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Staff Report 11/4/2016 to land use and would be difficult for Area Plan to enforce. Criteria to be considered in reviewing rezoning requests, per IC 36 -7 -4 -603: 1. Comprehensive Plan: Policy Plan: This petition is consistent with City Plan, South Bend Comprehensive Plan (November 2006) Objective H 1.1: Encourage residential developments to contain a mix of housing types, densities, price ranges, and amenities. Land Use Plan: The future land use map identifies this area as medium density residential. Plan Implementation /Other Plans: The Northeast Neighborhood Development Area Plan (November 2011) identifies this area for single family and two family residential as part of the single family home ownership preservation area. 2. Current Conditions and Character: The surrounding properties are mainly residential with a mixture of densities and home sizes. 3. Most Desirable Use: The most desirable use is residential. 4. Conservation of Property Values: With adequate landscape screening surrounding property values should not be affected. 5. Responsible Development And Growth: It is responsible development and growth to allow medium density residential in a residential area. Combined Public Hearing The petitioner is seeking the following variance(s): 1) from the required minimum 6 ft. side yard setback to 5 ft. 2) from the required minimum interior yard of 6 ft. around building to 0 ft. for projects containing 2 or more buildings 3) from the requirement that the height and massing of new multi - family buildings shall be no more than twice the massing of the immediately abutting building, including buildings on the same lot to a maximum of seven times 4) from the requirement that mechanical equipment shall not be located along primary and secondary street frontages to being allowed but shall be screened from the street by fencing or landscaping State statutes and the Zoning Ordinance require that certain standards must be met before a variance can be approved. The standards and their justifications are as follows: (1) The approval will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community; APC # 2800 -16 Page 3 of 4