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REGULAR MEETING (8) ayes. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic, Chairperson, presiding. JANUARY 23, 2017 Councilmember Gavin Ferlic explained the procedures to be followed for tonight's meeting in accordance with Article 1, Section 2 -11 of the South Bend Municipal Code. PUBLIC HEARINGS 77 -16 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3720 LINCOLNWAY WEST, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT NO. 2 IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to accept Substitute Bill No. 77 -16. Councilmember Tim Scott seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. Councilmember Oliver Davis, Chair of the Zoning and Annexation Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with no recommendation. Angela Smith, Area Plan Commission, with offices on the l I' Floor of the County -City Building, served as presenter of this bill. Ms. Smith stated that the property owner is seeking to rezone the parcel in question from Single - Family to MU, Mixed -Use. There is a single - family home zoned SF2, Single - Family and Two (2)- Family. There is also a local business zoned LB, Local Business. To the east is a restaurant zoned LB, Local Business. To the south are single - family homes zoned SF I. To the west is a commercial business zoned GB, General Business. Ms. Smith explained that the site currently contains a single - family home and some trees and vegetation. Ms. Smith at this point presented to the Council and public an image of the business to the west of the site. She stated that the current site plan occupies approximately two (2) acres with a 9,100 square foot retail store with a corner entrance and at least fifty percent (50 %) of the building fagade located within the maximum setback allowed for the Mixed -Use District. She stated that the proposed parking in this configuration would be to the west and they would comply with all the landscape requirements that are required by the City of South Bend. The Comprehensive Plan for the West Side Main Streets, adopted in 2015, calls for a development at the Sheridan node. Ms. Smith stated, That is commercial but with an urban character on the building's front -lined streets and parking located to the rear, and it serves as a transition to the Single - Family residential zone further to the east. She stated, This comes to you from the Area Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation. John Wojtila, Zaremba Group LLC, 14600 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH, served on behalf of the petitioner of this bill. Mr. Wojtila stated, Following the committee meeting, we did meet with the adjacent property to our east, which is Volcano Restaurant. After that, they had time to deliberate prior to this meeting. Mr. Wojtila presented to the Council and public an image of the site plan. He stated, One of the plans that we had talked about was shifting the building towards the [unintelligible]. They are not so much in agreement with this plan —this is what we created between the previous committee meeting and tonight. They would prefer to see the building back further away from the road to increase the visibility even more than what is shown on this plan. Again, this is something different than what you saw this afternoon, but it's something that the Volcano Restaurant would like to see. Mr. Wojtila walked over to the projector screen to demonstrate to the Council and public the change in the building's exact location on the site. He stated, Previously, the building was in this area here. They would prefer to keep it in that same plane, but towards the western property line. The setback lines from that would then be forty (40) feet on the close end, where the front door would be, and sixty -eight (68) feet on the other corner, which would be closer to the western property line. We are okay with that; I don't know about staff. Our request is based on an MU zoning classification, and it requires half the building to be within five (5) feet and twenty (20) feet. That would not be within the five (5) feet or twenty (20) feet. There would parking in there, so you would still have the design concept and the connectivity. Mr. Wojtila stated that he was content with tabling the bill until the 2