET

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, j . COMMiJNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 94-254 November 16, 1994 TO: Honorable Mayor Erik C. Brechnitz and City Council Members FROM: 7ames C. Bacon, Jr., City Manager George C. Weaver,Director of Community Development Robert A McQueen, Planner SUBJECT: Ordinance Rezoning 1103 North 18th Street The subject petition requests that premises commonly known as 1103 North 18th Street be rezoned from R-3 Single Family Residence District to M-1 Light Industrial District. Containing 11,160 square feet and platted as two separate lots, the area in question is presently vacant. The reason for the proposed zoning change is to allow construction of a new building housing a machine shop. Property to the south across Condit Street is zoned M-2 Heavy Industrial while property to the ' east across 18th Street is zoned M-1 Light Industrial. Adjoining areas to the north and west are i zoned R-3 Single with Torrence Park being located to the west and single family dwellings to the � north. The area generally located east of Torrence Park between Condit Street and Locust Street easterly to 22nd Street has undergone substantial land use and zoning changes over the past 25 I years. While this area was primarily a single family neighborhood, the majority of the lots have I been changed to M-1 zoning, and new commercial and industrial development has occurred. The '� City of Decatur has made improvements to the street and storm drainage systems to aid in I facilitating this change. �I Staff recognizes the proposed change as bein�in keeping with the land use and zoning patterns as I described. While we envision ultimate zoning change for the balance of the residential area along II 18th Street north to Condit Street, we would not support further expansion of the M-1 zone to I the north or west. In view of the above data, staff recommends approval of the petition as presented. �