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. . November 26, 1991 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes Page 2 The applicant, Mr. John Peil of J. P. Window and Door, 5713 Delmar, explained that he has been in the window and door service and supply business for over seventeen years. He is currently under contract to purchase the property from University City to use it for his business. The use will include warehousing, distribution and light manufacturing. Mr. Peil explained that his business is service oriented and that the building is ideal for his needs. He will not require extra parking because his business uses only three pickup trucks. He stated that he will store the business trucks inside the building overnight. Mr. Goldman explained that warehousing, distribution and light manufacturing uses are required to undergo Site Plan Review in a "GC" District. Therefore, Mr. Peil has also applied for Site Plan Review before the City Council in conjunction with this rezoning application. Mr. Goldman stated that for many years the firehouse property and the adjacent Mercy High School property, covering the rest of the block, were zoned "P A." Later, after the firehouse and Mercy High School closed, the parcels were rezoned to "PR-O" Planned Residential- Office District as a way of facilitating the adaptive reuse of the property. He stated that the currently proposed use requires the lot to be rezoned to "GC" since warehousing, distribution and light manufacturing are not permitted in the PR-O District. Mr. Goldman stated that the property is bordered on the east and south by the old Mercy High School property, to the west by Heman Park ("P A" Public Activity District) and to the north by commercial properties along Olive ("GC" General Commercial District). The rezoning is consistent with virtually the full length of Olive as "GC" from Ferguson to west of Woodson Road. The 1986 Comprehensive Plan encourages an increase in service industries, light warehousing and light industrial uses along Olive. Mr. Goldman stated that there was a previous attempt to resubdivide and rezone a 4.6 acre tract of the Mercy High School property to "GC." That application was denied primarily because it was felt that the sale of the remaining parcel, which would have contained the High School Building, would have been too difficult because of the small size of the lot relative to the existing building on the lot. Mr. Safe asked whether the rezoning of this lot would have any impact on the resale of the Mercy property. Mr. Goldman stated that ideally the Mercy property could be used as a corporate office building or it could be rezoned to either "GC" or "IC" and that the high school building would eventually be demolished to allow light industrial uses, a grocery store or another similar use. Since the firehouse parcel is already subdivided from the Mercy lot and is a small . 70 acre corner of the whole block, he feels that rezoning the lot will not have a major impact on future development occurring on the Mercy lot. Mr. Goldman stated that the garage floor was deteriorated and was no longer structurally adequate to support the weight of a fire engine loaded with water, but could be used for other purposes. Mr. Goldman added that the upper level floor is sound. m-1l-26.plc