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Carolyn Henry <br /> From: Jim Farrington <jfarring @nd.edu> <br /> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2017 8:15 PM <br /> To: Carolyn Henry <br /> Subject: Re: 806 Howard Street Variance Petition <br /> Revised to add my address. <br /> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 17:13 Jim Farrington<jfarring@..nd.edu>wrote: <br /> I am writing to object to the petition of Pandora Partners seeking various variances in respect of its property at <br /> 806 Howard Street. <br /> I urge you to use the experience gained from last decade in the many wise and forward looking decisions that <br /> the ABZA made to continue to enhance our neighborhood and not make a horrible situation worse. <br /> The existing two story"office"property is a horrible eye sore in this terrific neighborhood. I realize this <br /> property is already zoned for office use. However,that decision was made when this was a very different <br /> neighborhood. I know what it was like decades ago when I frequented the local bars during my student days at <br /> Notre Dame. The combined efforts of South Bend,NENC and ND have worked hard in the last 10 years or <br /> more to transform this neighborhood of bars,barely habitable student housing, and abandoned properties into a <br /> terrific neighborhood with homes valued at$1 million or more that provide an increasing tax base to South <br /> Bend. <br /> Granting these variances would: <br /> (1) Allow the building's height to increase by 61% (from 28.5' to about 46'), which NVould be more <br /> than 30%above the height to which all current properties are subject; <br /> (2) Increase traffic along a busy throughfare where east-west traffic is not controlled by stop signs; <br /> (3) Continue and exacerbate a use without adequate off-street traffic; and <br /> (4) Continue and exacerbate a use that is already not consistent with the residential use of the <br /> neighborhood. <br /> These consequences would be injurious to the public safety,comfort, convenience and general welfare, <br /> adversely affect the use and values of adjacent properties and not be consistent with the character of the district <br /> in which this property is located. <br /> Thank you. <br /> Jim Farrington <br /> 1032 St. Peter St. <br /> South Bend, IN 46617 <br /> Jim Farrington I Adjunct Professor <br /> University of Notre Dame I The Law School <br /> Colleges of Business,Science&Engineering ESTEEM Graduate Program <br /> i <br />