The matter of rezoning the Central Downtown Project

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RESOLUTION No. 317-72 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, IN THE MATTER OF REZONING THE CENTRAL DOWNTOWN PROJECT, INDIANA R-66 The City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment currently is engaged in the comprehensive redevelopment of the Central Downtown Project Indiana R-66 area. Toward this end, the Department of Redevelopment has acquired much of the property and demolished many of the buildings in this area and is now in the process of disposing of some of the acquired property to private parties for both commercial and multi-family residential uses. These undertakings have led the Department of Redevelopment to the conclusion that redevelopment in general and disposition in particular require this area to be rezoned. At the present time the area is zoned into four use districts and four height and area districts. The Common Council of the City of South Bend has considered or will consider proposed ordinances which rezone the area into only two use areas and a single height and area district by amending and supplementing the existing zoning ordinance No. 4990-68 Chapter 40 of the Municipal Code. This rezoning proposal would facilitate the area's redevelopment by providing for a uniform and flexible land use and by increasing the marketability of properties to be disposed of by the Department of Redevelopment. Now, therefore be it RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend that it is necessary for the Central Downtown Project Indiana R-66 area to be rezoned into two use districts and one height and area district, as follows: The area labeled "A" on the map entitled Proposed Rezoning Districts for the Central Downtown Urban Renewal Project R-66 rezoned a "C" - commercial, "G" - height and area district. The area labeled "B" on the same map rezoned a "B" - residential, "G" - height and area district; and be it further