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~ `~ ~y February 0, 2010 Board of Zoning Appeals City of South Bend 125 South Lafayette Street, Suite 100 South Bend, Indiana 46601 ~a~ Pe: Petitioner: FTC Properties, i_t_C Application for: S ecial I`xce tian at 1g3S Charles Street South Bend Indiana Iliembers of the Board of Zoning appeals, The Petitioner, FTC Properties, LLC seeks this Special 1=xception for the Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of South Bend 4o ailow the use of the petitioner's property identified above to expand an existing employee parking area of the adjoining Vl~isseo Irrigation Ca., Ina. operation at 1820 South Bend avenue, Saufh Bend, Indiana, The properties adjoining to the east and west are jointly owned by common parties. [t is the intent of the Petitioner to expand the existing paved, landscaped, fenced and screened parking area on Lot 20 onto I_ot 21 of Pensinger's Subdivision to accomplish the expansion of the operations and to allow for the hiring of additional employees and their parking. Pursuant to this application, the following standards for variances asset forth at I.C. 36-7-4-918.6 are addressed: 1. The approval wit! not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and genera! welfare of the community because of the intended use of the property for the expansion of employee parking far the present Wissca Irrigation Ca., Inc. operation at 1$20 South Bend avenue. 2. The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner because the improvements contemplated here will be paved, landscaped and fenced as necessary to ensure no deleterious effect on adjoining or surrounding parcels. 3. The need for the Special I`xception far which the Petitioner applies arises from the peculiar condition of the property requiring its use to allow #or the expansion of available employee parking far the property adjoining at the west and the fact that the property adjoining to the east is owned by a commoner owner. 4. The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship on the common owner of the adjoining parcel arising from practical difficulties in the use of its adjoining property because additionai parking is essential to the ongoing and expanding operations of trllissco Irrigation Co, and the parcel comprised of the subject allows expansion of staff and employees to accomrr~odate growth in the company. 5. The approval of the Petitioner's request will not interfere substantially with the comprehensive plan adopted under the 500 series of this chapter. Vie appreciate your kind consideration for this request. Sincerely, ~Pq--' Patrick S. Brown, aSLa, LEEf}-aP Site,Scapesf Ir~c< 1p03 Lincolnway West fi~ishawaka, Indiana 46544 Landscape Architecture and Planning Telephone (574)25511677 FAX (574) 277-7890 wwu _SfteScapeS-3nc.com