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5 <br /> NEIGHBORHOOD <br /> Subject property is located in the Central Southeast part of <br /> Decatur approximately eight blocks to the downtown business <br /> district with South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive fronting <br /> onto the East. The area is all industrial with commercial <br /> uses both North and South of subject. Residential properties <br /> are on the East side of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive which is <br /> a heavy traffic street. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad is to <br /> the West. <br /> SITE ANALYSIS <br /> Land <br /> This property is a triangular shaped piece of land running <br /> from a point on the North boundary between the railroad and <br /> Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and extending South to the South <br /> boundary of Lot Five ( 5), thence West across the vacant alley <br /> and including the small Lot Eighteen ( 18 ) to the East <br /> boundary of the railroad, then extends Northeastwardly back <br /> to the point of beginning and is estimated to contain 43, 563 <br /> square feet of land space. South Martin Luther King Jr. <br /> Drive is a cement surfaced, city maintained, all weather <br /> road, with cement curbs , gutters , sidewalks , and <br /> streetlights. The land is considered unimproved and is <br /> presently being used as a storage yard for salt and cinders <br /> for the City of Decatur Street Department. The soil appears <br /> to be saturated with salt and is considered that it could not <br /> be used for any productive purpose. All normal city <br /> utilities are available to the subject property. Property <br /> would be subject to all local building, restrictions, and <br /> easements of record and at the time of inspection it is <br /> considered there is no violations, restrictions or <br /> encumbrances to the land. <br />