68-17 Rezone- 403 South Parry Street

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• • Requested Special Exception Use and Variances from the LI Light Industrial District• Special Exception Use: a). Special exception for the parking of company vehicles which use includes outdoor storage in excess of twenty(20)percent of the gross floor area of all buildings on the lot. Variances: 1). From the required 100 feet of lot width and frontage to 47 feet; 2). From the required 50-foot side residential buffer-yard to 2 feet for fencing and gravel parking area; 3).From the required 25-foot parking setback to 10 feet along Parry Street and 0 foot along Western Avenue. 4). From the maximum allowed 6-foot fence height in the front-yard setback to an 8-foot solid fence 10 feet from the front lot line along Parry Street and 0 feet from the lot line along Western Avenue; 5). From the requirement of paved parking lot to gravel; 6). From the required minimum landscaping of required perimeter yards to none; 7). From the required off-street parking screening to an 8-foot solid fence and evergreens along Parry Street and an 8-foot solid fence along Western Avenue; 8). From the Height of Outdoor Storage—Outdoor storage of materials or products shall not exceed the height of the fence. REASON FOR THE REQUEST(S) The Petitioners, owners of the property shown on the attached site plan have been for the past several years. The Petition site is adjacent to the Petitioners main Company operation facility known as the Robert Henry Corporation. The Company has been in business in the South Bend area for the past several decades. The Petitioners were in need of additional space to park their Company vehicles. The Petition site located at the southwest corner of Parry Street and Western Avenue became available and was purchased. The existing home was razed and a gravel based was placed over the site to allow for the parking of Company vehicles. The Petitioners were notified that the property they purchased was not zoned properly for the gravel parking area and that it would need to a rezoned for that use.The Petitioners own property west of and adjacent to the Petition site and it has been used for parking and storage for over the past 20 years. Based on discussions with the Area Plan Commission and Building Department staffs', it was determined that the property would need to be rezoned to the "LI" Light Industrial District which would be consistent with the zoning of the rest of the Petitioners property where they carry out the Company's operations. The Petition site would also require approval of a Special Exception Use and several variances due to the properties limited size. "?W//1-/