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Jose De Arevalo, 3809 Fellows Street, stated his support for the bill and returning it to its original purpose. No one from the public spoke in opposition. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill 36 -16 as amended to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember John Voorde seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Bill No. 37 -16 — Proposed text amendments for Multi- Family (MF1, MF2) and Mixed -Use Districts Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to accept Substitute Bill 37 -16. Committeemember John Voorde seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Angela Smith, Area Plan Commission with offices on the 11th Floor of the County -City Building, served as the presenter for this bill. This is a text amendment which affects several areas of the zoning ordinance. The intent of the bill is to look at the Single - Family homes and protecting and preserving the Single - Family uses in the City. When the zoning map was adopted in 2005 there were several properties that were zoned Multi - Family or Mixed -Use even though they were existing Single - Family homes. Ms. Smith provided a chart relating to the data surrounding the issues which is on file in the City Clerk's office. Single- Family is currently a special exception in both Multi- Family Districts and is not even an option in Mixed -Use Districts. This ordinance would move Single - Family to permitted uses in MR and MF2 and would allow them as special exception uses in MU Districts. The banks have tightened up their lending practices, so they are no longer comfortable with houses getting financed under `legal non - conforming' statuses. They really want to see all houses be financed under permitted use. This would help any of those houses currently under `legal non- conforming' status and allow the opportunity for someone who had a duplex to convert it back to a Single - Family home. Currently as written a person could not do that. This comes to the Council with a favorable recommendation from the Area Plan Commission. Since the adoption of the zoning ordinance in 2004, the housing market has continued to change and evolve. The proposed change recognizes the revived interest in converting older homes back into Single - Family residential and will promote flexibility in the housing market across additional zoning districts. Committeemember Jo M. Broden served as the petitioner for this bill. She stated she had nothing further to add and recommended going straight to the public input portion. Those wishing to speak in favor of the bill: Joe Wiengel, resident of the 1s' District, stated he represents citizens of the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The Lincoln Park Neighborhood is a new neighborhood that was put together along with South Bend Heritage Foundation. Zoning is primarily the driving factor in the rapidly accelerating lack of affordable housing in urban areas. Zoning by many suburban and ex -urban 3