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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Planning Commission
DATE: May 18, 2017
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving the Final Plat for Lot 1 of Marie Wilkinson Subdivision Located at 834, 838, and 844 N Highland Avenue, Being the West Side of Highland Avenue Between New Haven Avenue and Florida Avenue (Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry - 17-00338 / AU16/4-17.032-Fsd/Rz/Su/Pd - SB - Ward 6)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry, is requesting approval of a Final Plat for the Marie Wilkinson Subdivision located at 834, 838, and 844 N Highland Avenue being the west side of Highland Avenue between New Haven Avenue and Florida Avenue.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is currently made up of two separate subdivisions. The Marie Wilkinson Foundation Subdivision, which contains the existing Marie Wilkinson food pantry, and is zoned B-3, Business and Wholesale District zoning. The Baker-Morton Addition contains three lots, a 720 square foot single-family dwelling with a detached garage, and two vacant lots, all of which are zoned R-3, One Family Dwelling District. The home will be demolished and the 549 square foot garage will remain for the Petitioner to use as necessary. The two vacant lots, being the northerly most eighty (80) feet of the Subject Property, was deeded to Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in 2016 by the City. Additional information is available in the attached Property Research Sheet.
The Petitioner is requesting approval of a Final Plat, which will consolidate all four of the subject property's lots. The total acreage of the subject property is .89 acres.
Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting approval of the establishment of a Special Use Planned Development and to change the underlying zoning district to B-2(S) Business District - General Retail.
Parcel A, which contains Lot 1 of the existing Marie Wilkinson Foundation Subdivision, will continue its current operations as a food pantry. This parcel's uses will b...
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