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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 4967 East Lost Bridge Road <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date September 1, 2016 <br /> Calendar No. 16-32 <br /> Property Location 4967 East Lost Bridge Road <br /> Requested Action Rezone from R-1 Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial <br /> District <br /> Petitioner R& H Decatur, LLC <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Vacant R-1 Open Space <br /> North Single Family Residential County Residential-Low Density <br /> South Undeveloped/Waterway R-1 Residential-Low Density <br /> East Commercial Long Residential-Low Density <br /> Creek <br /> West Undeveloped R-1 Residential-Low Density <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject site located at 4967 East Lost Bridge Road is currently zoned R-1 Single Family <br /> Residence District The approximately 13.7 acre site has multiple structures located on the site as it <br /> was the former Big Creek Stables. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1. The petitioner proposes to rezone from R-1 Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial <br /> District that would allow for all those uses permitted in the B-2 District. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> l. Rezoning the site from R-1 Single Family Residence District to B-2 Commercial District should <br /> not create any adverse effects on the adjacent properties or the City as a whole as the uses to the <br /> east, west and south are compatible with the permitted uses of the B-2 Commercial District. <br /> 2. The subject site is located at a signalized intersection of a state route and a collector road which is <br /> conducive to commercial development. The highest and best use of this site is commercial. <br /> 3. The adjacent zoning includes R-1 Single Family Residence District to the south and west and <br /> Macon County to the north and Village of Long Creek to the east. The adjacent uses include single <br /> family residence to the north,commercial to the east and undeveloped/open space areas to the south <br /> and west. Although the Macon County and Decatur Comprehensive Plan shows this area as open <br /> space, the potential for continuation as open space/park is low as the Park District is no longer the <br /> owner of the property. A commercial use at this site located at this signalized intersection is an <br />