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Vote on a request for a legislative rezoning by Chris Sanders of Sanders Automotive for a rezoning of Parcel No. 77022, located off Ruth Lane and US 15-501 N, being approximately 7.07 acres, from Conditional Use District O & I and R-1 Residential to Conditional District Neighborhood Business, Baldwin Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request for a legislative rezoning by Chris Sanders of Sanders Automotive for a rezoning of Parcel No. 77022, located off Ruth Lane and US 15-501 N, being approximately 7.07 acres, from Conditional Use District O & I and R-1 Residential to Conditional District Neighborhood Business, Baldwin Township.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on May 20, 2019. Planning staff presented the application and supporting information. Mr. Mark Sanders, co-owner with Chris Sanders, also spoke to the Board on the request. Also speaking was Kirby Zeman, an adjacent landowner, who spoke in support of the rezoning.
A portion of the property was rezoned from residential to Conditional Use District Office & Institutional on April 18, 2000 with a conditional use permit for a medical (dental) clinic on 3.24 acres of the seven acre parcel under the name of J. Lowell Williams. The balance of the property remained residential. The Conditional Use Permit (CUP) was voided because the site was never developed and the permit expired, but the conditional use district zoning remains in place.
The image above shows the current zoning in the area.
The applicant's current business, Sanders Automotive, is located on the opposite side of US 15-501 from the subject property. That site has been used for automotive services since 1956 per tax property information and the applicant has operated his business there since 2013. Due to increasing demand for automotive services, the applicant wants to expand and purchased the property on the opposite side of the highway in hopes to accomplish the expansion/relocation.
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