1211 - November 15CITY OF PRATTVILLE
Planning Commission
Planning Department Staff Report
REZONING RZ-2012-030 - Smith Property – 988 East
Main Street
DATE November 9, 2012
PROPOSED DEVLOPMENT
Petitioner: Ruth Ann Smith
Property Owner: Greg and Ruth Ann Smith
Representative: N/A
Location: 988 East Main Street – southwest corner of Spencer
Street and East Main Street
Development Status and History
Submission Status: Property has not been rezoned or requested a rezoning
since adoption of an overall zoning map in 1987.
Previous Approvals: N/A
Conditions of Previous
Approvals:
None.
Property Configuration
Acreage 7,670 square feet
Proposed Number of Lots
and Configuration:
Currently a single lot in the Prattmont Heights subdivision.
The petitioner has not presented a plan for division.
Current Use: Single-family residential
Proposed Use: Petitioner proposes to develop property for uses
compatible with the adjacent commercial properties
Current Zoning:
The property is currently zoned R-2, Single-family
Residential.
Required Zoning:
Petitioner has indicated that the property will be offered
for re-development as a commercial, retail, or office use.
These uses are accommodated under the B-2, General
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Business classification.
Consistency with Adopted
Future Land Use Plan
The Future Land Plan/Map in Section 2.2 of the Prattville
Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Planning
Commission on January 21, 2010 shows the subject
property as Low Density Residential. The requested
zoning of B-2, General Business is not consistent with the
adopted plan. Additional comment and explanation is
provided in the staff comment section.
Surrounding Developments
and Uses:
See Attachment B.
North: Lots zoned B-2, R-2 and O-1.
East: Lots zoned R-2 and O-1
West: Lots zoned B-2
South: Lots zoned R-2
Street Extensions or New
Streets:
None required.
PLANNING STAFF EVALUATION
Reviewed by: Joel T. Duke, AICP
Site Visits Conducted: November 9, 2012
Recommendation: Approval. See staff comments.
Staff Comments:
As stated earlier in the report, the city’s Future Land Use Map adopted in January 2010
classifies the subject property as “Low Density Residential”. This classification is a change
from the future land use plan adopted in 1996 which showed the stretch of East Main
Street between Memorial Drive and Kerlin Street transitioning to commercial uses. In
practice, the Planning Commission has recommended, and the Council has agreed, that
B-2 zoning should extend no further than Spencer Street with the remainder of the stretch
being zoned O-1, Office Commercial. The 1996 approach assumed that previous pressure
to convert to commercial uses should be allowed with the more intense uses (B-2) being
encouraged near the Memorial Drive/Main Street intersection.
Efforts were made in the 2009 Future Land Use Plan to both preserve neighborhoods and
trim some of the area being dedicated to commercial uses. Limits on commercial uses
were considered and adopted based on the market studies conducted during the planning
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process which showed more commercially developed or zoned property than Prattville will
be able to absorb in the next ten year period. However, the plan adopted for this stretch of
East Main Street appears to have been classified as “Low Density Residential” in error.
The pattern of redevelopment and the likelihood that the structures in this stretch of Main
Street will remain or return to via residential uses is low. In this case, the Commission
should look at the overall pattern established over the last decade and the likely uses of
the property. If the Commission agrees that the present zoning pattern should continue
and recommends the subject property for rezoning to B-2, it should also consider
amendments to the present Future Land Use that reflect the same.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Location Map
B. Current Zoning Map
C. Future Land Use Map
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ZONING DATA
Scale: 1" = 200 '
LEGEND
STREETS
BUILDING FOOTPRINT
TAX PARCELS
ZONING 2007
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Figure: 2.1 - Future Land Use
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Conservation & Greenspace
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