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Staff Report <br />APC # 2443-07 <br />Owner: Robert E. Dunbar, Jr. <br />Location: On the northwest corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Sorin Street <br />Jurisdiction: City of South Bend <br />Requested Action: <br />The petitioner is requesting a zone change from SF2 Single Family and Two Family District to <br />PUD Planned Unit Development District to allow a residential multi-tenant facility. <br />Land Uses and Zoning: <br />On site: On site are two single family houses zoned SF2 Single Family and Two Family <br /> District. <br />North: To the north are single family houses zoned SF2 Single Family and Two Family <br /> District. <br />East: To the east across Notre Dame Avenue is vacant property that will be developed <br /> for eight townhouses zoned MU Mixed Use District and three single family <br /> houses one of which is rented for student housing zoned SF2 Single Family and <br /> Two Family District. <br />South: To the south across Sorin Street are single family houses zoned SF2 Single <br /> Family and Two Family District. <br />West: To the west across the alley are single family houses zoned SF2 Single Family <br /> and Two Family District. <br />District uses and development standards: <br />The "PUD" District is intended to encourage creativity and innovations in the design of <br />developments, provide for more efficient use of land, and to provide for an individual land use <br />not otherwise specified elsewhere in the Ordinance. <br />Site plan description: <br />The preliminary plan states a maximum 36 single-family attached homes over 1.68 acres for a <br />density of 21 units per acre. The maximum building height will be three stories or 48 feet. Three <br />separate buildings cover 35% of site forming a center courtyard. Eighty two parking spaces are <br />provided with two spaces in garages and driveways, and ten parallel spaces along the north <br />property line. Parking and private driveways cover 23% of the site. Open space and landscaping <br />cover 42% of the site. The townhouses will be accessed from Sorin Street, Notre Dame Avenue, <br />an existing alley, which will require improvements at the developers' expense. The site will be <br />buffered with a brick wall along Sorin Street, evergreen perimeter trees along the northern line, <br />and deciduous perimeter trees along the eastern line. Front foundation landscaping will also be <br />provided. All surface drainage created by this project will be retained on-site since no storm <br />sewers are available. A trash enclosure is located in the northwest corner. Signage will be <br />limited to two monument or wall signs 32 square feet in size, five feet in height with external <br />lighting. Each dwelling unit shall be placed on legal lots of record through the subdivision <br />process and/or developed under State condominium codes. A home owner's architectural review <br />board will be created to ensure an aesthetically pleasing development. Prior to Secondary plan <br />approval, a traffic impact analysis will need to be performed. The project is anticipated in three <br />phases with the northern building being constructed first then the southern building within eight <br />months depending on favorable market conditions. <br />Robert E. Dunbar, Jr. <br />#2443-07 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />