12 - Zoning Amendment - from Central Area to Commercial District - Bloc 39 - Lot 4 - 111 E. Price Street

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Item No. 12 TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development SUBJECT: Conduct a public hearing and take action regarding the petition of Chance Abbott/Abbott Ventures, LLC for a zoning change from a Central Area District (CA) to a Commercial District (C) in the City of Paris, Block 39, Lot 4, located at 111 E Price Street, LCAD 14002. MTG. DATE: May 22, 2023 BACKGROUND The applicant requested a rezoning change from CA to C. There are plans to renovate a former body shop and salvage yard into a contractor office, shop and outdoor equipment storage laydown yard. The proposed use is prohibited in the CA District, hence the requested change as a use permitted by right in the C District. A full remodeling of the former body shop building is proposed which has become run down over the years and has now been vacant for quite some time. At its May 1, 2023 meeting the P&Z recommended approval of the rezoning to City Council. ANALYSIS The subject property is zoned CA, is guided for General Retail on the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) and is a vacant building with a fenced outdoor storage yard. Substantial clean-up of the property by the new owners has occurred since the body shop and salvage operation were closed. The site does not share characteristics of the majority of properties in the downtown CA District with buildings fully occupying entire parcels and fronting directly onto a sidewalk. Rather it can be expected that the site will be re -used or redeveloped with commercial characteristics similar to other uses in the Pine Bluff/North Main Corridor with room for oft -street parking and storage for other items outside the building such as equipment, trailers, dumpsters, etc. • The land to the West is zoned CA, is guided for Public Lands & Institutional, and is a county parking lot. • The land to the North is zoned CA, is guided for General Retail, & are vacant lots. • The land to the East is zoned CA, is guided for General Retail, and is a condemned single-family home at 123 Price Street East and 2 non -conforming single-family homes at 137 Price St. E. & 221 2°d St. NE. • The land to the South is Zoned CA, is guided for General Retail, and is a vacant commercial building with off-street parking.