Advisory board denies plan amendment, zone change and use permit for Decatur/Ford corner; approves easement vacate

The board heard a presentation from the project engineer (speaker S8) for a proposed commercial building and associated approvals for a 0.85-acre property at the southeast corner of Decatur and Ford. The applicant described existing constraints, parking and visibility considerations and requested multiple waivers to reduce setbacks, street landscape and buffering to allow a compact retail building with an outdoor patio. "We do have an excess of parking... and the landscape along the street that we're requesting a reduction in is just actually more so so that the site visibility zones can be used appropriately," the engineer said.