9793-07 Rezoning Wayne St. & Notre Dame Ave

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f Staff Report APC # 2449-07 Owner: Kendall Weiss, LLP Location: On the west side of Notre Dame Avenue between Wayne Street and the first east- west alley north of Wayne Street and property located at and between 228 Notre Dame Avenue and the first east-west alley north of Wayne Street. Jurisdiction: City of South Bend Requested Action: The petitioner is requesting a zone change from MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District to SF2 Single Family and Two Family District and MU Mixed Use District to allow single family residential and an off-site commercial parking lot. Land Uses and Zoning: On site: On site are two houses zoned MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District. North: To the north on the west side of Notre Dame Avenue is an insurance office and parking lot zoned MU Mixed Use District. On the east side of Notre Dame Avenue across an alley is a parking lot and offices zoned MU Mixed Use District. East: To the east across the alley is a parking lot zoned MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District. South: To the south across Wayne Street on the west side of Notre Dame Avenue are single family houses zoned MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District. On the north side of East Wayne Street are single family houses zoned MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District. West: To the west are three apartments and two single family houses zoned MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District. District uses and development standards: The "SF2" Single Family and Two Family Residential District is established to protect, promote and maintain the development of single family dwellings and two family dwellings in the urban core of the City of South Bend, as well as to provide for limited public and institutional uses that are compatible with an urban residential neighborhood. The "MU" Mixed Use District is established to promote the development of a dense urban village environment. The regulations are intended to encourage all the elements of a traditional urban village, including: storefront retail; professional offices; and, dwelling units located either in townhouse developments or in the upper stories of mixed-use buildings. The development standards in this district are designed to encourage a pedestrian oriented design throughout the district, and maintain an appropriate pedestrian scale, massing and relationship between buildings and structures within the district. Site plan description: The site is approximately 0.964 acres. The rezoning consist of two areas. The applicants proposes to construct four (4) single-family houses on the west side of Notre Dame Avenue and two (2) houses on the east side. The proposed "MU" Mixed Use District area is on the east side of Notre Dame Avenue immediately south of the alley south of Jefferson Boulevard. This area is being zoned to MU to allow seven (7) off premise parking spaces. Buildings will cover approximately 23% of the site. Parking will cover an additional 18% of the site. The remaining 59% of the site will consist of open space. Set back variances will be required for the MU zoned area. Twenty four (24) parking spaces are provided for the six (6) residential lots. This includes two (2) spaces in the garage and two (2) in the driveway. A residential buffer yard will be located between the MU Mixed Use lot and the single family homes to the south. The buffer yard will consist of both perimeter landscaping and parking screening landscaping. Kendall Weiss, LLP #2449-07 Page 1 of 3