40-17 Text Amendment for indoor storage

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Stations (provided any antenna shall comply with the regulations for Communication/Utilities); Video Production Studios. SECTION III. Chapter 21,Zoning, of the South Bend Municipal Code, Article 3 Commercial/ Mixed Use Districts, Section 21-03.07 GB General Business District, subsection(a) (1)Primary Uses, is hereby amended as follows: (E) Miscellaneous: Including but not limited to: Agriculture Seed Sales; Artificial Lake; Bus, Taxi, or limousine terminal, with or without repair; Conference Center; Farm Equipment—sales and service; Kennel (with indoor runs); Kennel (with outdoor runs);Manufactured Home Sales; Mini (SelfStorage) Warehouse, Internal Access; Mini (Self Storage) Warehouse without outdoor storage; Sign Painting; Radio /Television Stations (without transmission towers); Radio/Television Stations (with transmission towers); Roadside Food Sales; Tool and Equipment Rental; Veterinary Hospital (without boarding); Veterinary Hospital (including boarding). SECTION IV. Chapter 21,Zoning, of the South Bend Municipal Code, Article 3 Commercial/ Mixed Use Districts, Section 21-03.11 General Regulations for Commercial/Mixed Use Districts, subsection(f) Additional Development Standards, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (5) as follows: (5) Additional Regulations for Mini (Self Storage) Warehouse, Internal Access. (A) For new construction, the minimum percentage of front fagade surface that shall be glazed (window and door surface area) is forty (40)percent of the first-floor fagade and twenty-five (25)percent of any floor above the first floor. Windows and doors shall have clear glass. (B) For renovations to existing buildings, the existing total surface area of glazed (window and door surface) areas on any floor of a front fagade shall not be reduced. Any new entry doors or windows on the front fagade shall have clear glass. (C) The surface area for each floor of the fagade is calculated as the length of the fagade on that floor multiplied by the average height, as measured from grade or the elevation of that floor to the elevation of the next floor or the top of the wall. SECTION V. Chapter 21, Zoning, of the South Bend Municipal Code, Article 11 Definitions, Section 21-11.02 Definitions is hereby amended as follows: Mini (Self Storage) Warehouse: A building or structure designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage spaces to occupants who are to have access to such for the purpose of storing and removing personal property. Mini (Self Storage) Warehouse includes Mini (Sel Storage) Warehouse, Internal Access. Mini (Self Storage) Warehouse Internal Access: A mini (self storage) warehouse having sole access to all of its individual storage_spaces through common entries and internal